CIAOPSLabs is open for business

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After some careful consideration, I’ve decided to start a new blog over at:

https://blog.ciaopslabs.com

Over time you may have seen me post articles like IoT here, which aren’t probably strictly on topic for this blog. I also now have a growing business around design and solving problems using tools like 3D printers and CAD design. Lumping all of that in here with the existing content I feel would be a distraction I’ve decided, and thus, all of that is better in its own unique area.

The stuff in the CIAOPSLabs is going to be more about me working through ideas, design, and decision processes, rather than showing what the end results is, which is what I kind of do more here in this blog. So the topics in CIAOPSLabs are going to be far more random as I see it as a ‘catch all’ for everything that doesn’t make sense in this blog.

My approach to any blog has always been primarily about creating a location for me to document things I might need to remember as well as creating an audit trail of what I did when. I’ve already started posting things up there and you’ll also find an account on X as well as YouTube. I like to make my experiences public so that they in turn help someone else. I also see it as a kind of ‘pay it forward’ to all those who have created content that I have consumed in my journey.

Please note that the content across the CIAOPSLabs resources is still a work in progress and will expand out overtime. It simply comes down to the time available for me, but at least I now have somewhere to document a range of topics I have been holding off on for a while. It needs a lot more polish I’ll admit, but at east now it has started!

If you are interested in problem solving and things like 3D printing, IoT, creating real world stuff and generally trying to be more productive then add the CIAOPSLabs to your follows. If you are mainly focused on the Microsoft Cloud, Microsoft 365, Azure, Defender, Power Platform and so on, then you are already in the right place and I thank you for following my content here.

Thanks again to everyone who takes the time to subscribe to this blog and I hope to see some of you over at CIAOPSLabs as well as the journey there begins.

My Stuff 2024

This post is my annual post aimed at bringing the links to everything I have out there on the Internet together into a single place. Here we go.

About me

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Here you’ll find currently almost 200 videos full of tutorials on SharePoint, Office 365, Azure and technology.

Presentations and whitepapers for free download.

Documentation for older versions of SharePoint on premises, especially the free versions and those that came with SBS.

Cloud lecture series is a set of free tutorials, training session and so on that I have provided over the years:

I have number of free GitHub repositories that include things like PowerShell scripts, pricing calculators, reference documents, helpful links and more. You will find all these at:

With over 300 episodes and now in it’s 14th year my podcast focuses on providing you news and updates from the Microsoft Cloud around Microsoft 365 and Azure.

You can subscribe using iTunes or Google. If you’d like to be a guest or know someone who would, please let me know.

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I publish a weekly round up of Microsoft Cloud news in my CIA Brief:

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This stuff helps pay for free stuff above so I appreciate your support for my paid work.

Access to the CIAOPS community for technical support, product discounts and access to the best Office 365 and Azure information

General Interest

I’m a big believer in supporting those who want to build their own business but just need a leg up to get started. Kiva is simply and easy way to provide this and I recommend this to everyone.

In 2023 I read over 30 books. That means I do a lot of reading on a variety of topics and with Goodreads you can follow along with the books I’m reading as well as those that I add to my bookshelf. I’ll have an upcoming post on my recommended reads, so watch out for that post coming soon.

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I don’t play a whole lot these days, but when I do I typically play:

– Minecraft Dungeons

– Call of Duty

– Minecraft

If you ever need to send me stuff you can do so via the following address:

PO Box 5
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CIA Brief 231231

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Financially motivated threat actors misusing App Installer –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/12/28/financially-motivated-threat-actors-misusing-app-installer/

Overview of multi factor authentication –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCFAoMPFq-Q

CIAOPS Need to Know podcast – Episode 311 – https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-311-copilot-fatigue/

After hours

How scam call centers actually work –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrZZan7QfEo

Editorial

If you found this valuable, the I’d appreciate a ‘like’. This helps me know that people enjoy what I have created. 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.

Also, I’m doing a summer camp deep dive into Microsoft 365 Secure Score. You can read more and sign up here – https://blog.ciaops.com/2023/12/11/ciaops-summer-school-is-open-for-enrolments/

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.

December Microsoft 365 Webinar resources

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The slides from this month’s webinar are available at:

https://github.com/directorcia/general/blob/master/Presentations/Need%20to%20Know%20Webinars/202312.pdf

If you are not a CIAOPS patron you want to view or download a full copy of the video from the session you can do so here:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com.au/p/need-to-know-webinars

Watch out for next month’s webinar, the first of 2024

Joined devices not appearing in Intune

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If you have correctly joined your devices to EntraID and you have an Intune license, then these devices should appear in the Intune Management console, as shown above.

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If they don’t, then go into the Azure Portal and select EntraID. Select the Mobility (MDM and WIP) as shown above. Then select Microsoft Intune.

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Ensure that both settings are set to All. If they have been set to None, then this will be the issue as EntraID is not handing off device management to Intune.

Once you have set both of these settings to All as shown, ensure you save these settings before exiting the page.

Any device that is now joined to the tenant should appear in Intune, however existing devices that were added prior to this update being made won’t automatically enrol in Intune. They will need to be unjoined and re-joined to EntraID or re-enrolled via a script.

Need to Know podcast–Episode 311

Back with a Merry Christmas and happy New Year for those still listening. Got a few updates and thoughts for you before we start 2024 when I hope to again pump out more episode after thinking about what works best. I also some thoughts around the current ‘Copilot fatigue’ we are all experiencing, especially in SMB.

