Category: Office 365

Azure Group License Assignment

August 17, 2021 By JeffTechs

Adding Office 365 licenses to users isn’t necessarily an arduous task, but letting security group assignment (whether on-premise or in Azure) provision the licenses for you is a nice way to automate the process. This can also make licensing reporting easier by simply looking at group assignment. To start, create a group with a relevant […]

OneDrive Data Retention Part 2

June 10, 2021 By JeffTechs

In part one of this article series, we went over how to prevent access to Second Stage Recycle bin in individual OneDrive accounts. This method does not scale particularly well, so a global retention policy would be a more time effective solution–unless you want to try scripting out the former method. We find ourselves in […]

OneDrive Data Retention Part 1

June 2, 2021 By JeffTechs

While SharePoint Online and OneDrive share a lot of commonalities, they begin to diverge when it comes to permissions and administration. An administrator in SharePoint online can access everything by default. Sites and document libraries can be adjusted to restrict even admin access–especially if users are allowed to make their own sites, but this can […]

Secure Mail in Office 365

May 17, 2021 By JeffTechs

If you are looking for a simple secure mail solution, and are already in Office 365, chances are good you have one ready to deploy. Office Message Encryption (OME) works with Azure Rights Management Services (RMS) to provide this service to 365 customers. The quickest way to  see if your cloud tenant is already secure […]

Azure Security Defaults

May 10, 2021 By JeffTechs

With more and more organizations moving into the cloud space, it’s greatly improved employees ability to work from a variety of locations and still remain productive. That access is not limited solely to employees. With their ability to access company resources, it allows other non-desirable people to access those resources as well. The cloud, by […]

MFA Setup in Azure

May 7, 2021 By JeffTechs

If you are using the free version of Azure, there is only one way to properly turn on MFA. This is located under the blank section. This will remove the ability for everyone in your cloud tenant to authenticate using legacy software and protocols. The issue with this method is that it will turn it […]