A new version of the Microsoft Authenticator is coming on August 15th. As you may know, there has been multiple and different apps to manage MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) from Microsoft: one for Microsoft Account and one for Microsoft Corporate Account (Azure AD, Office 365…) on August 15th, this will not be the case anymore;
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Microsoft has just released the preview for Azure AD Connect Health for Windows Servers AD. This feature is similar to the health agent used with Azure AD Connect to monitor the health of your directory synchronization instance with Azure AD and your ADFS but for On Premises Active Directory Domain Controllers. To be able to
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If you are already using Microsoft Azure MFA with the on premises solution (Multi Factor Authentication Server) and want (or have already) to upgrade to the latest version (which is version 7.0.2 at the time of writing this post), you may experience the following error if you have integrated with ADFS (especially when you restart
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Azure AD Conditional Access policies for Office 365 (Exchange and SharePoint Online) is now available in preview; additional services may be supported (see at the end of this post). This will make it easier to request multi-factor authentication when accessing Office 365 services. Until then, either you had to manage it at the ADFS level
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As you know, since Windows 8.x Microsoft has introduced the App Store, which is mainly used with your Microsoft Account. It has been fairly complicated so far to have an efficient way for enterprises to be able to manage their own App Store. This now possible and quite frankly, it is not so bad Create
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An update on Exchange Online is now allowing administrators to define attachment types policy to define what they want to block or authorize. To update your configuration, open your Exchange Online ECP (https://outlook.office365.com/ecp/) and go to the the Protection section to access the Malware filter options. Then either edit the exiting policies or create a
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As you may already know, since Windows 8.x, user settings can synch to OneDrive (consumer) allowing end-users to sync their settings and universal apps data across different devices when they logon with their Microsoft account. Now, this settings is also available in public preview for enterprise users using Windows 10 (at least build 10586) and
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The administration mobile app for Office 365 has been updated (or will be within the next few weeks for iOS) This new version provides a new UI, simpler to use, plus new functionalities like resetting password (if you are not using ADFS or if you are using AADConnect with Password synch and password write-back), having
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Skype for Business Online has been updated to provide usage data using PowerShell. If you want to get usage data, you need to have the Skype for Business Online PowerShell modules installed (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39366) Then you need to connect to your tenant and use the Get-CsUserSession cmdlet Connect to your tenant – NOTE if your are
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Few months ago, Microsoft has announced the availability of a new tool – Planner – in Office 365. Starting now, Planner is now enabled by default. If you are not yet ready to let your user use it or plan to not use now, you will need to disable it.
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