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Drag-and-Drop Network File to Desktop Security Warning

Christopher Lee

Dec 9, 20222 min read

Drag-and-Drop Network File to Desktop Security Warning

I was recently working with a client that was encountering an issue with Windows file security warnings when copying files from a network...

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Issuing CA Certificate Service Cannot Start Due to Offline CRL

Christopher Lee

Sep 30, 20223 min read

Issuing CA Certificate Service Cannot Start Due to Offline CRL

I was recently deploying a SCEP (Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol) server for a client to be used by the Intune Certificate...

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Can You Enforce App Protection for Teams Mobile?

Christopher Lee

Apr 7, 20215 min read

Can You Enforce App Protection for Teams Mobile?

The simple answer to the question is No, we cannot Enforce App Protection for Teams mobile apps but we can Require it. These may sound...

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Defender ATP and PowerBI Authentication Failure with Conditional Access

Christopher Lee

May 20, 20203 min read

Defender ATP and PowerBI Authentication Failure with Conditional Access

When connecting PowerBI to your Microsoft Defender ATP instance, you may run into authentication issues. Why this happens can be a mystery.

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Deploying Teams Firewall Rules via PS Script and Intune

Christopher Lee

May 11, 20205 min read

Deploying Teams Firewall Rules via PS Script and Intune

Deploying firewall rules from Intune can be a challenge. But with Microsoft Teams, its even harder as a scripted solution is necessary.

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When Teams Meeting Recordings Don't Make It To Stream

Christopher Lee

Apr 29, 20203 min read

When Teams Meeting Recordings Don't Make It To Stream

When you record a Teams meeting, the default storage location for the recording is the Office 365 video streaming platform, Stream. In...

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Defender ATP Onboard Conflict with Defender Firewall GPO

Christopher Lee

Apr 21, 20204 min read

Defender ATP Onboard Conflict with Defender Firewall GPO

For those of you not familiar with Windows Defender ATP, it is Microsoft's cloud endpoint security and monitoring solution that enables...

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Windows 10 Hybrid Azure AD Join and Outbound Proxy

Christopher Lee

May 31, 20193 min read

Windows 10 Hybrid Azure AD Join and Outbound Proxy

In working with a customer, I came across a challenging issue that had me baffled for a while. The customer had a very complex outbound...

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Enabling Dynamics Customer Engagement Portal B2B Authentication

Christopher Lee

May 30, 20194 min read

Enabling Dynamics Customer Engagement Portal B2B Authentication

Enabling B2C authentication to Dynamics Customer Engagement Portal is well documented, but B2B authentication was not so clear.

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Christopher Lee

Mar 31, 20192 min read

Azure Site Recovery Error 153006

Azure Site Recovery (ASR) provides relatively good details and instructions through the Azure admin portal when encountering an error. ...

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Christopher Lee

Mar 29, 20185 min read

Pre-Enroll Azure MFA User Settings

**UPDATE 10/31/18** Since I made this original post, Microsoft has made attempts to consolidate the enrollment portals for Azure MFA as...

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Changing AIP Labels for Document Life Cycle

Christopher Lee

Mar 15, 20185 min read

Changing AIP Labels for Document Life Cycle

When protecting a document, AIP is relatively a static process where once a document is protected, the permissions are not often changed....

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Blocking Windows 10 Mail App with ActiveSync Device Access Rules

Christopher Lee

Feb 28, 20182 min read

Blocking Windows 10 Mail App with ActiveSync Device Access Rules

Controlling mail clients that use Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) for connectivity can be done using EAS Device Access Rules. A common...

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Microsoft Intune Enrollment Service in Azure Conditional Access

Christopher Lee

Jan 26, 20183 min read

Microsoft Intune Enrollment Service in Azure Conditional Access

Most companies want to prevent external access to Office 365 outside of their corporate network, but typically exclude mobile device...

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Legacy Authentication - The Achilles' Heel of Azure Conditional Access v2.0

Christopher Lee

Jan 25, 20187 min read

Legacy Authentication - The Achilles' Heel of Azure Conditional Access v2.0

It's clear that today Microsoft is focused primarily on their cloud platform and and are pushing everywhere and anywhere possible. I was...

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PowerShell Script Authentication to Office 365

Christopher Lee

Nov 15, 20175 min read

PowerShell Script Authentication to Office 365

Connecting PowerShell to the cloud is a fairly simple process. This requires the correct version of PowerShell and potentially specific...

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Christopher Lee

Nov 1, 20174 min read

Transport vs. Payload Encryption

Email security is a common discussion I have with customers. This is typically due to discussions around why using Office 365 Message...

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Christopher Lee

May 19, 20176 min read

Archiving Skype for Business Online

One of the most common requirements I hear companies ask for regarding Skype for Business Online is a realistic way of archiving,...

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Distribution Groups to Office 365 Groups

Christopher Lee

Apr 5, 20173 min read

Distribution Groups to Office 365 Groups

Office 365 Groups are most likely the next generation of Distribution Groups we typically have seen in Exchange in the past. There is no...

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Christopher Lee

Apr 4, 20175 min read

When To Use Office 365 Groups vs. Teams

A common scenario I have encountered with customers recently is the new capabilities within Office 365 pertaining to Groups and Teams....

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