Hi all, It's time to celebrate! I've written a whopping 2'000 Blog Posts in this Blog https://blog.icewolf.ch As you can see, i've started this Blog back in 2007 - it's now almost 15 Years old. At first, 2'000 Blog Posts does not seem to be impressive. But if you take that number and divide it by 365 you will get this result: 5.479. That means if you write a Blog Article every day, it takes you about five and a half year to get to these 2'000 Blog Articles.

Hi All, There is a new Setting in M365 Admin Portal called "Idle session timeout" - which is in Preview. This setting is currently supported by the following Web Apps - more apps are expected to come. Outlook Web App OneDrive for Business SharePoint Online (SPO) Office.com and other start pages Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) on the web Microsoft 365 Admin Center Idle timeouts are Tenant wide settings and can't be targeted like Conditional Access Policies.

Hi All, Two Days ago, Microsoft has released a new Version of Azure AD Connect that fixes an Error, when there is a model db corruption. Resolve Model database corruption in SQLLocalDB https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/active-directory/resolve-model-database-corruption-sqllocaldb Azure AD Connect: Version release history https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/hybrid/reference-connect-version-history Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect 2.1.1.0 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47594 On the M365 Admin Center in the Health > Directory Sync Status you can find the new Version Number https://admin.microsoft.com/#/dirsyncmanagement Regards Andres Bohren

Hi All, Recently Microsoft announced an update to "Every Meeting Online" (EMO) Feature. Not only can you configure to have Meeting Links for every Meeting, you can also configure the Default Online Meeting Provider TeamsForBusiness BlueJeans GoToMeeting Webex Zoom GoogleMeet JioMeet RingCentral AmazonChimePublic AmazonChimePrivate AlibabaDingTalk FacebookWorkplace AppleFacetime ClaroVideoconferencia Make every meeting online https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/make-every-meeting-online-70f9bda0-fd29-498b-9757-6709cc1c73f0 To Activate you have to Configure the Exchange Online OrganizationConfig Get-OrganizationConfig | fl OnlineMeetingsByDefaultEnabled Set-OrganizationConfig -OnlineMeetingsByDefaultEnabled $true

Hi All, There has been an update to Plus addressing in Exchange online. Plus adressing will be enabled by default starting from 17. April 2022 If you wish to Opt-Out of Plus Adressing you will need to use this command Set-OrganizationConfig -DisablePlusAddressInRecipients $true Plus Addressing in Exchange Online https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/plus-addressing-in-exchange-online If you want to check your current Recipients for Plus addresses you can use my Script from GitHub https://github.com/BohrenAn/GitHub_PowerShellScripts/blob/main/ExchangeOnline/CheckPlusEmailAddresses.ps1 You can review your Exchange Online Settings in your tenant with the following Command

Hi All, In this Blog Article, i want to talk about how to protect your Azure SQL Databases with Firewall Rules at Server or Database level. Azure SQL Database and Azure Synapse IP firewall rules https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/firewall-configure The Server Level you can find on your Server Object You can also find this when query the master Database --Database: master SELECT * FROM sys.firewall_rules At the Database level use this sp_set_firewall_rule (Azure SQL Database)

Hi All, I wanted to check the amount of Commands available in the Microsoft.Graph Powershell Modules Get-Command -Module Microsoft.Graph* | measure That seemed a bit much and it turned out, i had multiple Versions of Microsoft.Graph PowerShell Module installed. Here is a Script do remove the Old Modules and install only the newest Version. $Modules = Get-Module Microsoft.Graph* -ListAvailable | Where {$_.Name -ne "Microsoft.Graph.Authentication"} | Select-Object Name -Unique Foreach ($Module in $Modules)

Hi All, Did you notice that there are new Azure AD Diagnostic Settings in AzureAD? NetworkAccessTrafficLogs RiskyServicePrincipals ServicePrincipalRiskEvents After the Change i've checked the LogAnalytics - did not see any change. Checked again a few days later and could only see that the Table "AzureDiagnostics" has been addet. But no Data in it. What is your Experience?Do you see new Tables? Is there Data in it? Regards Andres Bohren

Hi All, Today the ExchangeOnlineManagement Preview 5 PowerShell Module has been released to the PowerShell Gallery. As you can see it's the first time you can use Certificate Based Authentication (CBA) to Authenticate with Connect-IPPSSession. ExchangeOnlineManagement Preview5 https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/ExchangeOnlineManagement/2.0.6-Preview5 Installing the Module (PowerShell must be startet "As Administrator") Find-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -AllowPrerelease Install-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement -AllowPrerelease -Force How to set up the Azure AD App i have documented here https://blog.icewolf.ch/archive/2021/04/04/exchange-online-powershell-v2-authentication-with-app-in-azuread-update.aspx Connect to Exchange Online with a Certificate stored in your CurrentUser Certificate Store

Hi All, The March Version of Jabra Direct for Windows has been released Release Notes https://www.jabraheadsets.ch/support/release-notes/release-note-jabra-direct Regards Andres Bohren