Microsoft 365 E5 mini-suites rebranding
Microsoft rebranding of E5 Security and E5 Compliance products. Same powerful tools, new identity. Integrated security & compliance solutions.
Category Archives: Microsoft 365
New Security and Compliance add-ons for Microsoft 365 Business Premium – Enterprise security without Enterprise prices
Small and medium businesses face the same cybersecurity threats as enterprises – but rarely have the same budgets. Microsoft is addressing this gap with three new add-ons for Microsoft 365 Business Premium, available from September 2025. These add-ons deliver enterprise-level protection at SMB-friendly prices: Microsoft Defender Suite for Business Premium – $10/user/month End-to-end security across… Read More »
How IsExchangeCloudManaged can finally liberate you from the Last Exchange Server
For years, IT administrators have been stuck in a frustrating paradox: all their mailboxes live happily in Exchange Online, yet they are forced to maintain that one stubborn Exchange server on-premises. Why? Just to manage email addresses and mailbox attributes. It’s like keeping a whole car in your garage just to use the radio. That… Read More »
Exchange Online introduces Tenant Outbound Email Limits
Microsoft has announced a significant update to Exchange Online, where the service limit for outbound emails are changed from a per-mailbox daily send limit to a new tenant-level outbound email limits. The aim of this change is to enhance service reliability and prevent misuse of the shared resources. Here’s a detailed overview of the update… Read More »
Organizational messages in Microsoft 365
As part of the Microsoft 365 Roadmap (ID 392847), Microsoft have introduced a preview for Organizational messages. The preview rolled out during May 2024, with expected general availability by mid-December 2024. Organizational messages offers a new way of enhancing information to the Microsoft 365 end-users, through targeted, branded and customized messages within apps, ensuring important information… Read More »
License assignment moving to Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Effectively 01. September 2024, Microsoft removes the options to do license assignment through the Microsoft Entra ID and the Microsoft Azure portals. From this date, administrators must instead use the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to manage license assignments for users and groups. Note:This change is limited to the graphical user interface, and access to do… Read More »
Microsoft Office is rebranded as Microsoft 365 – Introducing the new Microsoft 365 app
As announced during the Microsoft Ignite conference, during the coming months “Microsoft Office” is rebranded as “Microsoft 365”. This include Office.com, the Office mobile app, and the Office app for Windows that will become Microsoft 365 app, with a new icon, a new look, and more features. Change for Office.com will begin rolling out in November 2022 and changes to the… Read More »
How to fix “Create Powershell Session is failed using OAuth” EXO v2 PowerShell error
Connecting to the Exchange Online service using the recent Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module presents a series of new features, including the option for using modern authentication and have the sign-in protected by Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). The added support for modern authentication in Exchange Online PowerShell V2 module (EXO V2) include all cmdlets and replaces… Read More »
How to get ExtensionAttribute values from Azure AD
Recently I received an interesting question regarding extracting extensionAttribute data from Azure AD. Apparently this seems simple, but the information is not available through standard Azure AD PowerShell not the Azure AD portal. In Azure AD Connect, by standard the extensionAttribute# values gets synchronized from the on-premises Active Directory to Azure AD via the following… Read More »
How to switch Office 365 licenses using PowerShell
When making changes to licenses in Office 365, I sometimes experience that the old and new licenses include options that conflict, and does not allow the licenses to be pooled or added to accounts at the same time. Changing the license of users in Office 365 need to be performed without impacting the end users… Read More »