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Azure MFA using hardware tokens
MFA (Multi factor authentication) What is it? Something you know – password Something you have – phone or token Something you are – biometrics (fingerprint, face scan) What? MFA is all the rage these days, and so it should be. It allows users to add multiple layers of security to protect their identity, their assets …
Read onWhere is Microsoft Forms data stored?
Microsoft Forms data is stored in servers in the United States. “Location of Customer Data at Rest for Core Online Services” How might this affect you? You might assume, for example, that if your Office 365 tenancy is in Canada that all your data resides in Canada as well. This, however, is not the case. …
Read onSet up MFA with Conditional Access
Setting up Multi Factor Authentication for your users in Azure AD has honestly never been easier. Bit of a shocker but it’s true! The process guides your users through a series of steps that require them to register their security info and choose an authentication method. The process can take less than 5mins. And they …
Read onConditional Access and Location Restrictions in Azure AD
Steps to Set Up Conditional Access to Named Locations What? You need/want to tighten security and protect your company data. So What? Perhaps you see suspicious sign-ins reported in Azure and/or your users work remotely and sign in from External (unknown) IP’s. You need to add some security to isolate data access locations without causing …
Read onWhat the MFA?
Thinking about moving to a more secure model of User Verification is a great idea especially these days. Office 365 and Azure AD provide the means to increase security for users using either 2-step verification or AzureAD MFA. Multi Factor Authentication. What is it anyway? Typically it is Why is MFA important? The security of …
Read onWhere is MS Forms Data Stored?
Where is MS Forms Data stored? Microsoft Forms data is stored on servers in the United States, with the exception of data for European-based tenants. The data for European-based tenants is stored on servers in Europe. Will MS Forms Data be stored in Canada? So far storing Forms Data is not on the Road Map …
Read onOffice 365: Some Helpful Tips
Ever Changing, Ever Growing and Always Offering More Some days in the Office 365 portal I see buttons or features that were not there the previous day. One day I swear I saw a new link appear right before my eyes. Don’t miss out on what Office 365 has to offer. With a myriad of …
Read onOffice 365 Secure Score – What is it?
The tool can be accessed here at https://o365securescore.azurewebsites.net/ The output of this tool provides an online tool representative of your “Secure Score” with regards to your Good and Bad tenancy scores. The page is “filterable” so that you can display between Good or Fix, the latter provides links to the issues that require “Fixing”… Kind …
Read onTrend WFBS V9 OutBreak Defense Tab 404 Error page
Scenario: Upgraded Trend WFBS V8 to V9 SP1. POST upgrade the OutBreak Defense tab showed a 404 error, file or directory not found. Scanning the Trend support site turned up nothing in terms of “known issues”. Resolution: Reset IE and all personal settings Tools –> Internet Options –> Advanced –> Reset Once reset complete …
Read onSecurity Bulletins a la carte
Microsoft’s “myBulletins” make it easy to filter and manage security bulletins specific to your environment. “Using this service, customers can filter security bulletins to show only those that are relevant to the Microsoft products in their environment. It can also be used to help prioritize security bulletins with the ability to sort by release date, …
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