CIAOPS Brief 20240817

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Moving to OneNote on Windows –

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/moving-to-onenote-on-windows-4ba7b498-aafc-44b1-8326-a582a6c71196

Announcing mandatory multi-factor authentication for Azure sign-in –

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-mandatory-multi-factor-authentication-for-azure-sign-in/

Microsoft Copilot for Security Now Covered by HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-copilot-blog/microsoft-copilot-for-security-now-covered-by-hipaa-business/ba-p/4220174

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint’s Safe Deployment Practices –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-s-safe-deployment-practices/ba-p/4220342

Multi-tenant insights to boost customer health in Microsoft 365 Lighthouse –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/small-and-medium-business-blog/multi-tenant-insights-to-boost-customer-health-in-microsoft-365/ba-p/4177367

Updates to Microsoft Copilot to bring enterprise data protection to more organizations –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/updates-to-microsoft-copilot-to-bring-enterprise-data-protection/ba-p/4217152

Reimagining content management at Microsoft with SharePoint Premium –

https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/reimagining-content-management-at-microsoft-with-sharepoint-premium/

Set up your iPhone for work –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TcfajFq0gg

Give a custom name to the General channel in Microsoft Teams –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/give-a-custom-name-to-the-general-channel-in-microsoft-teams

Now Available: the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Risk Assessment QuickStart Guide –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/now-available-the-copilot-for-microsoft-365-risk-assessment/ba-p/4211925

Enhanced presenter and attendee experience with the expanded gallery view in Teams –

https://pre.insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/efficient-multitasking-and-enhanced-presenter-experience-with-the-expanded-gallery-view-in-teams

Face Check is now generally available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/face-check-is-now-generally-available/ba-p/4175880

Show or hide the Discover feed in Microsoft Teams –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/show-or-hide-the-discover-feed-in-microsoft-teams

After hours

Working backward to solve problems – Maurice Ashley – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v34NqCbAA1c

Editorial

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Disable Linkedin integrations in Microsoft 365

The first place to disable Linkedin integration in Microsoft 365 is inside the Azure portal.

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Navigate to Microsoft Entra ID, then select Users as shown above.

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Select User settings on the left and set the Linkedin account connections to No.

Remember to Save your settings before existing this page.

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Now navigate to the Exchange Online administration portal. Expand the Roles option on the left and then select Outlook Web Apps policies.

Typically, there will only be one OWA policy as shown above. If there are more, then you will need to repeat this process with each.

Select the policy name, here OwaMailboxPolicy-Default..

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From the window that appears on the right select Manage features as shown above.

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Ensure Linkedin contact sync is unselected as shown above.

Save your settings before you exit.

Set Exchange Online quarantine notification period

Many people have suspect emails sent to quarantine in Microsoft 365. This is achieved using a quarantine policy which you find at:

https://security.microsoft.com

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You expand the options under Email & collaboration as shown above and select Policies and rules. On the right you select Threat policies as shown above.

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If you scroll down the page a bit you’ll find Quarantine policies as shown above, which you should select.

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The notification period is controlled in the GUI via the Global settings menu option as shown above.

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From the dialog that appears from the right, scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will find an option Send end-user spam notifications as shown above. Presently, the minimum you can configure this to is Within 4 hours.

After you make any changes here select the Save button at the very bottom to update these settings for all the quarantine policies you have.

CIAOPS Brief 20240810

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Bridging the On-premises to Cloud Security Gap: Cloud Credentials Detection –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/bridging-the-on-premises-to-cloud-security-gap-cloud-credentials/ba-p/4211794

Exploring the latest AI features in Clipchamp –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/exploring-the-latest-ai-features-in-clipchamp

Chained for attack: OpenVPN vulnerabilities discovered leading to RCE and LPE –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/08/chained-for-attack-openvpn-vulnerabilities-discovered-leading-to-rce-and-lpe/

Extend allow in Tenant Allow/Block List allow entries in a transparent data driven manner –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/extend-allow-in-tenant-allow-block-list-allow-entries-in-a/ba-p/4213201

Professional project management with Microsoft Planner –

https://adoption.microsoft.com/en-us/guides/professional-project-management-with-microsoft-planner/

Ways to share files with people at work –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmjgDtHYBsE

How Microsoft and NIST are collaborating to advance the Zero Trust Implementation –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/08/06/how-microsoft-and-nist-are-collaborating-to-advance-the-zero-trust-implementation/

Detect compromised RDP sessions with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/detect-compromised-rdp-sessions-with-microsoft-defender-for/ba-p/4201003

Enhancements to the Outbound Messages in Transit Security Report –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/enhancements-to-the-outbound-messages-in-transit-security-report/ba-p/4210332

After hours

You Should Probably Change Your Password! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHaBH4LqGsI

Editorial

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Validate email address format with PowerShell

Here’s a handy function you can use in your PowerShell scripts when you need to verify that information contains a valid emails address.

function ValidateEmailAddress {
param (
[string]$EmailAddress
)

    $emailRegex = ‘^[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}$’
$isValid = $EmailAddress -match $emailRegex

    return $isValid
}

Just call the function and specify the text you want to verify as a parameter like:

ValidateEmailAddress(“director@ciaops.com”)

and you’ll get either True or False.

