July 2020 - ITProMentor

28JulJuly 28, 20202020

Is “Best Practices” a myth?

I often find myself musing over this question these days. Granted, I actually do publish something called The Microsoft 365 Best Practices Checklists--but really these are more like recommendations. In fact, I recently updated them to include governance decisions around collaboration (e.g. affecting apps such as...

Philosophy, Questionbest practices, governance, Microsoft 365 Business, Microsoft 365 Enterprise1 Comment

21JulJuly 21, 20202020

My opinion on Microsoft Threat Protection for the SMB

Since I released my guide on Microsoft 365 E5 Security and Microsoft Threat Protection, I have been getting a lot of questions and comments about my stance on the use of these products for SMB customers. I left it too neutral, I guess, in the original...

OpinionMDATP, Microsoft Cloud App Security, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Threat Protection, security2 Comments

14JulJuly 14, 20202020

U.K. Cyber Essentials Simple Assessment Tool

I recently came across the U.K.'s Cyber Essentials, as published by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Not two days after I learned about this simple control framework while on a conference call spanning several time zones with friends from around the world, that I received...

Question, Technicalassessment, risk assessment, security, tools0 Comments

07JulJuly 7, 20202020

Yes, you really can let go: Microsoft 365 Groups and Teams creation policy, revisited

I have to laugh because this is still such a seemingly controversial idea. "Should users be allowed to create their own Teams?" I have written about this topic many times before, but I still get the best comments about it from non-believers.The real issue is...

Opinionadoption, governance, Groups, Microsoft 365 Business, Microsoft 365 Enterprise, Office 365 Groups, Teams4 Comments

Monthly Archives - July 2020

Is “Best Practices” a myth?

My opinion on Microsoft Threat Protection for the SMB

U.K. Cyber Essentials Simple Assessment Tool

Yes, you really can let go: Microsoft 365 Groups and Teams creation policy, revisited

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