Tag: #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix

Upgrade to the latest version of Azure AD Connect before August 31, 2022

Today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is that Microsoft is retiring all V1.x versions of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Connect on August 31, 2022. To remain supported you must upgrade to the most recent version of Azure AD Connect V2!

Azure AD Connect was released several years ago. Since that time, several of the components that Azure AD Connect uses have been scheduled for deprecation and updated to newer versions. #Microsoft has bundled the newer components into a single release so you only have to update once. This release is Azure AD Connect V2.

If you continue with a retired version of Azure AD Connect after August 31, 2022 it might unexpectedly stop working, not have the latest security fixes, lack performance improvements and service enhancements, or if you require support #Microsoft you may be turned away!

Note: Azure AD Connect V2 requires Windows Server 2016 and above since it contains SQL Server 2019 components which are not supported on older versions of Windows Server.

Upgrading from V1.x is fully supported and for complete Azure AD Connect Upgrade V2 instructions see Azure AD Connect: Upgrade from a previous version – Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Docs

#Microsoft365 #AzureActiveDirectory #AzureADConnect #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix

Retirement of Exchange Online PowerShell with MFA

Microsoft is retiring the “Exchange Online PowerShell module with MFA” on December 31, 2022 with support for the module ending this month on August 31, 2022.

This is today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix !

It is recommended to now use the Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module (EXO V2 module), which uses modern authentication and supports accounts with or without MFA.

If your like me you have a lot of updating to do to some old Exchange Online management scripts written with the older V1 module but, as an added bonus, there are a bunch of stunning exclusive Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlets that are optimized for bulk data retrieval scenario. Check out About the Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module for more information about these new cmdlets.

For installation and connection instructions, see Install and maintain the Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module andΒ Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell.

#MicrosoftCloudQuickFix #Microsoft365 #ExchangeOnline

New Podcast Published -Microsoft 365 Email Impersonation Protection

In this episode Ryan McKay and Andrew Lowes talk about email impersonation protection in Microsoft Defender for Office 365. #Impersonation is where the sender or the sender’s email domain in a message looks similar to a real sender or domain.

URLs shown in today’s video podcast include:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/set-up-anti-phishing-policies?view=o365-worldwide

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/set-up-anti-phishing-policies?view=o365-worldwide#impersonation-settings-in-anti-phishing-policies-in-microsoft-defender-for-office-365

#Microsoft #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftDefender #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix

Microsoft Book of News is out

#Microsoft Ignite may be over but all the announcements can be found in one place in the π— π—Άπ—°π—Ώπ—Όπ˜€π—Όπ—³π˜ π—œπ—΄π—»π—Άπ˜π—² 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 π—‘π—²π˜„π˜€ found here:

https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-november-2021-book-of-news/

Lots of news worthy announcements from new Azure VM’s, new Azure Arc-enabled features, on-demand disk bursting, to Context IQ, Microsoft Loop, Microsoft Mesh, and Microsoft Defender for Business!

Another #MSIgnite in the books but there is lots more exciting technology to use!

Thank-you #Microsoft for an awe-inspiring event!

Native External Sender Alerts on emails in Outlook

#Microsoft has released native External Sender Alerts on emails in Outlook for #ExchangeOnline email. This is today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix !

It is hard to find that balance between user experience and cybersecurity and in today’s #HybridWorkplace it is as important as ever.

In the past to draw the attention of users to email which has come from external sources Exchange Administrators have leveraged Mail Flow rules (formerly Transport rules) to prepend to the subject line or insert to the message body to show the email is from external senders.

This approach has its limitations and can make reading the preview of email on mobile devices troublesome.

With Native External Sender Alerts on emails in Outlook for #ExchangeOnline email a new user experience is enabled. Note: Only Outlook products are supported on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and Outlook on the web.

Outlook on the web, Mac, and mobile will display an External tag in the message list. Outlook Desktop and OWA will show the sender’s email address at reading pane info bar.

