How to Recover an Azure Conditional Access Policy
According to Microsoft, “Conditional Access is the tool used by Azure Active Directory (AAD) to bring signals together, to make decisions, and enforce organizational policies.” Conditional Access policies are an effective replacement and improvement over user login restrictions provided in on-premises Active Directory (AD). Conditional Access Policies are also present in Azure AD. How do […]
6 Tips to Optimize and Reduce Microsoft Office 365 Licensing Costs
Microsoft’s Office 365 platform provides dozens of license options, which allow customers to tailor the service to their specific requirements and budgets. This flexibility is great, but it does put the onus on each customer to make smart decisions about license usages to get the most value from Office 365. To optimize investment in Office 365, administrators and IT teams […]
Racing to Microsoft Office 365? Leverage the Power of Automation
Many organizations are rushing to the cloud and exploring new ways to manage remote employees. Office 365 automation tools have always been important for the purposes of productivity and efficiency, and they can be vital if you’re moving to the cloud faster than you’d originally planned. Here’s how Active Directory and Office 365 automation can […]
Controlling Office 365 License Assignments and Costs with Optimizations and Advanced Management
At Ignite 2019, Our founder and CEO, Bob Bobel, shared with us a new feature to the Cayosoft Administrator product—An end-to-end license optimization solution for Microsoft Office. This solution looks at not only the usage within Office by specific users, it also knows the parameters to scale licenses. For example, a user can go from an […]
How to Drive Office 365 Adoption in Your Organization | 7 Tips
Microsoft Office 2010 will reach the end of its lifecycle in October of 2020. That means Microsoft technical support for bugs and security vulnerabilities will end. Users have the option of upgrading to Office 2019 or moving online to Office 365. For a variety of compelling reasons, most organizations will make the leap to the enterprise cloud […]
Bridging the Office 365 Insider Threat Security Gap
While Microsoft Office 365 maintains robust security features, it may not offer the granularity that many enterprises need. When Microsoft Office 365 isn’t maintained and configured properly, it can put security and compliance requirements in doubt. Here’s what you need to know about the security features included in Office 365 Enterprise, and what companies should […]
7 Simple Tasks All New Office 365 Admins Should Learn
As a new Microsoft Office 365 admin, there are some critical Office 365 common admin tasks you need to know. There are the first tasks that you should learn about; the tasks that you’ll find the most common as you maintain and manage the system. This is a review of common and easy techniques that […]
5 Reasons IT Professionals Use PowserShell for Office 365
A command-line and scripting tool for system administration, PowerShell is both a powerful and potentially dangerous utility. Through PowerShell, an administrator is able to control and automate administrative processes across almost any Microsoft product, including cloud-based services and server-side applications. Using PowerShell with Office 365 requires a privileged user account with the appropriate permissions in addition to […]
Disable Office 365 Group Creating for Users — 20 places they may notice
Microsoft offers many ways to create Office 365 Groups! Here’s a list of 20 places to make your Groups—have a look! OUTLOOK (ONLINE) *This is probably the most common way to create an Office 365 Group OUTLOOK (DESKTOP) SHAREPOINT HOME ONEDRIVE PLANNER TEAMS POWER BI MICROSOFT STREAM YAMMER THE ROOT OF A SHAREPOINT SITE COLLECTION […]
US Government Security Agency Warns of Office 365 Security Misconfigurations
On Monday, 5/13/2019, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Office 365 users and their technology partners about common Office 365 misconfigurations. Note: CISA is the new standalone agency within the Department of Homeland Security that functions as the lead national government unit on civilian cybersecurity. A CISA analysis report titled “Microsoft Office 365 […]
