M365 Team
February 22, 2023
Microsoft Viva Puts Pause on Daily Briefing Emails in Microsoft 365

Microsoft Viva Puts Pause on Daily Briefing Emails in Microsoft 365

Are you frequently missing meetings lately? Did you forget to do any vital work? Or did you fail to follow up on any important messages? Yeah, you might be. Because lately, Microsoft paused sending briefing emails to Office 365 users, which is like a reminder or checklist. But don’t worry! Microsoft came up with the best alternatives to balance your work life.   Let’s learn more about pausing Microsoft Viva’s briefing emails in this blog.   Briefing Emails from Microsoft Viva  Microsoft Viva Insights sends Office 365 briefing emails to... Read More Read More

News
Kathy
January 26, 2023
Goodbye RPS: Remote PowerShell Retirement in Exchange Online

Goodbye RPS: Remote PowerShell Retirement in Exchange Online

Exchange Online PowerShell uses Remote PowerShell to connect to Exchange Online tenant and perform various management tasks such as creating and managing mailboxes, automating tasks, creating reports, performing bulk operations on multiple accounts, and configuring various settings.  Recently Microsoft made announcement regarding deprecation of Remote PowerShell (RPS) in Exchange Online. Starting from June 1, 2023, Microsoft will begin phasing out the use of Remote PowerShell (RPS) for Exchange Online, with a complete cut-off on July 1, 2023.    How to... Read More Read More

Exchange Online
Praba
September 15, 2022
Turn on This Setting to View Full Chat Thread via Teams Search

Turn on This Setting to View Full Chat Thread via Teams Search

As we know, it is impossible to view the entire chat conversation using Teams’ message search feature when the chat is older than 14 days. You will only see those specific messages for what you have searched. To spare you from this barrier, Microsoft enhanced the Teams search functionality in a way to view the entire conversation thread after clicking the specific message in search results.    The updated search experience is currently available in public preview for the Teams... Read More Read More

Microsoft Teams
Kathy
June 8, 2022
Manage Delegate Access Control on Protected Emails in Outlook using PowerShell

Manage Delegate Access Control on Protected Emails in Outlook using PowerShell

Microsoft 365 provides an option to control access on protected emails, such as emails protected by MIP sensitivity labels or RMS protected emails for delegates and shared mailbox members.   Delegate Access Control on Protected Emails – How it Started?   Even though the feature exists already, it has a few inconsistencies. When a delegate has full access to the mailbox, the delegate can access encrypted emails based on the Outlook client they are using.    Delegate access: Delegates can view encrypted emails... Read More Read More

Exchange Online
Pavithra
April 28, 2022
Manage Orphan groups in ease with Group Ownership Governance Policy

Manage Orphan groups in ease with Group Ownership Governance Policy

Managing the Office 365 groups and Teams has always been a painstaking task. What if there is no one to manage them? If Microsoft Teams owner left the company or the owner’s account was deleted or disabled, it becomes an ownerless team. These are called Orphaned Teams/Groups. Then, how will you manage ownerless groups effectively?  No Owner, No Management:  An ownerless group can function, and members can still collaborate, but the lack of an owner means that:  No one will be responsible... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365
Kathy
March 21, 2022
Microsoft 365: The new Opt-out Setting to Disable Plus Addressing in Exchange Online

Microsoft 365: The new Opt-out Setting to Disable Plus Addressing in Exchange Online

Plus Addressing allows users to create custom email address by adding plus (+) sign and suffix to their standard email address. For example,  Standard email address: [email protected]  Plus Addresses: [email protected], [email protected]  When the emails are sent to Plus Addresses, the emails are delivered to the standard email address.    How Plus Addressing Introduced in Microsoft 365?   In Sep 2021, Microsoft introduced Plus Addressing in Exchange Online as an opt-in option. The organizations can enable plus address by setting the ‘AllowPlusAddressInRecipients‘ property... Read More Read More

Exchange Online
Kathy
December 28, 2021
Opt-in to the Exchange Online Endpoint for Legacy TLS Clients using SMTP Auth

Opt-in to the Exchange Online Endpoint for Legacy TLS Clients using SMTP Auth

We all know that Exchange online ended support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 in 2020 to meet the security and compliance requirements. However, Microsoft still allows clients to use legacy TLS versions to connect with Exchange Online.  In 2022, Microsoft has planned to completely disable older TLS versions in Exchange Online to improve security. If your organization still uses clients that aren’t compatible with TLS 1.2, then the new opt-in endpoint can be set to use the previous versions... Read More Read More

Exchange Online