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Microsoft StaffHub – Another Use for Office 365 Groups

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StaffHub Splash Screen

Microsoft StaffHub is a new Office 365 application built from bits of Office 365 Groups, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Azure, and Teams. The concept is simple – provide an application to allow the schedules of workers to be managed through a combination of browser and mobile interfaces. It’s an idea that will be popular with some Office 365 tenants, but it’s probably of limited interest to the majority.

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New Word Editor Feature Proves its Worth

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New Word Editor

It’s hard to think of new features for an application like Word that has been around for so long. Adding something that nags the user to be more precise and concise wouldn’t seem like it would be popular, but I rather like the new “Editor” feature. And providing more context in spell checking is a good thing too!

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Unifying Data Loss Prevention across Office 365

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Office 365 DLP roadmap

You might be familiar with the DLP policies available in Exchange or SharePoint. These policies work, but they are workload-specific. Microsoft has embarked on a journey to replace them with Unified DLP policies, which provide protection across multiple Office 365 workloads. The new policies are not yet as functional as those available for Exchange, but they will get there.

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Using PowerShell to Locate Ownerless Office 365 Groups

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Office 365 Groups

Microsoft can’t be expected to code for every possible scenario within Office 365. That’s why PowerShell is so useful as it lets administrators come up with their own solution. Master the Shell!

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Calendar Sharing Becomes Much Easier for Office 365 Users

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Office 365 calendars

Microsoft is improving the way that people share calendars in Office 365 to make it easier and more straightforward. That’s nice, especially as the new mechanism extends to Outlook.com as well. However, no joy for on-premises servers…

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Exchange Online Protection’s Ongoing Battle Against Malware

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EOP spam mail

It’s impossible for an email hygiene service like Exchange Online Protection (EOP) to suppress every possible piece of malware that attempts to penetrate Office 365. Even the broad array of anti-malware techniques will let some small percentage of spam through. Email administrators need to be on guard all the time.

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How Office 365 Collects and Reports Audit Data

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Office 365 Security and Compliance Center

Auditing is usually one of the last things that are considered for implementation in an IT system. The Office 365 audit log gathers a lot of information. Can you use it?

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Office 365 Mailbox Quotas Swelling to 100 GB

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Exchange Online and Outlook slider

Microsoft is increasing the default mailbox quota for the Office 365 E3 and E5 plans to 100 GB. That’s quite a lot of space to fill, but Microsoft has good reasons for upping the limit.

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Windows 2016 Support (Again!) is Key Element in Quarterly Exchange Updates

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Windows 2016 and Exchange 2016

Microsoft has fixed the IIS crash that caused problems for Windows 2016 DAG members in Exchange 2016 CU4. Exchange 2013 also gets its quarterly overhaul of fixes in CU15.

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Bad Cookies Spell Trouble for Office 365 Admin Center

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Office 365 Admin Center cookies

It’s reasonably common for an HTTP 400 error to occur when accessing an Office 365 page. The Office 365 Admin Center seems to be particularly susceptible to the problem. What can you do when an Office 365 page barfs?

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