Stay safe and tune in again for regular episodes in 2024.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-311-copilot-fatigue/

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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Research at Microsoft 2023: A year of groundbreaking AI advances and discoveries

Managing Microsoft Sentinel across multiple tenants using Lighthouse

Microsoft Viva Overview

Decorate your background in Teams meetings

With Copilot, Every Meeting Is a ‘Digital Artifact’

Upcoming changes to Windows single sign-on

Microsoft Intune and Security Copilot – Policy Generation

Microsoft Intune and Security Copilot – Troubleshooting

CIA Brief 231223

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Microsoft Intune and Security Copilot – Policy Generation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV1Q5X6P8yM

Microsoft Intune and Security Copilot – Troubleshooting – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4atFroJw28I

Perspectives on 2023 – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/perspectives-2023-jeff-teper-kk0ic/

Research at Microsoft 2023: A year of groundbreaking AI advances and discoveries –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/research-at-microsoft-2023-a-year-of-groundbreaking-ai-advances-and-discoveries/

Managing Microsoft Sentinel across multiple tenants using Lighthouse –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/marketplace-blog/managing-microsoft-sentinel-across-multiple-tenants-using/ba-p/4013847

Microsoft Viva Overview –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxRSA55nRVg

Decorate your background in Teams meetings –

https://insider.microsoft365.com/en-us/blog/decorate-your-background-in-teams-meetings

With Copilot, Every Meeting Is a ‘Digital Artifact’ –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/with-copilot-every-meeting-is-a-digital-artifact

Upcoming changes to Windows single sign-on –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/upcoming-changes-to-windows-single-sign-on/ba-p/4008151

After hours

Car Thief Gets Instant Karma (the FINAL Glitterbomb 6.0) –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWWWyG5ZwG8

Editorial

If you found this valuable, the I’d appreciate a ‘like’. This helps me know that people enjoy what I have created. 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.

I’m running a session on Microsoft Copilot in a few weeks. Read more and sign up for free here – https://blog.ciaops.com/2023/12/04/ciaops-need-to-know-microsoft-365-webinar-december-5/

Also, I’m doing a summer camp deep dive into Microsoft 365 Secure Score. You can read more and sign up here – https://blog.ciaops.com/2023/12/11/ciaops-summer-school-is-open-for-enrolments/

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.

CIA Brief 231217

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Investigating malicious OAuth applications using the Unified Audit Log –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-experts-blog/investigating-malicious-oauth-applications-using-the-unified/ba-p/4007172

Patching Perforce perforations: Critical RCE vulnerability discovered in Perforce Helix Core Server –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/12/15/patching-perforce-perforations-critical-rce-vulnerability-discovered-in-perforce-helix-core-server/

Advancing Cybersecurity: The Latest enhancement in Phishing-Resistant Authentication –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/advancing-cybersecurity-the-latest-enhancement-in-phishing/ba-p/2365681

Get started with Microsoft 365 for business –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWutD2Zb1Zk

Copilot for Microsoft 365 | Work On –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QEL9Y3Udvc

Satya Nadella 2023: Year of AI –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu6Wq8lLUN0

Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty now generally available, opening new pathways for government innovation –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/12/14/microsoft-cloud-for-sovereignty-now-generally-available-opening-new-pathways-for-government-innovation/

Introducing New Features of Microsoft Entra Permissions Management –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/introducing-new-features-of-microsoft-entra-permissions/ba-p/2466925

Announcing updates to Copilot for Microsoft 365 availability –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/announcing-updates-to-copilot-for-microsoft-365-availability/ba-p/4007075

Microsoft Sentinel – SOAR through the SIEM, begin with the basics –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/microsoft-sentinel-soar-through-the-siem-begin-with-the-basics/ba-p/3990142

Disrupting the gateway services to cybercrime –

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2023/12/13/cybercrime-cybersecurity-storm-1152-fraudulent-accounts/

Protect your organizations against QR code phishing with Defender for Office 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/protect-your-organizations-against-qr-code-phishing-with/ba-p/4007041

Strengthening identity protection in the face of highly sophisticated attacks –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/strengthening-identity-protection-in-the-face-of-highly/ba-p/4006009

Threat actors misuse OAuth applications to automate financially driven attacks –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/12/12/threat-actors-misuse-oauth-applications-to-automate-financially-driven-attacks/

New Microsoft Incident Response team guide shares best practices for security teams and leaders –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/12/11/new-microsoft-incident-response-team-guide-shares-best-practices-for-security-teams-and-leaders/

Microsoft Defender XDR unified role-based access control (RBAC) model is now generally available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-xdr-blog/microsoft-defender-xdr-unified-role-based-access-control-rbac/ba-p/3993793

Staged rollout management for Graph connectors is generally available –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-search-blog/staged-rollout-management-for-graph-connectors-is-generally/ba-p/3998367

After hours

MInesweeper the movie –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs

Editorial

If you found this valuable, the I’d appreciate a ‘like’. This helps me know that people enjoy what I have created. 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.

I’m running a session on Microsoft Copilot in a few weeks. Read more and sign up for free here – https://blog.ciaops.com/2023/12/04/ciaops-need-to-know-microsoft-365-webinar-december-5/

Also, I’m doing a summer camp deep dive into Microsoft 365 Secure Score. You can read more and sign up here – https://blog.ciaops.com/2023/12/11/ciaops-summer-school-is-open-for-enrolments/

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.