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SharePoint Page Sharing Feature – A Quick Guide

SharePoint Page Sharing Feature – A Quick Guide

SharePoint Online, an integral part of the Microsoft 365 suite, has long been a cornerstone in digital collaboration, streamlining document management, enhancing teamwork, and fostering seamless communication. However, despite its robust set of features, it had one notable limitation.   Imagine this scenario: You’re at the heart of a critical project and you have crafted an informative SharePoint page filled with essential data, insights, and resources. You need to share this SharePoint Online page with both your trusted colleagues and external... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365 September 22, 2023
How to fix the error: ‘One or more errors occurred’ in Microsoft Graph PowerShell

How to fix the error: ‘One or more errors occurred’ in Microsoft Graph PowerShell

When upgrading existing MSOnline PowerShell scripts to MS Graph PowerShell, I encountered the ‘One or more errors occurred‘ error. While searching the internet, I noticed similar discussions on multiple technical forums. However, I couldn’t find an exact solution for the error. After some trials, I discovered the cause of the error and a solution. As a result, I decided to document it to help others.  One or More Errors Occurred – Why Does it Happen?   This error typically occurs when... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365 September 19, 2023
Manage Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams Using PowerShell: Effective Collaboration Strategy

Manage Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams Using PowerShell: Effective Collaboration Strategy

Microsoft developed shared channels to facilitate effective collaboration and contributions among users with a long-term vision. In order to utilize the full potential of this collaborative approach, admins must proficiently manage Microsoft Teams shared channels. The channels, which are also called Microsoft Teams Connect, facilitate collaboration between teams of different organizations, beyond boundaries. Let’s delve into the process of shared channel management using Windows PowerShell. Before we dive into the management process, it’s essential to understand shared channels, as some... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365 September 15, 2023
Microsoft Teams Private Channel Management with PowerShell

Microsoft Teams Private Channel Management with PowerShell

Microsoft Teams is a collaborative workspace widely used among Microsoft 365 users, facilitating seamless communication and teamwork. Within MS Teams, private channels offer a focused space for confidential discussions among specific Team members. Therefore, private channel management is essential to maintain security and productivity, aligning with Teams’ security best practices.  In this blog, we will delve into the significance of private channel management, explore the operations involved, and demonstrate how PowerShell can streamline the process.   Importance of Private Channel... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365 September 5, 2023

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Enhance Exchange Email Monitoring Using PowerShell

Enhance Exchange Email Monitoring Using PowerShell

For all Microsoft 365 users, Outlook serves as a central hub for connectivity to the exchange of ideas, information, and more. Yet, this platform helps for bustling activity and visible interactions, there is a crucial need for Exchange email monitoring to safeguard from cyber threats. Monitoring emails through mail flow reports needs navigation to multiple admin portals like Microsoft 365 admin center, Exchange admin center, Security and Compliance center, etc. To avoid such navigations, admins can prefer using PowerShell. In addition to this, PowerShell also... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365 Mailbox Folder Permission Management Using PowerShell

Microsoft 365 Mailbox Folder Permission Management Using PowerShell

Mailbox folder permissions ensure the right level of access in facilitating collaboration among users in organizations using Exchange Online. Efficient mailbox folder permission management is essential for streamlining task delegation, optimizing task distribution, and preventing unwanted data breaches. While managing mailbox folder permissions through Outlook can be time-consuming, PowerShell offers quicker and more efficient customization options.  Let’s get into Microsoft 365 mailbox folder permission management and explore the power of PowerShell. Without further delay let’s get started.   What is Mailbox Folder Permission? Mailbox folder permissions... Read More Read More

How to Remove the External Tag in Outlook?

How to Remove the External Tag in Outlook?