Need to Know podcast–Episode 324

Along with all the news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud I muse on the fact that the new Microsoft 365 Backup service may have been partially created to solve the storage issues of deleted data in Microsoft 365 environments. Just a theory, but listen along if you like to hear my thoughts.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-325-a-change-in-the-wind/

Subscribe via iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/ciaops-need-to-know-podcasts/id406891445?mt=2

Don’t forget to give the show a rating as well as send me any feedback or suggestions you may have for the show.

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CIAOPS Brief 20240803

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Microsoft 365 Insider Round Up –

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/august-2024-microsoft-365-insider-fugwc/

Microsoft Defender XDR – Monthly news – August 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/monthly-news-august-2024/ba-p/4207232

New onboarding flow to managing Android Enterprise devices with Microsoft Intune –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/new-onboarding-flow-to-managing-android-enterprise-devices-with/ba-p/4206602

Windows 365 at three years: Customer-centric solutions for security, management and productivity –

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/08/01/windows-365-at-three-years-customer-centric-solutions-for-security-management-and-productivity/

New Windows 365 features help provide a more secure workspace –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/new-windows-365-features-help-provide-a-more-secure-workspace/ba-p/4206802

Windows 365 GPU-enabled Cloud PCs now generally available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/windows-365-gpu-enabled-cloud-pcs-now-generally-available/ba-p/4206600

New 1Password SIEM integration with Microsoft Sentinel now generally available –

https://blog.1password.com/1password-microsoft-sentinel-siem/

Supercharge Your Business: Simplify communications with AI in Microsoft Teams and Teams Phone –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/small-and-medium-business-blog/supercharge-your-business-simplify-communications-with-ai-in/ba-p/4205360

Microsoft Announces General Availability of Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Backup Storage –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-backup-blog/microsoft-announces-general-availability-of-microsoft-365-backup/ba-p/4205300

SharePoint roadmap pitstop: July 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sharepoint-blog/sharepoint-roadmap-pitstop-july-2024/ba-p/4204521

What’s new in Copilot | July 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/what-s-new-in-copilot-july-2024/ba-p/4200439

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | July 2024 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams-blog/what-s-new-in-microsoft-teams-july-2024/ba-p/4205316

Looking back on FY24: from Copilots empowering human achievement to leading AI Transformation –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/07/29/looking-back-on-fy24-from-copilots-empowering-human-achievement-to-leading-ai-transformation/

Best practices AI and machine learning Microsoft Purview 3 min read New Microsoft whitepaper shares how to prepare your data for secure AI adoption –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/07/30/new-microsoft-whitepaper-shares-how-to-prepare-your-data-for-secure-ai-adoption/

Use WinGet 1.8 to download Microsoft Store apps –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/use-winget-1-8-to-download-microsoft-store-apps/ba-p/4204522

Monitoring Microsoft Sentinel Reports with Dashboard Hub & Power BI –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/core-infrastructure-and-security/monitoring-microsoft-sentinel-reports-with-dashboard-hub-amp/ba-p/4203870

Looking back on FY24: from Copilots empowering human achievement to leading AI Transformation –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/07/29/looking-back-on-fy24-from-copilots-empowering-human-achievement-to-leading-ai-transformation/

Announcing quarantine release integration in MDO hunting experience!! –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/announcing-quarantine-release-integration-in-mdo-hunting/ba-p/4198601

Windows Security best practices for integrating and managing security tools –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/07/27/windows-security-best-practices-for-integrating-and-managing-security-tools/

After hours

Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3jYVe1RGaU

Editorial

If you found this valuable, the I’d appreciate a ‘like’ or perhaps a donation at https://ko-fi.com/ciaops. This helps me know that people enjoy what I have created and provides resources to allow me to create more content. If you have any feedback or suggestions around this, I’m all ears. You can also find me via email director@ciaops.com and on X (Twitter) at https://www.twitter.com/directorcia.

If you want to be part of a dedicated Microsoft Cloud community with information and interactions daily, then consider becoming a CIAOPS Patron – www.ciaopspatron.com.

Watch out for the next CIA Brief next week