No more password sending via email in M365

A long-overdue decision is finally being implemented. Microsoft has announced that starting from August 30, 2024, they will no longer send passwords for newly created users via email. This feature will be completely discontinued and will no longer be available. I say ‘Very good’. I find the note ‘Admins should use the ‘Print’ option to …

Find orphaned GPOs via PowerShell before migrating to Intune

Many companies have already fully transitioned to Endpoint Management Intune and no longer need GPOs (Group Policy Objects). Others are in the preparatory stages. Therefore, I would like to provide some assistance for identifying orphaned Group Policy Objects. These can be relatively easily found and, if necessary, removed using PowerShell. I’ve written a small script …

FullAccess Permissions in Exchange Online with additional information

In mid-March, I received an email from a reader (Sebastian) asking if it was possible to read out all full access permissions and then enrich this information with additional details. Specifically, it was about the department, meaning that the mailbox, authorized user, and the department of the authorized user should be output to a CSV …

April 2024 Exchange Server Hotfix Updates

Some days ago Microsoft released a small security update for Exchange Servers. The original post from Exchange Team. This Update is OPTIONAL so there are some new features available in Exchange OnPremises. See the original Download Links: Update also brings some new features: Some fixed issues: The issue Outlook doesn’t display unread message icon caused …

Mark E-Mails external with Exchange Online External Sender Identification

For some time now, Exchange Online has offered the option of making external emails visible directly in Outlook as well as OWA and Outlook Mobile. This function is called quite unspectacularly “ExternalInOutlook”. In action the function looks like this: I have already published an article on the topic of email banners with Exchange Transport Rules …