Microsoft 365 insights from the field

A blog by Peter Schmidt about Security, Identity, Email Protection, Compliance, AI & Copilot, and Tenant-to-Tenant migrations

Awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2023-2024

A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from Microsoft telling me, that I had been re-awarded as Microsoft MVP. I have been away on vacation, so have not had time to write this blog post – until now. I am really proud to have been re-awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2022-2023. This is the 16th time I receive this award and it is still a real honor to receive this award once again and to be …

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New Release of the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA) Module (version 2.5)

Microsoft has recently released a new and updated version (2.5) of the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA). What is Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA) Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer ORCA is a report that you can run in your environment which can highlight known configuration issues and improvements that can impact your experience with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (formerly Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection). The ORCA …

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Exchange Security Updates – June 2023

It is Patch Tuesday again and Microsoft has released a new set of important Exchange Security Updates, released together with this month’s Microsoft Updates. It is important to keep Your Exchange Servers up-to-date, see the blog post from the Exchange Team on this: Protect Your Exchange Servers The latest Exchange Security Updates address vulnerabilities found in the following Exchange Servers: For more about the vulnerabilities, see the CVEs: Issued resolved in this release: The Security …

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Quest On Demand Migration – Connecting to remote server outlook.office365.com failed

I just recently saw an issue configuring new projects with Quest On Demand Migration (ODM) against Microsoft 365 tenants and running the Account Discovery Task in Quest On Demand Migration (ODM). Quest On Demand Migration (ODM) is a Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migration tool. It is a SaaS service run by Quest Software. It provides a straightforward and secure way to consolidate and migrate all your Microsoft 365 tenants. The tool can manage and migrate different …

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Workplace Ninja User Group Denmark June Meetup

The team behind Workplace Ninja User Group Denmark is pleased to announce the agenda for the June 2023 Meetup. Event Info Agenda About Workplace Ninja User Group Denmark Workplace Ninja User Group Denmark (WPNinjasDK), is a Danish User Group with a focus on Microsoft 365, Modern Workplace, and Security-related topics. The User Group is free for anyone and everyone interested in Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft 365, Modern Workplace, and Microsoft Security. The goal of …

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