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Aidan Finn explains how app services, or web apps, can be connected to external users or services.

Windows Autopilot is a new Microsoft tool that IT pros can use to pre-configure, reset, or repurpose Windows devices. It’s a great tool to automate the process of deploying Windows devices in an organization. In this Windows Autopilot deployment step-by-step guide, we’ll explain how to get started with Windows Autopilot and set up new devices…

Slack’s Odd Complaint I read the news that Slack filed a competition complaint against Microsoft in the EU on July 22 with a mixture of mirth and despair. Mirth because of the allegations advanced by Slack; despair because a company like Slack would resort to such a tactic. Slack’s complaint says that “Microsoft has illegally…

Microsoft changes Windows 10 servicing again, Windows Server will get support for FIDO2 security keys in hybrid configurations, Microsoft fixes blocking issues for the Windows 10 May 2019 Update, and much more.

MC259297 – Updated June 02, 2021: Microsoft has updated this post to provide more clarity on the change. Thank you for your feedback. Note: organization branding applied to Azure Active Directory sign-in pages are NOT impacted by this change. As outlined in MC243041 (March ’21) Microsoft will be retiring support for navigation bar tenant background image. Instead…

MC532607 – Updated May 17, 2023: Today Microsoft is starting rollout for Authenticator Lite (in Outlook) to enter GA! The Microsoft managed value of this feature will be changed from ‘disabled’ to ‘enabled’ on June 9th. Microsoft has made some changes to the feature configuration, so if you made an update before GA (5/17), please…

Last year, Microsoft introduced the public preview of a system-preferred multifactor authentication (MFA) for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The company announced yesterday that the feature is now generally available for all commercial customers. What is system-preferred MFA authentication? With system-preferred authentication enabled, Azure AD evaluates all authentication methods registered for a user account, and…

Russell explains what Windows Hello for Business is and how it differs from Windows Hello for consumers.

MC600245 – This post is associated with the previous post announcing Microsoft 365 Copilot – MC528800 (March ’23). Whether or not you are participating in the Microsoft 365 Copilot Early Access Program, there are a few steps you can start taking today to help your organization get prepared for such experiences in the future. For example,…

The latest version of the PowerShell module for Azure Active Directory contains the cmdlets to recover a deleted Office 365 Group (and a plan or a team). We have been waiting for this feature for two and a half years, but maybe the waiting makes the feature all the sweeter…