Teams Data Now Stored in Japan and Australia Office 365 DataCenters
In a surprise Sunday announcement, Microsoft said that from August 27 they will deliver Teams services from Office 365 datacenters in Australia and Japan.
Microsoft Completes Work to Bring Skype for Business Functionality into Teams
On August 24, Microsoft announced that their roadmap to bring the functionality and features from Skype for Business Online to Teams was complete. It’s always good news when you see a plan coming together, but it’s also important to understand that a world of difference exists between an announcement and being able to move an organization’s communications workload.
New IRM Option to Control Decryption of Attachments of Encrypted Messages
Microsoft has released a new setting in the tenant Information Rights Management (IRM) configuration to control if attachments of messages encrypted with the Encrypt Only feature (in OWA and Outlook) are decrypted when downloaded. In fact, two settings are available. One for people with Azure AD accounts, and one for those without.
The Difficulties of Defining a Sensitive Data Type
Microsoft thoughtfully provided Office 365 tenants with a Data Loss Prevention template for GDPR personal data. The only problem is that the rules in the template were too sensitive and started to block email.
When Teams is Better Than Email
Teams won’t take over from email anytime soon, but it is much better at organizing face-paced conversations.
How to Remove a Feature from an Office 365 Plan with PowerShell
Need a script to turn off sub-options in Office 365 plans like the one that controls Microsoft Teams? Here’s a Petri.com article that explains how to do it with the Microsoft Online Services PowerShell module.
Visio Stencil for Teams and Skype for Business
Need some Visio shapes to build presentations or plans featuring Teams or Skype for Business Online? Here’s how to get a copy of the stencil.
Fix for Active Directory Federation Services Security Hole Discovered
Microsoft has issued patch CVE-2018-8340 to fix a problem with Active Directory Federation Services. You should download and install this patch now.
The Microsoft 365 Roadmap is Coming
A new Microsoft 365 Roadmap will soon replace the current Office 365 Roadmap. The new roadmap will include Enterprise Mobility and Security, Windows 10, and Azure security.
New Search Experiences Arriving (finally) to SharePoint Online
Search in SharePoint Online (SPO) is an area that we will see change in the future. Indeed, you might have already seen some of the new search experiences in your modern SPO sites
MyAnalytics to Add Skype for Business Signals
The Office 365 MyAnalytics application is to add Skype for Business signals (and then Teams) to the set of data it processes to derive insights about the time users spend on different activities.
Avanan’s PhishPoint – FUD or a Real Problem?
The security company Avanan says that 10% of Office 365 users are affected by “PhishPoint.” That estimate seems pretty high to me.
How to Control the Access of Guest Users to Confidential Information in Microsoft 365 Groups and Teams
Many Microsoft 365 Groups and Teams are used to hold confidential information. Sometimes you don’t want guest members to have access to the information. A variety of methods are available to control guest access.
Why SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Have a One Hundred Version Minimum
SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites will soon boast 100 minimum versions, which they need to power features like AutoSave and OneDrive Restore. But if you work for an organization that doesn’t want to use so many versions for files, you can update your SharePoint tenant configuration to disable minimum versioning. That is, provided you do so by September 30, 2018.
Network Principles for Office 365 Connectivity
People sometimes complain about Office 365 network performance. The root cause is unlikely to be in Microsoft’s network. It is much more likely to be in the “last mile” to the user device.
Removing Email Addresses from Microsoft 365 Groups
Like all mail-enabled objects, Office 365 Groups can have multiple proxy addresses. Microsoft has fixed a bug in the Set-UnifiedGroup cmdlet so that you can remove proxy addresses from groups, but take care before you do.
Office 365 for IT Pros at the UK Evolve Event – Birmingham, September 10, 2018
The Office 365 for IT Pros team will be at the UK Evolve conference on September 10. Come along and hear us talk!
Why Search-Mailbox Can’t Remove All Office 365 Content
The Search-Mailbox cmdlet is very powerful when it comes to removing items from Exchange Online mailboxes, but it can’t deal with other Office 365 content.
Losing the Last Name, First Name Legacy
A recent post by MVP Mark Vale describes how to use synchronization transformation rules in AADConnect to change the last name, first name format (for example, Smith, James) for display names to a more user-friendly first name last name format (our example becomes James Smith) for accounts as they synchronize to Azure Active Directory from an …
Teams Services Now Hosted in Canada
On August 10, 2018, Microsoft announced that the Azure-based Teams data services are now hosted in Canadian datacenters in Toronto and Quebec City. Teams services, which are what handle personal and channel messages and media (graphics), now run in the following Azure datacenters: Asia-Pacific: Singapore and Hong Kong. EMEA: Dublin and Amsterdam. Americas: Bay (California) …
How to Assign Multiple Group Owners Using the New-UnifiedGroup Cmdlet
There’s a documentation bug for New-UnifiedGroup. You’re told that you can specify multiple owners when you create a new Microsoft 365 group, but you can’t. Fortunately, two easy workaround exist.
The History and Story Behind the Office 365 for IT Pros eBook
Office 365 for IT Pros is the world’s best book about Office 365 tenant management. Written by world-class experts, Office 365 for IT Pros teaches readers how and why the technology works the way that it does. Here’s the history of the book from its earliest days as an idea for a book about cloud Exchange right up to the latest edition.
Debugging Teams Clients When Something Goes Wrong
Making Teams Client Behave Most of the time, the Teams clients run along without a problem. But like all software, they have their moments. Here’s how to attack the problem if your Teams clients start to misbehave, including how to give the Microsoft developers some feedback. This article was posted on Petri.com on August 9, …
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The Ups and Downs of the Deleting Microsoft 365 Users Wizard
Microsoft issued a new wizard to delete Office 365 accounts last week. It has the normal quota of cute graphics and some glitches to boot, but the wizard gets the job done in terms of converting a user mailbox into a shared mailbox and reassigning access to their OneDrive for Business account.
Meet the Office 365 for IT Pros Team at Ignite 2018
if you’re planning to attend the Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando in September 2018, make sure to meet up with the Office 365 for IT Pros team at the event.
The Publication Process for Office 365 for IT Pros
How do we put Office 365 for IT Pros together? The answer is simple… we work as a team!
Why We Publish a New Edition of Office 365 for IT Pros Every Year
One of the most common questions we get is why we generate a new edition every year. The answer is pretty simple. It’s reflects the pace of the cloud and the need for books to change to cover what’s happening inside Office 365. The Old Days of On-Premises Software In the “old days” of on-premises …
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