Author name: Benoit HAMET

Outlook – You can now automatically dismiss reminders for past events

Not sure when this came out nor which Outlook version (2013, 2016, 2019, Click to Run) is getting it, but a new settings has been available to automatically dismiss reminders for past events. This is quite handy as one day or another we all faced the situation where we were getting reminders for past events. […]

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Teams – Register for Microsoft Teams Previews

As you may be already aware, there has been a website on which you can register to join Skype for Business preview (https://www.skypepreview.com/). Well, now you also have the same possibility for Microsoft Teams. You can register at the following address http://aka.ms/JoinTAP100 to join Microsoft Teams preview programs. By joining this preview program, you will

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Office 365 – Important change coming on July 5th for Federation Trust used by Exchange and the Federation Gateway

Kind of late notification about an important change taking place on July 5th, the certificates used by the Microsoft Federation Gateway are going to be replaced. If you are using Exchange 2013 SP1 or later, this change should not affect you as this part of the regular tasks executed by Exchange. However if you are

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Azure AD – New insights reporting authentication methods activity in preview

After having introduced in preview the Usage and Insights for Azure AD Application (see https://t.co/0TLTScRjWI), you can now also have the same insights for the authentication methods used to authenticate against Azure AD. To start using this ‘reporting’ feature, logon to your Azure AD (https://aad.portal.azure.com) or your Azure (https://portal.azure.com/) portal and reach out the Azure

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Exchange Online – The new user experience in Outlook Web Access is becoming the default experience

As you may be aware a new Outlook Web Access (aka Outlook on the Web) user experience has been in preview for quite some time now; you were able to switch on and off this experience using the toggle ‘The new Outlook’ available at the top right side: Well, this new experience is now becoming

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Azure – You can now automatically on-board virtual machine on Azure Security Center

As you know, after provisioning a virtual machine you had to manually connect to your Azure Log Analytics workspace to deploy the Monitoring Agent on the VM and then get reporting to Azure Security Center. Well, now you can totally forget to do such thing as you will be able to get any new virtual

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Azure AD – You can get usage insights of Azure AD Applications

Currently in preview, you can now get some usage insights of Azure AD Application if users are authenticated by Azure AD only; this includes Azure AD App Proxy applications. To get these insights, logon to your Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com) or Azure AD Portal (https://aad.portal.azure.com) and reach out the Enterprise Applications blade and then Usage &

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Exchange – The Exchange Hybrid Agent is now in GA

As you  may be aware the Exchange Hybrid Agent has been in preview fro quite some time (see https://t.co/dAB3IKJw1z). The Hybrid Agent is aimed to provide a simpler way to implement Exchange Hybrid between Exchange on-premises and Exchange Online. Well, good news, the Hybrid Agent is now generally available (GA). Firs thing to know is

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SharePoint Online – Better integration with Azure AD B2B (preview)

You already know that you can share content stored in SharePoint Online and/or OneDrive for Business with external users member of another organization – this called B2B (Business to Business sharing. Well, this capability is going to get better as next time (after you enable it) a user shares content in B2B mode, a guest

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Azure – A new blueprint – PCI-DSS v3.2.1 – is available

As you may already know, Microsoft has introduced the Blueprints feature quite some time ago (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-au/azure/governance/blueprints/overview to know more). At first you had to create your Blueprint from scratch but then samples have been added to help you. Well a new Blueprint sample has just been added (PCI-DSS v3.2.1) to help you setting up

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