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Office 365 – The Office 365 Administration Portal is getting a new home

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Since Office 365 has been released few years back, the administration portal has been homed within the main Office 365 portal (https://portal.office.com). Within the next few weeks (expected completion is scheduled for end of July, while already available for targeted tenant) the Office 365 Administration Portal is going to have a new home/URL: https://admin.microsoft.com This […]

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Azure – Azure Storage Explorer is available in the web portal (preview)

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After releasing the GA version of the Azure Storage Explorer tool (see https://t.co/pb8nRwDRqi) Microsoft is making the Storage Explore available through the Azure portal. To enjoy this new capability, just logon to your Azure portal and access the Storage account you want to explore and reach the Storage Explorer blade  

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Office 365 – A new security role is coming: Message Center Reader

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An update is going to be deployed within the next few weeks (scheduled to be completed by mid-June) to enable a new security role on Office 365: the Message Center Reader role. This new role will grant permission to access the Message Center without granting wider permissions (like GA or service admin). In addition, they

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Azure / Office 365 – Change is coming for Azure Information Protection on Office 365

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An important change is coming (on July 1st) for Azure Information Protection which may affect users on Office 365 (more specifically the Exchange Online Message Encryption capabilities) If you are using AD RMS (the on-premises digital rights management solution) to protect your data (including for users on Office 365) you must opt out for this

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Azure – New version of Azure MFA Server

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A new version of the Azure MFA Server (8.0.0.3) is available for download here https://aka.ms/mfadownload?download=mfa&clcid=0x9 This new version includes few improvements, like: Improved interaction with AD Sync Support for TLS 1.2 for LDAP, User Portal to Web Service SDK, and SChannel replication Accessibility improvements to User Portal, MFA Server management, and installation Compliance with General

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Azure – Azure File Sync preview has been updated

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If you are using Azure File Sync preview (or planning to use it), the service has been updated. You can get the update Azure File sync agent either by running WindowsUpdate (or getting it from the WindowsUpdate catalog here http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=4130942) or by downloading the updated agents from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55988 If you are updating an existing

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Office 365 – Advanced Threats tracker

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If you are using Office 365 E5 plan (or if you have the Advanced Threats Protection) you can take advantage of a new capability to help you protect your data on Office 365 called Advanced Threats Tracker This functionality is an advanced dashboard showing you all threats against your organization to help you assess the

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Office 365 – Event driven retention

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While most of the data retention requirement is usually set on a time based (keep until xx after creation/update), there is still some retention requirements which are set based on activities or events, such as departed users, expired products or contracts…. Now, with the Office 365 Security and Compliance portal you can also define the

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Azure – New Azure Information Protection Client released

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A new version (1.27.48.0) of the Azure Information Protection (Azure AIP) client has been released and available for download at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53018 (as usual one as self install executable and one as MSI package for enterprise wide deployment). The main updates focus on the AIP Scanner: You can define (add/remove) specific file extension using the Add-AIPScannerScannedFileTypes/Remove-AIPScannerScannedFileTypes

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Azure – You can now use Azure AD authentication to grant access to Azure Storage

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As you know Azure Storage is providing storage capabilities on Azure (either for files, blobs, queues or tables). Until then, when you needed to grant access to a storage space on Azure you had to use shared keys or SAS tokens. Now you can also use your Azure AD to grant access to Azure storage,

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