Microsoft 365
In April 2024, Microsoft dropped a big announcement: Client SMTP submissions using Basic authentication in Exchange Online will be deprecated by September 2025. If your apps, devices, or email clients rely on this method to send emails, it’s time to start planning a switch. Basic auth—where credentials are
Microsoft 365
What You Need to Know About TERRL Exchange Online users! Big news from Microsoft: they’re rolling out a fresh set of rules to keep the email highways running smoothly. Starting soon, Microsoft is introducing tenant-level outbound email limits called the Tenant External Recipient Rate Limit—or TERRL for short.
EntraID
In early february 2025, Microsoft announced a new feature (Currently in public preview), that makes it easier for administrators to edit multiple users at once! The "Edit multiple users at once (Preview)" feature, currently in public preview, allows administrators to efficiently manage user profiles in bulk within the
Azure
If you're attempting to set up Disaster Recovery (Preview) on your Azure Local (formerly Azure Stack HCI), you might encounter an issue where the ASR Agent fails, as shown below. This issue is caused by a known bug in Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), which blocks the extension
Azure
In the recent Azure Local release 2411, there is a known issue that occurs when trying to deploy or upgrade a cluster. During the validation process, the operation will time out, as shown below. How do we fix this? Depending on your scenario, choose one of the following workarounds for
Azure
Azure Stack HCI is now a part of Azure Local. Microsoft has renamed Azure Stack HCI to Azure Local to communicate a single brand that unifies the entire distributed infrastructure portfolio 🧐How does this affect your existing deployments? If you're currently using Azure Stack HCI today or previously
EntraID
Entra Private Access, which is Generally Available, already supports the TCP Protocol (e.g., RSP, SSH, SMB, etc.) and the UDP protocol (e.g., DFS, SMB, RDP). Now, with Private DNS support, network administrators can publish DNS suffixes from their internal network and naming structure to allow machines with the
EntraID
Starting on or after October 15, 2024, to further increase security, Microsoft will require admins to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) when signing into the Microsoft Azure portal, Microsoft Entra admin center, and Microsoft Intune admin center. Note: This requirement will also apply to any services accessed through the Intune admin
Microsoft 365
Starting on September 1, all license assignments will only be available through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center (admin.microsoft.com). If you’re using Microsoft Graph or PowerShell for license assignments, don’t worry - nothing’s changing for you. Just a quick heads up 😎
EntraID
Microsoft has announced that on August 30 2024 admins wont be able to receive user passwords in email from the Microsoft 365 Admin Portal. (See below image for what is going away..) Microsoft instead, recommends using the new "Print" option that is up-coming in the admin center, to
Microsoft 365
Microsoft announces the general availability of Security Service Edge (SSE) solution, aimed at eliminating security gaps and extending Conditional Access and continuous access evaluation to all applications and resources, both on-premises and in the cloud. 👇 Below is some of the keypoints of Microsoft's SSE: 💡 Secure access with a
Microsoft 365
User assignment for traffic forwarding profiles is now in Public Preview, allowing you to scope which users to apply Forwarding profiles (M365, Internet or Private) to.🔒 Key Capabilities in Public Preview:- Assign to specific users or user groups with an easy-to-manage interface.- Assign to all users with a