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January 2021's Microsoft 365 changes for MSPs: a stricter Teams lobby setting, more secure connector webhook URLs, the Skype for Business Online Connector retirement, and Intune OS support cutoffs.
GoDaddy email comes in two flavors, IMAP and the 365 syndicate program, and each needs a different move. Here are the tools, the playbooks, and why some tenants need a full migration.
Microsoft retires baseline policies and enforces Security Defaults on February 29, 2020. Here are two ways to require MFA without breaking your copiers, ticketing systems, and PowerShell.
A full walkthrough for migrating on-prem home drives to each user's personal OneDrive: pre-provision the sites, grant impersonation rights, and run the free SharePoint Migration Tool.
An Azure Logic App can pull Microsoft Graph security alerts on a timer and post them to a Teams channel with no scripting. Here is the build, the cost, and where it falls short.
Register a Graph Security app, drop a webhook into Teams, and schedule a PowerShell script to post every M365 and Azure security alert across your tenants at zero running cost.
Windows 10 is the last numbered release, so updates now flow continuously. Here is how to stage them with deployment rings and ship devices hands-free with Windows Autopilot.
DLP and information protection used to be Enterprise-only. As of 2019 they ship with M365 Business and several other SKUs. Here is what the setup covers and which licenses qualify.
Configuring the same M365 Business controls for every client is slow and error-prone. This PowerShell runbook builds a full environment, MFA, DLP, ATP, Intune, in a single command.
As of April 2019, Shift, Silver Competency, and Sky's the Limit stack on the same net-new 365 customers. Here is the math that pushes margin to 47%.
Microsoft competencies are a kickback program in disguise. As of April 2019, four net-new customers and a $1,670 fee can net an MSP $1,030 a year on the 6% rebate alone.
The Microsoft 365 Business upgrade right covers Windows 7 Pro and 8.x, not Home. Here is how to scan, image, and pilot a broad Windows 10 deployment using free Microsoft tools.
