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Five Practical Actions to Control Guest Accounts for Microsoft Teams

Tony Redmond — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 06:55:00 +0000

The number of guest accounts in Azure AD keeps growing, largely due to usage in Microsoft Teams. In this article, we describe five basic management steps to control where guests come how, how they connect, what they can do and access, and removing inactive guests. It's the kind of thing all Microsoft 365 tenants should do.

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Why It’s a Good Idea to Review and Remove Inactive Guest Accounts Annually

Tony Redmond — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 07:10:00 +0000

Over time, Microsoft 365 tenants tend to accumulate large numbers of guest accounts in Entra ID. And over time, some of those accounts become obsolete and inactive. In this article, we explore how to use PowerShell to analyze the activity of guest accounts to figure out what accounts are inactive and which are candidates for removal. It's something you should do annually.

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How Many Channels Should a Team Have?

Sean McAvinue — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 07:12:00 +0000

There's no definitive 'right' or 'wrong' way to structure Teams and channels, however there are some limits and best practices that can be followed to ensure the structures created are easy to use and navigate. This article explores the decision process Team owners can use to assess if a new channel is needed, what type should be used and how to manage large numbers of channels in a team.

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Creating Custom B2B Guest User Invitations with Graph API

Sean McAvinue — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:39:00 +0000

Azure AD business-to-business guest user accounts are a terrific way to securely grant access to apps and services for external users and partner organizations. In this article, a script is introduced that can be used to automate the guest user invitation process, integrating it more seamlessly with any custom applications.

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