In my previous blog post I reviewed how I’ve seen a trend in organizations migrating to the Microsoft 365 platform with the requirement of maintaining a consistent mapped drive experience for users. Before reading this blog, I’d recommend reading that blog post here to gain an understanding the difference between the past on-premises and Microsoft […]
I’ve been using my new Surface Pro 8 for a few weeks now and thought it would be a good time to share my experience so far. I’m upgrading from a Surface Pro 4 which has served me well over the past six years. The Surface Pro 4 hardware still has plenty of life in […]
As organizations migrate core services such as email, chat, and files to the cloud one of the most common requests that I’ve received during design sessions comes in regard to moving file repositories to SharePoint Online. “How do we maintain our mapped drives and the user experience?” Past Experience and Configurations In the past a […]
Outlook calendars have quickly become critical for organizations to operate as hybrid work has boomed in the last few years. The requirement to share calendar details has also increased as individuals and teams responsible for booking appointments require more information to make important decisions about meeting importance, double-booking, and meeting overlap. While this is somewhat […]
Given that a remote assistance tool is built into the Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager solution (formerly SCCM), many customers have asked me whether similar functionality exists in InTune. Up until this point, third-party Teamviewer integration was the only option. While having the ability to integrate with TeamViewer is nice, not all customers have the required […]
If you had asked me 5 years ago what I thought of Microsoft’s security capabilities I probably would have answered with “mediocre at best”, but since then I have seen what can only be described as a change in mindset and a massive investment in security from our friends over at Microsoft. As a matter […]
In my weekend reading, I found a post that talks about a new feature which is in development for Microsoft Intune. Enroll to co-management from Windows Autopilot With this feature, you will be able to configure device enrollment in Intune to enable co-management, which happens during the Windows Autopilot process. This behavior directs the workload […]
Microsoft has announced the enterprise-ready release of the security baseline for Microsoft Edge, version 101! Version 101 has been reviewed and Microsoft has determined that there are no additional security settings that require enforcement. The Microsoft Edge version 98 package continues to be the recommended baseline. That baseline package can be downloaded from the Microsoft Security […]
Risk detections in Azure AD Identity Protection include any identified suspicious actions related to user accounts in the directory. Risk detections (both user and sign-in linked) contribute to the overall user risk score that is found in the Risky Users report. Identity Protection provides organizations access to powerful resources to see and respond quickly to […]
The latest Xbox Preview build brings the long-awaited Club and Looking for Group features, as well as improvements to the Xbox Gamerscore leaderboard and more. Xbox One users can now get their hand on Microsoft’s Looking for Group and Club features via a new preview build. The improvements were first announced at E3 in June, […]