Monthly Archives - August 2018

(Mis)Adventures with Conditional Access in Azure Active Directory Premium (P1)

I have been playing with Azure Active Directory Premium (P1) features a lot lately. And I love to try as hard as I can to break things. Turns out, it isn't that hard to do with Conditional Access. But, having brushed up against a few obstacles, I can now share...
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How to configure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) part 3: safe links

This will be our last post in this series on Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). We have previously covered anti-phishing policies and safe attachments. Now we will consider safe links. Safe links are basically just taking hyperlinks which exist in Exchange email messages or other content in Office 365, and "rewriting" the...
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How to configure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) part 2: safe attachments

In the previous post, we introduced ATP and one of its key features, anti-phishing polices.  ATP is an advanced security product from Microsoft, which is included with Microsoft 365 Business, Office 365 E5, or as a separate add-on to any other subscription, for $2.00/user/month (USD). Today we will explore another...
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Why MDM for Office 365 may be obsolete, with updates to Exchange Active Sync

Disclaimer: This is not breaking news, what I am about to describe has been available for a while, but I just haven't gotten around to blogging about it. Previously I wrote about MDM for Office 365, and I had to update that article since Microsoft keeps changing the interface and...
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How to configure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) part 1: anti-phishing

In a previous post, I covered some of the basic anti-spam/anti-malware protections included with Office 365/Exchange Online. Today I want to explore an add-on subscription called Advanced Threat Protection (ATP), which leverages some fancy pants machine learning and other advanced AI-like tech to detect zero-day and other advanced threats. The...
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Showdown: Office 365 E3 vs. Microsoft 365 Business

Recently I wrote a few articles on the various subscriptions out there, and how confusing everything is getting as the 365 universe expands and morphs. Since that time, I have also been playing more and more with the Microsoft 365 Business subscription (as opposed to Office 365 Business).  As previously...
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How to configure anti-spam with end-user digest for Office 365 Exchange Online

Office 365 Exchange Online plans all include Exchange Online Protection (EOP) by default. And by default, the spam filter settings leave something to be desired. You can modify these settings from Exchange Admin Center. Today I will share the recommended "minimum" adjustments which I typically will make to any new...
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