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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

Leave a Comment / Exchange, Office 365 / Benoit HAMET / July 2, 2019 / Exchange, Exchange HCW, Exchange Hybrid, Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard, Exchange Online, ExO

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)

Leave a Comment / Azure Active Directory, Beta / Preview, Office 365, SharePoint / Benoit HAMET / July 1, 2019 / AAD, AAD B2B, Azure Active Directory, Azure Active Directory B2B, Azure AD, Azure AD B2B, B2B, OdB, ODfB, OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint, SharePoint Online, Sharing, SPO

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

Leave a Comment / Microsoft Azure / Benoit HAMET / June 28, 2019 / Azure, Azure Blueprint, Azure Blueprints, Blueprint, Blueprints

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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Office 365 – Administration Role is going to be easier to manage

Leave a Comment / Office 365 / Benoit HAMET / June 27, 2019 / O365, O365 Admin Portal, O365 Administration Portal, Office 365, Office 365 Admin Portal, Office 365 Administration Portal

As you already know you can manage Office 365 Administration Role assignment from the Active User page. Well, if you are already using the new administration portal (in preview) you will be able to see a new blade in the left navigation pane called Roles which includes only one subsection Roles (maybe there are planning

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Exchange – Outlook Mobile support for S/MIME is coming

Leave a Comment / Exchange, Office 365 / Benoit HAMET / June 21, 2019 / Exchange, Exchange Online, ExO, Outlook Mobile, SMIME

It is about time, Outlook Mobile on iOS and Android is now supporting S/MIME (Secure Multipurpose Internal Mail Extensions). This means you will be able to send and receive (and as such read) signed and/or encrypted emails with Outlook Mobile. To start using it, you must have a valid S/MIME certificate off course – manual

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Teams – Real time presence is coming

Leave a Comment / Microsoft Teams, Office 365 / Benoit HAMET / June 21, 2019 / Microsoft Teams, O365, Office 365, Teams

Well it’s about time, real time presence in Teams is being rolled out. This means when your status changes (like ‘in a meeting’ or ‘in a call’), your updated status is being visible to others immediately. The roll out is scheduled to start early July and finish by August.

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Azure – Azure Backup for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 is in preview

Leave a Comment / Beta / Preview, Microsoft Azure, SQL / Benoit HAMET / June 21, 2019 / ASR, Azure, Azure Backup, Azure Recovery, Azure Recovery Service, Azure Recovery Vault, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2

As you are aware, Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 are reaching their end of life. Microsoft has offered to extend the support of these products if you moved them to Azure for an additional 3 years to give more time for migration. That said, once you have move your SQL Server

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Azure – Azure Bastion is now in public preview

Leave a Comment / Microsoft Azure, Security / Benoit HAMET / June 19, 2019 / Azure, Azure Bastion, Bastion, Security

After being in private preview for few months, Azure Bastion, a new way to remotely access virtual machine on Azure, is now in public preview. Azure Bastion is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) provisioned within your Azure virtual network allowing you to remotely and securely access your virtual machine using Remote Desktop (RDP) or

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