Every day, the world faces a continuous influx of suspicious email attacks. To combat this ongoing struggle, Microsoft has introduced several helpful features continually that includes enable external email tag in Exchange Online, Zero-hour auto purge, etc. These email warnings serve as a safeguard by alerting users about messages coming from external sources, particularly to prevent clicking on potentially malicious links!  However, while the external email tagging in Outlook serves as a visual reminder for emails sent by external users, it... Read More Read More

Microsoft Teams

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Manage Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams Using PowerShell: Effective Collaboration Strategy

Manage Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams Using PowerShell: Effective Collaboration Strategy

Microsoft developed shared channels to facilitate effective collaboration and contributions among users with a long-term vision. In order to utilize the full potential of this collaborative approach, admins must proficiently manage Microsoft Teams shared channels. The channels, which are also called Microsoft Teams Connect, facilitate collaboration between teams of different organizations, beyond boundaries. Let’s delve into the process of shared channel management using Windows PowerShell. Before we dive into the management process, it’s essential to understand shared channels, as some... Read More Read More

Microsoft Teams Private Channel Management with PowerShell

Microsoft Teams Private Channel Management with PowerShell

Microsoft Teams is a collaborative workspace widely used among Microsoft 365 users, facilitating seamless communication and teamwork. Within MS Teams, private channels offer a focused space for confidential discussions among specific Team members. Therefore, private channel management is essential to maintain security and productivity, aligning with Teams’ security best practices.  In this blog, we will delve into the significance of private channel management, explore the operations involved, and demonstrate how PowerShell can streamline the process.   Importance of Private Channel... Read More Read More

Efficiently Manage Microsoft Teams Users Using PowerShell

Efficiently Manage Microsoft Teams Users Using PowerShell

As we all know, the Microsoft Teams app is specifically designed to facilitate real-time collaboration, seamless communication, interactive virtual meetings, and efficient file sharing among users. Given these functionalities, managing Microsoft Teams becomes crucial for ensuring smooth collaboration. Apart from managing it, there is an essential need to manage Microsoft Teams users because it is primarily intended for user communication. For MS Teams membership management, admins can use both the Teams admin center and PowerShell. Although the Teams admin center... Read More Read More

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SharePoint Page Sharing Feature – A Quick Guide

SharePoint Page Sharing Feature – A Quick Guide

SharePoint Online, an integral part of the Microsoft 365 suite, has long been a cornerstone in digital collaboration, streamlining document management, enhancing teamwork, and fostering seamless communication. However, despite its robust set of features, it had one notable limitation.   Imagine this scenario: You’re at the heart of a critical project and you have crafted an informative SharePoint page filled with essential data, insights, and resources. You need to share this SharePoint Online page with both your trusted colleagues and external... Read More Read More

Group Policy Assignments Using Microsoft Teams PowerShell

Group Policy Assignments Using Microsoft Teams PowerShell

Unmanaged devices, external file-sharing, and email integration impose a big question mark on the security posture of Microsoft Teams. In order to secure and manage Microsoft Teams, policies are used under various sections like messaging, meetings, calling, conferencing, and many more. Usually, these Teams policies for users, groups, and batches are managed in the Microsoft Teams admin center or using the Teams PowerShell Module (TPM). But now Microsoft extends the managing capability of additional Office 365 group policies using the Teams... Read More Read More

Built-in Dynamic Distribution Groups Report in the New Exchange Admin Center

Built-in Dynamic Distribution Groups Report in the New Exchange Admin Center

In the dynamic and ever-evolving world of Microsoft, keeping pace with the latest tools and features is crucial. One such transformation that demands attention is the deprecation of the classic Exchange Admin Center (EAC), paving the way for the new Exchange admin center. Microsoft strongly recommends embracing this new Exchange admin center, as it offers advanced capabilities and exciting enhancements to streamline your administrative tasks! 📢 In this blog post, we will explore the latest additions of Dynamic distribution groups... Read More Read More

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Enhance Exchange Email Monitoring Using PowerShell

Enhance Exchange Email Monitoring Using PowerShell

For all Microsoft 365 users, Outlook serves as a central hub for connectivity to the exchange of ideas, information, and more. Yet, this platform helps for bustling activity and visible interactions, there is a crucial need for Exchange email monitoring to safeguard from cyber threats. Monitoring emails through mail flow reports needs navigation to multiple admin portals like Microsoft 365 admin center, Exchange admin center, Security and Compliance center, etc. To avoid such navigations, admins can prefer using PowerShell. In addition to this, PowerShell also... Read More Read More

Restrict External Storage Providers in OWA – Data Confidentiality Matters Most

Restrict External Storage Providers in OWA – Data Confidentiality Matters Most

The primary reason to go for an external storage provider in Outlook is to obtain additional storage capacity beyond the default limit. However, the inclusion of external storage providers also opens the door to potential security risks. Are you fully aware of the implications? It’s time to address the impact of external storage providers in the Outlook Web App (OWA).     Integrating third-party storage with webmail brings seamless file access, sharing, and modification outside Office 365 environment. However, it will... Read More Read More

