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How to enforce the use of managed applications (e.g. the Outlook app for Exchange Online) using Conditional Access in Azure AD Premium

In a previous post I demonstrated how easy it is to create a Mobile Application Management policy in Microsoft 365. With the addition of Azure AD Premium P1, we can also leverage Conditional Access polices that will require users to interact with corporate data through the Microsoft applications such as...
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How to leverage Conditional Access policies to make MFA less annoying: Require only for unmanaged devices

Multi-factor authentication is something I strongly believe in and recommend to all of my customers. But no matter how much I harp on it, most of them don't want to implement it, or  they try it out, then beg me to roll back, because... well... it's annoying. Users hate being...
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Showdown: Exchange Active Sync vs. Office 365 MDM vs. Intune (MDM and MAM)

The Microsoft 365 platform offers customers not one, not two, but three distinct Mobile Device Management solutions (well, technically four, as we'll see). In my experience, most small business customers will be fine with nothing more than a well configured Exchange Active Sync policy, requiring basics like a pass code,...
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