Office 365 - Microsoft Entra ID

Working with Entra ID Directory Extensions Through the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK

Tony Redmond — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Directory extensions allow organizations to customize the data stored for Entra ID objects such as users, groups, and devices, You need to create and manage directory extensions with PowerShell. This article explains how to do the job with cmdlets from the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK.

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Exploring the Value of Microsoft 365 Multi-Tenant Organizations

Tony Redmond — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Many questions arose from the announcement of the Microsoft 365 multi-tenant organization (MTO) feature, In this article, I examine some practical aspects of multi-tenant organizations and examine why MTO does not replace the need for tenant-to-tenant migrations.

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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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Microsoft Launches Microsoft 365 Multi-Tenant Organizations

Tony Redmond — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The multi-tenant organization (MTO) is a Microsoft 365 solution built on top of Entra ID cross-tenant synchronization. An MTO can span up to five tenants each with up to 100,000 synchronized users. It's an interesting solution that should be of interest to many large enterprises.

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Reporting Microsoft Entra ID Administrative Units

Tony Redmond — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:44:19 +0000

Microsoft Entra administrative units are gaining in popularity. Restricted administrative units are now available and many Purview solutions support administrative units. In this article, we explain how to use Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK cmdlets to create a report about administrative units, role assignments for their management, and their membership.

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