Today I want to show you how easy you can get all the information you need to help you troubleshoot Azure runbook errors. I have set up very simple powershell script to run under the Azure automation account which collects data about the VMs. There are million great articles about the Azure Automation Accounts, so… READ MORE
DirectAccess has been around for many years, and with Microsoft now moving in the direction of Always On VPN, I’m often asked “What’s the difference between DirectAccess and Always On VPN?” Fundamentally they both provide seamless and transparent, always on remote access. However, Always On VPN has a number of advantages over DirectAccess in terms of security,… READ MORE
In today’s world where data security and privacy controls are of paramount importance for IT departments, one needs to make sure that our Office 365 environments are secured from both internal and external threats.
In this blog post, I will be talking about Azure advanced threat protection deployment, and walk you through my experience doing large implementation in an environment with virtual domain controllers hosted on VMware clusters. You can also read about Azure advanced threat protection lateral movement, Azure ATP and Windows Defender ATP integration, and Azure ATP vs ATA. Azure advanced threat… READ MORE
The latest trend that I notice by those who start using Office 365 is an immediate desire to start using all the tools available in Office 365 all at once. Why??? Way too often I see my clients start using Teams, Planner, Yammer, Office 365 Groups all at once, without having a clear strategy. When you go… READ MORE
General context Nowdays it is really important to being able to monitor and control the IT infrastructure of a company against security threats, identity risks, data breaches, etc. From a general viewpoint, it is clearly fundamental to have full control of the security of your infrastructure, but also from a EU GDPR perspective you have… READ MORE
One of the biggest concerns companies have out there is that by switching to SharePoint, companies will loose the ability to keep private data private. This is an absolutely wrong assumption. In fact, SharePoint is rock solid when it comes to security and security configuration. It uses a concept called “Security Trimming”. I personally call it… READ MORE
When managing a SharePoint solution, there are an infinite number of ‘best practice guides’ to resort to. On one hand, some are written by knowledgeable and reputable authors, and on the other, they are written by basement System Administrators. In reality, it is hard to know what information is reliable and what is not. Managing… READ MORE
Last year Paul Olenick, Microsoft MVP, published a blog all about Delve and the Office Graph for the European SharePoint Conference. In that post, Paul included one paragraph about how to exclude content from Delve. In this blog we’ll explore that topic more deeply in terms of Privacy, Security and Compliance with Delve.
Security is a polarising topic in the SharePoint community. It seems that everyone has a slight variation to what would be considered a best practice approach to implementing security across a site.
