25Nov
22Nov
Updates to my Exchange Online and Office 365 ATP scripts
Just a quick note--this week I updated the Exchange Online and ATP scripts that I publish and use to provision new tenants--to fall more in line with the new best practices that were published by the Exchange Online Protection and Office 365 ATP teams.* You can also use the new...
21Nov
When would I recommend Windows Virtual Desktop to a customer?
Call me crazy: I don't see the value in a Remote Desktop or Virtual Desktop experience for its own sake. The purpose of this kind of solution is to provide centralized management and remote access to specifically Windows-based applications. In short: Remove your dependency on Windows, and you've removed the...
19Nov
Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) vs. traditional RDS or VDI
I want to talk about Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) as the successor to on-prem deployments of Remote Desktop Services (RDS), and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). Many small and mid-sized businesses are already familiar with using Remote Desktop or similar (e.g. Citrix, VMware View, etc.). Usually this type of service was...
14Nov
Differences between Windows Information Protection (WIP) and that “other” Information Protection (AIP)
I received a really interesting question from a reader this week, and another person had asked me the same question when I was at Ignite recently, speaking on the security features in Microsoft 365 Business. So I think it makes sense to put this article out there, to help folks...
11Nov
From Ignite 2019: Office 365 ATP Best Practices Analyzer, and other actions MS is taking to democratize security
I haven't had time to write an overall review of Ignite and all the various announcements that were made. And honestly, I might just skip that because there are so many others out there doing the same. They probably did an even do a better job than I would. So...
02Nov