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Notes from the Field on Finding Use-Cases and Business Value from AI: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E9

Steve Goodman — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:54:02 +0000

On the show this week, Rich and Steve are joined by Distinguished Engineer & AI Security Evangelist, Mike Wilson to discuss Microsoft's focus on AI, AI Security, the new Microsoft Planner, and more!

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Microsoft Ignite 2023 Emphasizes Copilot

Tony Redmond — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:52:21 +0000

As is the norm for any Microsoft conference, the Microsoft Ignite 2023 announcements came thick and fast. Most of the announcements featured a heavy emphasis on some form of Copilot. Quite how useful all this AI-powered assistance will be in real life remains to be seen. Here's the Practical365 take on the important Microsoft 365 announcements at Ignite.

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Accessing On-premises Kerberos Protected Resources Using Passwordless Authentication

Andy Schneider — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Could the Cloud Kerberos Trust be the final step in allowing you to move workstations to Azure AD joined machines? In this Blog, Andy Schneider dives into accessing On-premises Kerberos protected resources using passwordless authentication.

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Heard from TEC: How Exchange Online Stopped 70 Million Basic Authentication Connects Daily

Tony Redmond — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

At the TEC 2023 conference in Atlanta, Greg Taylor (Microsoft) analyzed the four-year project he led to remove basic authentication from Exchange Online. Microsoft will reuse the methods and tools developed for this project when it removes other features from Microsoft 365.

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Configuring Enterprise SSO in Apple Devices

James Yip — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

In this blog, James Yip explains how to Configure Enterprise SSO in Apple Devices when conducting a macOS deployment.

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Microsoft Changed the Way the Search-UnifiedAuditLog Cmdlet Works Without Telling Anyone

Tony Redmond — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Microsoft has changed the way that the Search-UnifiedAuditLog cmdlet works without saying anything to Microsoft 365 customers. The results is that some scripts don't work and others won't return the expected results. This article explains what's happened and offers a workaround. Microsoft's actions are unexplainable, but it's the norm in this area where audit log changes happen without communication all the time.

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Bulk License Assignment with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK

Tony Redmond — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

A reader asked how to use a CSV file for bulk license assignment with the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. We didn't have one to hand, so we wrote a new script to illustrate the principles of how to process license assignments for a set of user accounts (which don't necessarily have to come from a CSV file). We even included some error handling!

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How Microsoft is Using Copilot to Drive Customers to Microsoft 365

Tony Redmond — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Microsoft 365 Copilot is only available for 4 Microsoft 365 SKUs. There's no technical reason why this is so. Instead, Microsoft is using Copilot as a selling point to convince customers to upgrade to Microsoft 365 E5 (preferably). All's fair in love and business, and this is just an example of product management for maximized profit.

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A Practical Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Microsoft 365

Mark Rackley — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000

AI is everywhere now, especially within the Microsoft 365 landscape. Therefore, it is time to start thinking about your strategy for implementing this into your organization. In this article, Mark Rackley dives into preparing and getting started with AI in Microsoft 365.

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Running Defender for Endpoint on Non-Windows Devices

Thijs Lecomte — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Over the past few years, Microsoft has proven to have a worthy security product in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) for Windows devices. While most talk about Windows when discussing Microsoft Defender, it also supports MacOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. The question arises whether MDE is a mature product for these platforms and if you can entrust Microsoft to protect devices running these operating systems.

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