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Entra ID Tenancy Strategies for Complex Organizations
Updated: June 29, 2026
Entra ID is a core component of Microsoft 365 services, but it has limitations that...more
Entra Cloud Sync Replacing Connect Sync: What to Expect
June 27, 2026
Customers should begin transitioning now from Connect Sync to Cloud Sync, but larger customers won’t...more
Agent 365: Microsoft Attempts to Herd Your AI Agents
Updated: June 20, 2026
Microsoft’s Agent 365 seeks to help organizations increase the manageability, security, and compliance of their...more
Microsoft 365 E7 Suite Available: It’s All About AI
Updated: June 20, 2026
Unlike the E3 and E5 tiers of Microsoft 365, E7 is likely of very limited...more
Six Steps from On-Premises to Full Cloud
March 2, 2026
Organizations must increasingly focus on and invest in Microsoft-cloud based services because it increasingly retires...more
Services Increasingly Expanding Beyond Microsoft 365 Suites
Updated: February 27, 2026
New tiers of several Microsoft 365 core services are quite expensive and are not available...more
Best Practices for Preserving Data While Removing Microsoft 365 Users
Updated: February 23, 2026
Offboarding employees is not an IT task; it’s a governance and risk event affecting organizational...more
Understanding Entra ID Privileged Identity Management
Updated: November 22, 2025
Entra ID Privileged Identity Management (PIM) can help organizations manage, control, and audit use by...more
Entra ID Protects Key Identities with Restricted Management
October 31, 2025
Restricted management administrative units can help organizations improve security and compliance while enhancing logging and auditing. Organizations...more
Understanding Dynamic Membership for Entra ID Groups
Updated: October 19, 2025
Entra ID supports dynamic membership for users and devices in some types of groups. The...more
Entra ID Group-Based License Management Helps Ease Licensing Administration
Updated: October 19, 2025
Entra ID group-based license management can help organizations manage licenses for Microsoft services in a...more
Understanding Microsoft 365 Groups
Updated: October 19, 2025
Microsoft 365 groups simplify definition of which users can collaborate with each other and the...more
Understanding Entra ID Administrative Units
Updated: October 19, 2025
Entra ID administrative units enable delegated management of users and groups within a single Entra...more
What Tools Can Help Me Deploy and Manage Conditional Access?
October 5, 2025
Conditional access (CA) policies within Microsoft 365 are complex to create and troubleshoot. A small set of...more
Understanding Microsoft’s Licensing for Entra ID Governance for External Users
August 2, 2025
Entra ID Governance can now be licensed for management of external users. The licensing model...more
AAD B2C: Here Today, Gone Eventually
Updated: July 9, 2025
Azure Active Directory B2C was designed to help organizations offer their end users easy sign-in...more
Podcasts
What You Need to Know Before You Sign a Microsoft MEO
June 25, 2026
· Season - 5 · Episode - 11 · Duration - 26m Microsoft’s Evolving AI Strategy: New Clues from BuildJune 11, 2026
· Season - 5 · Episode - 10 · Duration - 27m Get Ready for Microsoft’s Coming Licensing ChangesAugust 26, 2025
· Season - 4 · Episode - 14 · Duration - 19mBlog
June 5, 2026
Microsoft’s AI Strategy: Platform Control Over Short–Term ROI
by David Berry
June 2, 2026
Build 2026: Microsoft Pushes the Agent Envelope with Android Devices, New Windows PCs
by Mary Jo Foley
May 14, 2026
Microsoft’s Multiple Equivalent Offer: Avoiding the Renewal Trap
by Steven Kelley