Need to Know podcast–Episode 326

You are going to need to update any global administrator account that doesn’t have MFA enabled soon. Failing to do so will cause you some pain when you visit the Azure, EntraID or Intune portal. See the included article for more details. This and lots of Microsoft cloud news in this episode including some great improvements to Microsoft Teams.

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Announcing mandatory multi-factor authentication for Azure sign-in

Moving to OneNote on Windows

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint’s Safe Deployment Practices

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

Reimagining content management at Microsoft with SharePoint Premium

Give a custom name to the General channel in Microsoft Teams

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

Face Check is now generally available

Show or hide the Discover feed in Microsoft Teams

Exploring the latest AI features in Clipchamp

Professional project management with Microsoft Planner

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

Detect compromised RDP sessions with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Enhancements to the Outbound Messages in Transit Security Report

Key Topics:
  • Mandatory Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Robert discussed the recent announcement by Microsoft regarding mandatory MFA for Azure sign-ins, affecting Azure portal and dependencies like Intune. He emphasized the need for configuring MFA for break glass accounts without it, suggesting options like Microsoft Authenticator, passkey, or Fido key hardware token. The deadline for compliance is mid-October. 1:16

  • OneNote on Windows Update: Robert shared updates on OneNote for Windows, indicating a shift from the Windows 10 standalone version to a continued development of the desktop edition, incorporating features from the Windows 10 edition. He recommended reviewing a specific Microsoft article for more details. 3:24

  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: Robert highlighted the importance of safe deployment practices for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, referencing a Microsoft article that provides guidance on staged rollouts and managing engine updates. 4:15

  • Enterprise Data Protection: Robert mentioned updates to Copilot aimed at bringing enterprise data protection to more organizations. He noted some confusion between commercial and enterprise data protection but underscored the importance of securing Microsoft 365 accounts. 4:48

  • SharePoint Premium: Robert discussed the rebranding of SharePoint syntax to SharePoint Premium, detailing new features like autofill columns, document processing, and OCR. He also mentioned the cost-effective aspect of tying syntax usage to an Azure subscription for SMBs. 5:53

  • Custom Naming for General Channel in Teams: Robert shared a new feature in Microsoft Teams allowing users to give custom names to the general channel, addressing a long-standing request from users for more descriptive channel naming. 7:18

  • Enhanced Presenter and Attendee Experience in Teams: Robert praised the enhanced presenter and attendee experience in Teams, highlighting the ability for presenters to see what their screen is displaying to the audience. 7:47

  • Face Check Availability: Robert announced the general availability of Face Check, a facial recognition feature for secure app sign-ins. He speculated on its potential as an MFA replacement and encouraged exploring its integration with apps. 8:26

  • AI Enhancements in ClipChamp: Robert discussed new AI features in ClipChamp, such as background removal, enhancing the tool’s viability for users working with images and videos within Microsoft 365 subscriptions. 10:07

  • Planner Updates: Robert touched on updates to Planner, including a new interface and integration with Copilot for Microsoft 365, suggesting it as a useful tool for project management within teams. 10:39

  • Collaboration on Zero Trust Implementations: Robert mentioned a blog post detailing collaboration between Microsoft and NIST on advancing Zero Trust implementations, emphasizing the “trust no one” approach to security. 11:23

  • Detecting Compromised RDP Sessions: Robert highlighted Defender for Endpoint’s capability to detect compromised RDP sessions, sharing suggestions and KQL queries for identifying such sessions. 12:05

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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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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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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/

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Microsoft 365 Insider Round Up

Microsoft Defender XDR – Monthly news – August 2024

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

New Windows 365 features help provide a more secure workspace

Windows 365 GPU-enabled Cloud PCs now generally available

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

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

SharePoint roadmap pitstop: July 2024

What’s new in Copilot | July 2024

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | July 2024

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

Use WinGet 1.8 to download Microsoft Store apps

Monitoring Microsoft Sentinel Reports with Dashboard Hub & Power BI

Announcing quarantine release integration in MDO hunting experience!!

