Category: PowerShell

Cat Links Entra ID, Graph API, Microsoft 365, PowerShell

Free tool to manage directory settings in Entra ID

Posted on Vasil Michev

Microsoft still does not provide a GUI to manage Directory settings in Entra ID/Microsoft 365. If you are sick and tired of having to deal with the crappy syntax used in the Graph SDK for PowerShell cmdlets for working with directory settings and their corresponding template objects, this tool is for you. It is a simple windows forms-based UI that allows you to view, add, update and remove setting objects, including those associated with Microsoft 365 Groups. Some other quality of life improvements are also implemented, read the article for all details! …

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Cat Links Entra ID, Microsoft 365, PowerShell

Report on partial license assignments via the Graph SDK for PowerShell

Posted on Vasil Michev

In this article, we explore a simple PowerShell script to report on “partial” license assignments in Microsoft 365, that is licenses for which one or more “important” service plan has been toggled off. There can be various reasons for a service plan to be disabled, but since some plans have more importance than others, highlighting such scenarios allows organizations to potentially switch the users in question to a different (and cheaper) license. Or to re-evaluate whether the need for disabling the specific service plan still exists. …

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Cat Links Exchange Online, Microsoft 365, PowerShell

Upcoming changes to the Connect-IPPSSession cmdlet (the EnableSearchOnlySession switch)

Posted on Vasil Michev

A recent message center post, MC1131771, notified us about upcoming changes to PowerShell connectivity to the Security & Compliance endpoint. In particular, starting Aug 31st, some cmdlets exposed via said endpoint will require you to leverage the -EnableSearchOnlySession parameter when running the Connect-IPPSSession cmdlet. The set of cmdlets includes: New-ComplianceSearchAction …

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