November 2024 Exchange Server Security Updates

November 2024 Exchange Server Security Updates

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Just a few Hours ago, the Exchange Team has released Security Updates for Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019. Updates 14.11.2024 There seems to be an Issue with Exchange Transport Rules and the Downloads have been removed temporarly. Infos Anouncement on Exchange Team Blog Released: November 2024 Exchange Server Security Updates Alongside with that came also some new Features Improvements in Exchange Server AMSI integration Non-compliant RFC 5322 P2 FROM header detection ECC certificate support improvements Downloads
Group Based Licensing with M365 Admin Center and Graph

Group Based Licensing with M365 Admin Center and Graph

Andres Bohren
Hi All, I have two Groups that are used to assign M365 Licenses to Users. Recently there was a change to move the Management from the Entra Admin Center to the M365 Admin Center Entra Admin Center In the Entra Admin Center you still can find the Groups If you select the Group and click on “Licenses” you can see the Warning Message that informs you that the Management of the Licenses has now moved to M365 Admin Center.
Entra Connect Sync 2.4.21 released

Entra Connect Sync 2.4.21 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Somehow i did miss, that there was an Update for Entra Connect Sync (Azure Active Directory Connect) from July and September. It’s for download only, so no Automatic Update. I am running currently Entra Connect Sync 2.3.20.0 Microsoft Entra Connect: Version release history Download Microsoft Entra Connect It’s still a bit a mess with the Product Names. The Product Name is “Microsoft Entra Connect Sync” but the Title ist “Microsoft Entra Connect” and you download “AzureADConnect.
Surface Laptop 3 Drivers and Firmware (August 2024)

Surface Laptop 3 Drivers and Firmware (August 2024)

Andres Bohren
Hi All, It’s already a few Months, since Microsoft released a new Version of Surface Laptop 3 with Intel Processor Drivers and Firmware. Time to update my Laptop! I’ve downloaded the MSI File and installed it on my Surface Laptop 3. After the installation has finished you need to restart your Computer. Regards Andres Bohren Hardware Logo
Azure Storage Explorer 1.36.2

Azure Storage Explorer 1.36.2

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Today i’ve seen the notification, that Azure Storage Explorer 1.36.2 has been released. GitHub Release v1.36.2 Installation Everything went smooth Updated Azure Storage Explorer Details from About Regards Andres Bohren Azure Logo
PowerToys v0.86.0 released

PowerToys v0.86.0 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, I noticed that Microsoft has released a new Version of PowerToys. In the Main Window click on “Install now” The Release notes can be found here: Release v0.86.0 Highlights Advanced Paste has new abilities: Image to text, and paste to file (text / png / html). In settings, we’ve adjusted the left navigation to group the utilities. As the number of utilities shipped with PowerToys keeps growing, we felt this was a needed adjustment.
PowerShell 7.4.6 released

PowerShell 7.4.6 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Today i’ve noticed, that there is a new PowerShell 7 Version available. Currently i have PowerShell 7.4.5 installed You can Download it from here: v7.4.6 Release of PowerShell Release notes: Copy to static site instead of making blob public (#24269) Add ability to capture MSBuild Binary logs when restore fails Keep the roff file when gzipping it. Update PowerShell-Coordinated_Packages-Official.yml Update and add new NuGet package sources for different environments.
PowerShell Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell 16.0.25409.12000 released

PowerShell Module Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell 16.0.25409.12000 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, A day ago, Microsoft has released the Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell 16.0.25409.12000 PowerShell Module. PowerShell Gallery Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell I am using the new PSResourceGet here instead of the PowerShellGet commands. Show installed Versions and what’s available in PowerShell Gallery Get-InstalledPSResource Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -Scope CurrentUser Find-PSResource Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell Uninstall the old Version and install the new Version of the Module Uninstall-PSResource Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -Scope CurrentUser Install-PSResource Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -Scope CurrentUser Get-InstalledPSResource Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell -Scope CurrentUser List the Commands of the Module
Register FIDO2 Passkey in Entra ID on behalf of users with PowerShell

Register FIDO2 Passkey in Entra ID on behalf of users with PowerShell

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Recently i was working together with one of my fellows (shout out to Raul Ruta) to figure out how Register Passkeys with the new Microsoft Graph Beta API’s. The only thing we found was the Article of Jan Bakker, that uses the Yubico Sample scripts based on Phyton. Register Yubikeys on behalf of your users with Microsoft Entra ID FIDO2 provisioning APIs I was looking if there is a better way that does not require Phyton and found this PowerShell Module
Entra ID Microsoft Authenticator Registration campain

Entra ID Microsoft Authenticator Registration campain

Andres Bohren
Hi All, I recently had a customer that still allows SMS for MFA Authentication on theyr Entra ID Tenant. We all know, that SMS and Voice, should not be used anymore for MFA Authentication. In addition, i would point out, that can lead to a very bad situation, when using Teams Phone as your Voice destination. Think of how you want to authenticate to Teams, when receiving the MFA Voice call there 😂