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09Mar2020
Azure AD Premium P1 comes to Microsoft 365 Business; get ready…
I am calling it now--the Microsoft 365 Business SKU is going to be the most widely deployed 365 subscription someday (and perhaps soon). Maybe not by total number of seats, since the Enterprise has so many people in it, but certainly by number of customers/tenants (because there are MANY more...
04Dec2019
Still waiting for full Azure AD Premium P1 in Microsoft 365 Business…and other Christmas wish list items.
Update March 2020: Spotted today in the message center:Thank you for listening, Microsoft!I had written on this topic a while ago, and many of the components that we were looking to get from Azure AD Premium P1 have in fact arrived since that time (such as
17Jun2019
Updated Licensing Graphics
With the recent changes to Microsoft 365 Business (which now includes Conditional Access--hooray!), it was time to dust off the old licensing guide page, which is also...
11Jun2019
Question from a reader: Compliance and Office 365
I have great readers, asking great questions. Recently, I received this one:Do you think you can do an article on HIPAA compliance and the types of licenses needed? My situation is I am the admin and have an E3 license and all of the other employees have a Business Premium...
07Mar2019
Add-ons that are NOT compatible with Microsoft 365 Business (yet)
Update 3/9/2019: I had to update this article. I am moving some former content on Identity & Threat Protection to its own article, and expanding on it there.Microsoft 365 Business is a fantastic value, and contains most of what we would like to see in a small business subscription. However,...
05Mar2019
Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection Plan 2
Recently, Microsoft changed up some of the SKU's relating to security & compliance out in the Microsoft/Office 365 universe. As part of these announcements, they renamed Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to Office 365 ATP Plan 1....
25Oct2018
12 Steps you can take to up your Office 365 Security & Compliance game
I don't mean to oversimplify things here. This is not a comprehensive guide or anything like that. Every organization has different goals and business objectives, and depending on your industry, etc., you could have very different compliance regulations or whatever, that you need to consider. My goal is just to...
18Oct2018
Microsoft 365 Enterprise: What Windows 10 goodies are included that you don’t get with Pro/Business?
In this article, I wanted to highlight some of the key differences between Windows 10 editions, which are available through subscription in Microsoft 365 Enterprise SKU's. Small business admins and consultants are going to be interested in some, but not all, of these features. There may be others I'm not...
15Oct2018