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 …

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 …

Exchange Online mailbox apps check via PowerShell

Some days ago I got a ticket where someone could not load his calendar in Microsoft Teams. Outlook worked fine the only thing was Out of Office Notification, also did not work. After some research I found the solution by activating EWS on this specific mailbox. One our later everything was fine. You can find …

Exchange Online Enforcement Pause

Lot of people already know the new Microsoft strategy for blocking outdated Exchange OnPrem Versions in hybrid environments. See this old article which describes the most important informations, see also the timeline for throttling and blocking. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/update-on-transport-enforcement-system-in-exchange-online/ba-p/3827774 After some time the Exchange Teams announced an new article about pausing this enforcement with throttling and blocking. …

Bye bye Azure AD Connect V1

As mentioned at an earlier blogpost time has come for leaving version 1 of Azure AD Connect. A orange warning symbol in the new Microsoft Entra portal is displayed already some time. If you follow this link there is a really clear notification: These guys that are still using Azure AD Connect V1 and rely …