Peer groups and learning groups for 2024
It was my pleasure to introduce peer groups to Third Tier. In 2024, we're introducing focused learning groups for Defender, Intune, Public speaking and more
Newsletter alpha test results
Create a news source that is focused on helping Microsoft 365 IT businesses by providing them with curated and summarized information, published by Microsoft and their MVP community
Mastermind and Peer Groups for 2024
The value of these groups is in the deep trust and friendships that evolve over time. Having a career-long group of trusted advisors is a huge advantage.
Understanding AI use in Business
I'm writing an on-going series on AI for businesspeople. What is AI? How does it work? How do you use it?
How to cultivate the self-managing employee
I realized that type of person that I needed to hire, how to recognize them, and how to cultivate any short comings that they had.
Create new email addresses on the fly
A + address is a temporary email address that you create for some specific purpose.
It’s now easy to send mail from an alias
You used to need an IT admin to help you get setup to send email from an alias. Somewhere along the way, this changed and now you can just send from an alias.
Include IPv6 in Azure AD policies
Criminals of the world would love to know that they don't have to deal with MFA if they phish you while you're in the office. Now we've taken that option away
Conclusions from reading threat analyst reports
Despite criminal masterminds and "security researchers" always coming up with the next greatest tool for causing financial damage to our businesses and economy, there are patterns.
Ransomware prevention, not defense
Defense implies a reactionary approach. Prevention set the scene where ransomware can't get you in the first place.
Setup up automated investigation and response
Many vendors call this Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) or Extended Detection and Response (XDR). Microsoft calls it Defender for Business.
How to manage Office updates with Microsoft 365
It's one of the least known and used portal in the entire Microsoft 365 suite. Too bad, because it contains some configuration and automation gems. Let's see how we use it to automate Office updates.