2021

Exchange Online – You can now block distribution list to be in BCC (hidden copy)

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Today we all know the impact and benefits of distribution list. Well, some time senders may want to send email to peoples and/or distribution lists in hidden copy (BCC) to avoid reply to all storm (especially with distribution list). But you, as Exchange administrator, may want to ensure (at least certain) distribution list are always […]

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Azure AD – A new version of Azure AD Connect (1.6.2.4) is now available with new features

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As you know Azure Active Directory Connect (AAD Connect) is used to synchronize your on-premises Active Directory objects (users, groups, devices) to Azure AD with the option to synchronize the user’s hash password (aka password sync, aka password hash sync, aka PHS). Well, with this new version – 1.6.2.4 – available for download here https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=615771

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Exchange Online – You can now flag external emails in Outlook

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To help increase awareness to end-users to pay more attention on emails they receive, you can now have external emails tag on Outlook Mobile and Outlook Web Access (OWA); this is not (yet?) available for Outlook client on Windows or Mac. Highlighting emails received from external sender will help you end-user to better identify potential

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Teams – The new Teams PowerShell module 2.0 is now available

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As you know, the Teams PowerShell module is helping managing Teams and Skype for Business Online. Well, the new 2.0 version is now available. With this version you no longer need to connect to both Teams and Skype for Business Online; you can just connect to both administration back-end with a single command Connect-MicrosoftTeams The

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SharePoint Online – You can now keep the sharing permissions when moving files

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As you may already know, if you access your SharePoint Online site (Modern experience only) with a web browser you have the capability to copy/move content to another location. Well, you can now move content while keeping the source sharing permissions.

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Teams – You can now manage the bandwidth during a video call on Teams Mobile

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To help you manage the bandwidth (and as such your data consumption), you can now optimize the bandwidth consumed during a video call  made on Teams mobile (on both iOS and Android devices). By default, the optimization is turned off. To enable and manage it, open your Teams mobile application and go to the Settings\Data

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OneDrive – The OneDrive administration options are moving to the SharePoint Online administration portal

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As you know, you can manage your OneDrive settings (user quota, synchronization and sharing policy…) from the OneDrive administration portal (https://admin.onedrive.com/). Well, the OneDrive administration portal is scheduled to be removed and all OneDrive administration task are being merged into the SharePoint Online administration portal. The convergence will take place into 2 steps: 1. OneDrive

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Teams – You can now share a link when setting up a ‘Join now’ meeting

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As you know, you can schedule meetings with Microsoft Teams, including an impromptu one called ‘Meet now’. Until now, when you were starting a ‘Meet now’ meeting you add to directly join the meeting before inviting people. Well, you can now share a link to join the ‘Meet now’ meeting   You will also notice

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Azure AD – New administration roles to delegate administration tasks and reduce the need to grant global administrator

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As you know, Azure Active Directory provides a large list of administration roles to allow delegating administration tasks and reduce the need to grant the more powerful global administrator role. Well, 2 new roles are now available: Authentication policy administrator to delegate the permissions to manage the authentication methods enabled on Azure AD and associated

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Azure AD – You can now recover a deleted registered application (preview)

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As you know, you can register applications on Azure AD when your application need to have access to data hosted on Azure AD (groups membership, users profile details…). Well, you can now recover a deleted registered application up to 30 days after deletion. This can be useful when an Azure AD administrator and/or application administrator/developer

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