A new feature has been introduced on Microsoft Azure: Azure Cloud Shell. Cloud Shell is a browser-based shell to manage Microsoft Azure. To know more about it go https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-shell/overview and https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-shell/features#tools
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A new functionality for eDiscovery is now available and enabled by default to automatically decrypt RMS encrypted messages when you are exporting the search result. The decryption capability is automatically added to the eDiscovery Manager group. RMS encrypted messages are decrypted ONLY when exported as individual message; if you export your search result to
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After adding the capability of opening Visio files on the web, Microsoft is now going one step further by adding the capability to create Visio file on Office 365. Currently, it’s is only available in English-US. To join the preview, register at http://aka.ms/visio-new
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UPDATE: script update to enable Azure MFA and correct a bug in the Office 365 role update function Office 365 Role membership management is one of the few workload you can not manage using groups. To automate the membership of these roles I have created a script. The script is comparing Active Directory group membership
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It has been a long awaited and requested feature. Now it is finally possible to edit a post on Yammer. This will be first available when using a web browser, and then will also come to the iOS or Android app. With this feature, each time you edit a post, a new version is being
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If you are still using these old versions of the directory synchronization tool – DirSync and Azure AD Sync, it is time to move on and deploy Azure AD Connect to take advantage of the many improvements. On April 13, 2017 DirSync and Azure AD Sync will not be supported anymore. Go check what Azure
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The latest version of Azure AD Connect (1.1.484.0 available at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=615771) now supports managed service account to connect/synchronize your Active Directory. NOTE to take advantage of this new feature you need to perform a clean install; you can not upgrade your existing instance. When using the custom installation mode, you need to first create the
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When a user is accessing a SharePoint Online, he is first redirected to Azure AD for authentication. If the company is using ADFS to manage authentication, Azure AD then redirected to the ADFS server for authentication. This can lead to slow authentication process for end-user (external users when sharing content with them). With SharePoint Online
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We all know (or should know) the restrictions with SharePoint and SharePoint Online when it comes to supported characters in folders or files name. Microsoft is releasing the pressure by rolling out an update which will allow the use of # and % characters in file and folder names – not yet for document library.
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You can now set a retention policy on Office 365 Groups to comply with your retention policies; as you can already do it on Exchange mailboxes or SharePoint sites. NOTE it can take up to 1 day to get the policy applied To set a retention policy on Office 365 Groups, logon to the Security
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