Microsoft Flags Data Leak in Teams Usage Data
Some Microsoft 365 tenants have received notes about a data leak for Teams usage data. The leak isn't particularly serious, and at least it proves the notification system works.
July 8, 2022
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How to Set Auto-Reply for Group Mailboxes with PowerShell
Microsoft recently added the ability to set auto-reply for group mailboxes. In this article, we explain why you'd want to do such a thing and go through some PowerShell code to show how to set appropriate auto-reply messages for team-enabled Microsoft 365 Groups.
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Microsoft Teams Private Chat Migration Challenges Explained
Every large tenant to tenant (T2T) migration faces daunting challenges when it comes to Microsoft Teams private chat migrations. The primary challenges are around throughput performance and content fidelity. This post will outline the difficulties you will likely face in your Teams migration project for private chats so you can prepare your project plan accordingly.
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Microsoft 365 Admin Training at The Experts Conference 2022 in Atlanta, GA
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Microsoft Charging for Teams Export Graph APIs from July
Microsoft will begin charging to use of Teams Export Graph APIs on a consumption meter basis from July 5. That might not seem such a bad idea, unless you're an ISV and would like to use the APIs for products like backup or tenant-to-tenant migration solutions. Or the tenants who will have to pay for the costs through Azure subscriptions. It seems like Microsoft is the only winner here and all the new APIs will do is add to their swelling cloud profits.
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Nuggets for IT Pros Hard to Find at Microsoft Build 2022
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May 23, 2022
New Future of Work for Microsoft 365, IOT and more: Practical 365 Podcast S3 Ep. 2
On the latest update, it's a sunny day in our part of the world and we're enjoying the better weather by basking in the delights of Microsoft Research's New Future of Work report. We look at the detail - and think about what might be missing, and how to take action based on their findings. Other highlights this week: Office update changes might be on the way - we discuss whether that's good or bad; Teams gets new integrations for live events, and Calendly might have a new competitor on the block from Outlook, too.
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How to Create and Use Azure AD Cross Tenant Access Policies
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New Features Coming to Microsoft Teams – Podcast Ep. 40
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