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Office 365 – Guest access to Office 365 Groups

The evolution of Office 365 features continues with the ability to give guest access to Office 365 Groups. With this update, you can now grant access to Office 365 Groups to people which are external to your organization. Adding guest to an Office 365 Groups can only be done by either an Office 365 Administrator […]

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SharePoint Online – Change the default sharing link type

As you may know, you can share content stored on SharePoint Online by getting a link (depending of the settings enabled by your administrator, you may get different options). Now, SharePoint Online administrators can define which sharing link type (direct, internal or anonymous – again depending of the sharing configuration settings defined) will be the

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Office 365 – Advanced Security Management

Microsoft has added a new service into Office 365 called Advanced Security Management. This new service allows administrators to setup alerts for various activities, from users to administrators activities, anomalous or suspicious behavior and define action to these issues, such as suspending user account. Activation To start using this new service, you need first to

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Office 365 / Exchange – Convert your distribution lists to Office 365 Groups

A new feature is being rolled out to allow you to convert your distribution lists to Office 365 Groups.   What can be converted to Office 365 Groups The following table defines what can be converted (as of today – August 5th, 2016) Distribution Group Types Eligibility Mail enabled security group. Not eligible On-premise managed

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Office 365 – Office 365 Admin Universal App is GA

The Office 365 Admin Universal App has reached general availability.             If you have been running the beta version (Office 365 Admin Universal Beta) you need to install the released version. If you have been running the ‘old’ version of the Office 365 Admin app on Windows 10, the app will be updated - 

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Skype for Business – Getting MAPI unavailable message after switching to UCS

If you have configured you Skype for Business infrastructure to use UCS (Unified Contact Store) or if you have requested to get it enabled on Office 365 (yes, you do not have UCS activated by default on Office 365 and you need to open a SR to get it), you may face the following issue.

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Azure / Office 365 – Conditional Access is now available in preview

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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Office 365 / Exchange Online – You can now define the attachment types you want to block

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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Office 365 – Admin mobile app is updated

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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