Windows Security best practices for integrating and managing security tools

Microsoft Purview Data Governance will be generally available September 1, 2024

Migrate ADAL apps to MSAL with enhanced insights

Public Preview: New Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan

Onyx Sleet uses array of malware to gather intelligence for North Korea

Zero Trust in the Age of AI: Join our online event to learn how to strengthen your security posture

Try out the new Copilot in Planner (preview) today in the new Microsoft Planner in Teams

OneDrive in-depth: Learning content

The Microsoft Copilot Dashboard is now included with Copilot for Microsoft 365

Prompts to try in Copilot for Microsoft 365

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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

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CIAOPS Need to Know Microsoft 365 Webinar – August

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Join me for the free monthly CIAOPS Need to Know webinar. Along with all the Microsoft Cloud news we’ll be taking a look at Power Automate.

Shortly after registering you should receive an automated email from Microsoft Teams confirming your registration, including all the event details as well as a calendar invite.

You can register for the regular monthly webinar here:

August Webinar Registrations

(If you are having issues with the above link copy and paste – https://bit.ly/n2k2408

The details are:

CIAOPS Need to Know Webinar – August 2024
Thursday 29th of June 2024
11.00am – 12.00am Sydney Time

All sessions are recorded and posted to the CIAOPS Academy.

The CIAOPS Need to Know Webinars are free to attend but if you want to receive the recording of the session you need to sign up as a CIAOPS patron which you can do here:

http://www.ciaopspatron.com

or purchase them individually at:

http://www.ciaopsacademy.com/

Also feel free at any stage to email me directly via director@ciaops.com with your webinar topic suggestions.

I’d also appreciate you sharing information about this webinar with anyone you feel may benefit from the session and I look forward to seeing you there.

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Create Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption community in Viva Engage –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmr0NZVvXZI

Microsoft Purview Data Governance will be generally available September 1, 2024 –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/07/16/microsoft-purview-data-governance-will-be-generally-available-september-1-2024/

Migrate ADAL apps to MSAL with enhanced insights –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-entra-blog/migrate-adal-apps-to-msal-with-enhanced-insights/ba-p/4194361

Public Preview: New Azure Monitor Auxiliary Logs Plan –

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/v2/azure-monitor-auxiliary-logs

Onyx Sleet uses array of malware to gather intelligence for North Korea –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/07/25/onyx-sleet-uses-array-of-malware-to-gather-intelligence-for-north-korea/

Zero Trust in the Age of AI: Join our online event to learn how to strengthen your security posture –

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2024/07/24/zero-trust-in-the-age-of-ai-join-our-online-event-to-learn-how-to-strengthen-your-security-posture/

Try out the new Copilot in Planner (preview) today in the new Microsoft Planner in Teams –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/planner-blog/try-out-the-new-copilot-in-planner-preview-today-in-the-new/ba-p/4193042

ON DEMAND | OneDrive in-depth: Learning content –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-onedrive-blog/on-demand-onedrive-in-depth-learning-content/ba-p/4193875

The Microsoft Copilot Dashboard is now included with Copilot for Microsoft 365 –

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/viva-insights-blog/the-microsoft-copilot-dashboard-is-now-included-with-copilot-for/ba-p/4198372

Prompts to try in Copilot for Microsoft 365 –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0WCK9mIAkU

After hours

AI’s trillion dollar time bomb – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx-tMK7w5g8

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.

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Need to Know podcast–Episode 323

The Crowdstrike issue has been the dominant news item recently and I have some information as well as my own thoughts on this which I share. As always the news and updates from Microsoft continue and I share with you what I feel is most relevant including a number of handy videos on various Copilots, so listen along and enjoy. As always love to hear your thoughts and feedback.

You can listen directly to this episode at:

https://ciaops.podbean.com/e/episode-323-aftermath/

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Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage

Microsoft Bookings | Your Appointment Scheduling Solution

Announcing Public Preview of Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online

Guest sharing now available in Microsoft Loop

Make OT security a core part of your SOC strategy with Microsoft Defender XDR

Perfect your prompt with Copilot for Microsoft 365

Build a great prompt with Copilot for Microsoft 365

New Outlook for Windows | How to use Coaching by Copilot

Copilot Learning Hub: Your Gateway to Mastering Microsoft Copilot

Turn PDFs into editable documents in Word for iOS

Simplified Zero Trust security with the Microsoft Entra Suite and unified security operations platform, now generally available

How to secure access for your workforce with Microsoft Entra Suite

Microsoft Entra Internet Access Overview

Microsoft Security Service Edge now generally available

Introducing dynamic watermarking for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

SharePoint roadmap pitstop: June 2024

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2024

Dealing with Unsatisfactory Responses

Promptbooks

File menu improvements in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web