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Office 365 License Management Made Easy with Azure AD Groups

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Microsoft has introduced a new feature into public preview to allow Office 365 tenants to manage license allocations to users via membership of security or Office 365 Groups. It is not a full-blown license management system by any means, but it will help small to medium companies get more from their Office 365 licenses.

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Microsoft Introduces Intune for Education; New Devices to Challenge Chromebooks in Classrooms

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Microsoft’s latest update to their Intune cloud based management tool will now allow educational institutions easily manage shared computers.

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Proactive vs. Reactive Compliance Management

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Much of my time spent working is focused on performing technology assessments against some kind of baseline. Most of the time, these are specific government or industry standards like HIPAA, NIST, ISO and PCI. But when some of my clients reach out to me about evaluating their environment in light of these standards, it’s often […]… Read More

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New Office 365 Admin Center Takes Over

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Office 365 Admin Center reaches GA

The advent of the New Year is a catalyst for change. One change that’s been coming for a while is the “new” Office 365 Admin Center. Now it’s time for the “old” to be swapped out and the “new” to be used everywhere. The change is good. At least, I think it is.

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Whitelist Relationships as a Path to Better Security

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Implicit deny and explicit allow were two core fundamentals from the start of the information security discipline. However, as the scale and complexity of infrastructures grew, it became evident the list of things we should allow is exponentially smaller than the list of things we should deny. Say “no” to everything unless it is known […]… Read More

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