Outlook on the web view of External sender:

In Outlook for iOS:

The feature is enabled thru PowerShell and may take 24-48 hours to become active. Don’t forget to disabled the old Mail Flow rule!

Check out this Microsoft Docs page for more details on Set-ExternalInOutlook PowerShell cmdlet to enable External Sender Alerts on emails in Outlook in for Exchange Online email!

#MicrosoftCloudQuickFix #Microsoft365 #ExchangeOnline

Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) Safe Links in Teams

Today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is that #Microsoft has completed the rollout of Advanced Threat Protection Safe Links in #MicrosoftTeams to production and government #Microsoft365 tenants!

With this update, Microsoft brings the premium security of Window Defender for Office 365 Safe Links into #MicrosoftTeams clients!

ATP Safe Links for Teams checks that the links people click on in Teams are safe the moment that an end user clicks the link. If the link is flagged as malicious, ATP Safe Links will show a block page. All links throughout Teams including in chats, channels, and tabs are protected.

thumbnail image 1 captioned Figure 1: Safe Links prevents users from accessing malicious sites

To enable ATP Safe Links to protect users in Microsoft Teams, create or modify a Safe Links policy in the Microsoft 365 Defender Portal under Threat Policies then Safe Links.

Check out this Microsoft Docs page for more details on Safe Links in Microsoft Defender for Office 365!

#MicrosoftCloudQuickFix #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftDefender #MicrosoftTeams

PSTN Service Desk email support transition

Today’s exciting #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is that beginning July 22, 2021 #Microsoft has transitioned to a new process to interact with the PSTN service desk for phone number porting and order support!

If you have been working to port numbers to #MicrosoftTeams in the past you will appreciate the ease of now being able to open tickets, view tickets, and track communication in the brand new Phone Number Service Center portal (of course hosted as a #PowerAppsPortal) that is integrated within the Teams Admin Center!

To access the new Phone Number Service Center portal open the #MicrosoftTeams Admin Center and then select “Voice” and then “Phone numbers”. At the top right click “Get phone number support”

From the Phone Number Service Center portal you can get help with porting numbers to Microsoft, or if you require help purchasing net new phone numbers from Microsoft.

Check out this Microsoft Docs page for more details on the new PTSN Service Desk!

Expanded user impersonation to 350 protected users with anti-phishing policy

#Microsoft is increasing the number of protected users you can secure in #ExchangeOnline with #MicrosoftDefenderforOffice365 anti-phishing policies. This is today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix !

Available by the end of the first week of June 2021 within Anti-Phishing policy, in the Users to protect section, you will be able to specify up to 350 users (per policy) up from 60 users.

This means you will be able to specify more users to be protected. This user impersonation protection continues to prevent the specified users from being impersonated as message senders. This is a must-have for key personnel in your organization from Board Members to Executives/C-Suite to your Finance staff and protects against impersonation attacks that are designed to trick key users such as finance, executive assistants, and HR into making wire transfers or providing other monetizable information to cybercriminals.

Check out this Microsoft Docs page for more details on how to configure Impersonation settings in anti-phishing policies.

Migrate content from Dropbox to Microsoft 365

Today’s #MicrosoftCloudQuickFix is that #Microsoft has announced the public preview a new capability which allows administrators to take advantage of native #Microsoft365 tools for migrating #Dropbox content to #Microsoft365

Microsoft will being the rollout of this capability for public preview in late May 2021 with expected completion to be in early June 2021.

This capability will build upon other Migration Manager features found in the new #SharePoint Admin Center and enable administrators to migrate Dropbox folders and folder for users to #OneDriveForBusiness, #SharePointOnline, and #MicrosoftTeams!

After connecting to a Dropbox account Migration Manager will discover users and their files and automatically map to the destination users OneDrive for business account and prepare to copy! (of course admins can also manually map to a specific user account, SharePoint Online site, or Microsoft Teams channel)

Check out Microsoft Docs for more details!