Encrypt Email in Microsoft Outlook to Safeguard your Sensitive Information

Encrypt Email in Microsoft Outlook to Safeguard your Sensitive Information

In today’s world, email communication is a part of everyday life. Every one of us sends and receives emails in our work environment. Are they utterly secure? Are we the only ones seeing? The questions that bothered me might bother you too. Emails are considered to be the common channel for cyber security threats such as spoofing, spam, phishing attacks, etc. And also, approximately 7 million records are exposed to compromise every day since they are not encrypted. So, here is where email... Read More Read More

SharePoint Online

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SharePoint Page Sharing Feature – A Quick Guide

SharePoint Page Sharing Feature – A Quick Guide

SharePoint Online, an integral part of the Microsoft 365 suite, has long been a cornerstone in digital collaboration, streamlining document management, enhancing teamwork, and fostering seamless communication. However, despite its robust set of features, it had one notable limitation.   Imagine this scenario: You’re at the heart of a critical project and you have crafted an informative SharePoint page filled with essential data, insights, and resources. You need to share this SharePoint Online page with both your trusted colleagues and external... Read More Read More

Manage Deleted SharePoint Sites Using PowerShell

Manage Deleted SharePoint Sites Using PowerShell

In the current era of rapid digital advancements, Microsoft 365 organizations constantly create, modify, and delete SharePoint sites as part of their information management and collaboration processes. However, the task of managing deleted sites may be a little bit tough, if you don’t know the right way to manage deleted SharePoint sites. This is also challenging, particularly when dealing with a large number of sites. Though the SharePoint admin center provides a user-friendly interface for managing SharePoint, it may not always... Read More Read More

A Guide to Manage SharePoint Online Users and Groups with PowerShell

A Guide to Manage SharePoint Online Users and Groups with PowerShell

SharePoint Online is a popular collaboration platform used by organizations to store, manage and share files, folders, and other resources. Although SharePoint has various built-in functions to manage users and groups, these settings may not be sufficient for all needs. Fortunately, PowerShell provides a powerful and flexible way to SharePoint Online reporting. To manage SharePoint Online users and groups with PowerShell, admins must first install and connect to SharePoint Online PowerShell module using either the global administrator or SharePoint administrator account.... Read More Read More

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Shan September 22, 2023
SharePoint Page Sharing Feature – A Quick Guide

SharePoint Page Sharing Feature – A Quick Guide

SharePoint Online, an integral part of the Microsoft 365 suite, has long been a cornerstone in digital collaboration, streamlining document management, enhancing teamwork, and fostering seamless communication. However, despite its robust set of features, it had one notable limitation.   Imagine this scenario: You’re at the heart of a critical project and you have crafted an informative SharePoint page filled with essential data, insights, and resources. You need to share this SharePoint Online page with both your trusted colleagues and external... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365
Kavya September 19, 2023
How to fix the error: ‘One or more errors occurred’ in Microsoft Graph PowerShell

How to fix the error: ‘One or more errors occurred’ in Microsoft Graph PowerShell

When upgrading existing MSOnline PowerShell scripts to MS Graph PowerShell, I encountered the ‘One or more errors occurred‘ error. While searching the internet, I noticed similar discussions on multiple technical forums. However, I couldn’t find an exact solution for the error. After some trials, I discovered the cause of the error and a solution. As a result, I decided to document it to help others.  One or More Errors Occurred – Why Does it Happen?   This error typically occurs when... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365
Thiraviam September 15, 2023
Manage Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams Using PowerShell: Effective Collaboration Strategy

Manage Shared Channels in Microsoft Teams Using PowerShell: Effective Collaboration Strategy

Microsoft developed shared channels to facilitate effective collaboration and contributions among users with a long-term vision. In order to utilize the full potential of this collaborative approach, admins must proficiently manage Microsoft Teams shared channels. The channels, which are also called Microsoft Teams Connect, facilitate collaboration between teams of different organizations, beyond boundaries. Let’s delve into the process of shared channel management using Windows PowerShell. Before we dive into the management process, it’s essential to understand shared channels, as some... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365
Thiraviam September 5, 2023
Microsoft Teams Private Channel Management with PowerShell

