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September 25 ends DAP for new customers, Conditional Access protected actions hit GA, Python lands in Excel, and the legacy Exchange Online client ID heads for retirement.
Inspire month: Microsoft 365 Copilot lands at $30 per user, Azure AD becomes Entra ID, Bing Chat Enterprise opens in preview, and M365 Backup and Archive debut.
GDAP removes the pre-consent that delegated vendor integrations rely on. Here is the split of work: the prerequisites the MSP configures and the consent workflow the vendor has to build.
GDAP removes the pre-consent that made partner app registrations just work. Here is the full repair path: service account, app registration, GDAP roles, and the consent API, with scripts.
Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 Copilot, DAP-to-GDAP transitions start May 22 with eight limited roles, Authenticator Lite auto-enables May 26, and the faster Teams client enters preview.
CISA's SCuBA project gives you a checklist. A real hardening program needs CIS mapping, licensing notes, setup steps, user-impact warnings, and scripts for every control across all six M365 workloads.
A device lifecycle walkthrough of 16 Intune security controls: enrollment restrictions, compliance enforcement, encryption, patching, app protection, and offboarding, with licensing and setup steps.
Desired state configuration turns M365 baselines from physical checklists into monitored, enforceable standards. We review Microsoft 365 DSC and take an honest look at Simeon Cloud's friendlier take.
Azure AD gains IPv6 support that can break location-based Conditional Access, GDAP milestones shift with an update promised by February 15, cross-tenant sync previews, and Teams retires the wiki.
Microsoft 365 Lighthouse now bulk-migrates DAP to GDAP with suggested role tiers, reusable templates, and built-in JIT access. How the wizard works and how it compares to CIPP.
Microsoft sets a February 27, 2023 date to enable Authenticator number matching by default, Teams Premium adds Advanced Virtual Appointments, users can delete chats, and SharePoint URL rename hits GA.
CISA's SCuBA project pairs a free M365 security baseline with ScubaGear, a PowerShell tool that grades your tenant against it. Setup steps, licensing gotchas, and a CIS Controls mapping.