Microsoft Teams Private Channel Management with PowerShell

Microsoft Teams is a collaborative workspace widely used among Microsoft 365 users, facilitating seamless communication and teamwork. Within MS Teams, private channels offer a focused space for confidential discussions among specific Team members. Therefore, private channel management is essential to maintain security and productivity, aligning with Teams’ security best practices.  In this blog, we will delve into the significance of private channel management, explore the operations involved, and demonstrate how PowerShell can streamline the process.   Importance of Private Channel... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365
Thiraviam August 30, 2023
Efficiently Manage Microsoft Teams Users Using PowerShell

Efficiently Manage Microsoft Teams Users Using PowerShell

As we all know, the Microsoft Teams app is specifically designed to facilitate real-time collaboration, seamless communication, interactive virtual meetings, and efficient file sharing among users. Given these functionalities, managing Microsoft Teams becomes crucial for ensuring smooth collaboration. Apart from managing it, there is an essential need to manage Microsoft Teams users because it is primarily intended for user communication. For MS Teams membership management, admins can use both the Teams admin center and PowerShell. Although the Teams admin center... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365
Thiraviam August 22, 2023
Enhance Exchange Email Monitoring Using PowerShell

Enhance Exchange Email Monitoring Using PowerShell

For all Microsoft 365 users, Outlook serves as a central hub for connectivity to the exchange of ideas, information, and more. Yet, this platform helps for bustling activity and visible interactions, there is a crucial need for Exchange email monitoring to safeguard from cyber threats. Monitoring emails through mail flow reports needs navigation to multiple admin portals like Microsoft 365 admin center, Exchange admin center, Security and Compliance center, etc. To avoid such navigations, admins can prefer using PowerShell. In addition to this, PowerShell also... Read More Read More

Exchange Online
Shan August 10, 2023
Manage Presence Status in Microsoft Teams Using MS Graph PowerShell

Manage Presence Status in Microsoft Teams Using MS Graph PowerShell

In the realm of modern-day digital communication, Microsoft Teams plays a pivotal role within organizations. As we reach out to our colleagues through calls or messages in Teams, it has become a regular practice to glance at the small green tick.    This tiny yet significant indicator referred to as the “presence status” in Microsoft Teams, serves to convey the user’s current availability under their profile. By understanding this status, coworkers can discern their peers’ availability status within Teams, facilitating... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365
Thiraviam August 4, 2023
Install Microsoft Graph Beta Module: Discover the Benefits

Install Microsoft Graph Beta Module: Discover the Benefits

After Microsoft announced the deprecation of PowerShell modules, such as Azure AD and MS Online, the MS Graph PowerShell modules gained attention from admins. However, the Microsoft Graph module might not provide all the necessary attribute values or properties. So, admins utilize the beta profile of the PowerShell module to fulfill them. But, with the Graph PowerShell module’s update to version 2.0, Microsoft separated the beta from the standard one and launched it as a separate module called Microsoft Graph beta. Let’s explore... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365
Praba August 2, 2023
Manage Anonymous User Participation in Microsoft Teams Meetings

Manage Anonymous User Participation in Microsoft Teams Meetings

In today’s fast-paced world of modern workplaces, where seamless collaboration and efficient communication are paramount, Microsoft Teams has emerged as an indispensable tool. Since virtual meetings have become the norm, it is understandable how important it is for admins to ensure a secure and well-managed environment. While anonymous user participation can be beneficial in certain scenarios, it can also introduce potential risks and challenges!  For IT admins, managing anonymous participant access to Teams meetings has become a vital responsibility. In... Read More Read More

Microsoft Teams
Thiraviam July 27, 2023
Microsoft 365 Mailbox Folder Permission Management Using PowerShell

Microsoft 365 Mailbox Folder Permission Management Using PowerShell

Mailbox folder permissions ensure the right level of access in facilitating collaboration among users in organizations using Exchange Online. Efficient mailbox folder permission management is essential for streamlining task delegation, optimizing task distribution, and preventing unwanted data breaches. While managing mailbox folder permissions through Outlook can be time-consuming, PowerShell offers quicker and more efficient customization options.  Let’s get into Microsoft 365 mailbox folder permission management and explore the power of PowerShell. Without further delay let’s get started.   What is Mailbox Folder Permission? Mailbox folder permissions... Read More Read More

Exchange Online