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Using Microsoft 365 Security Audit Logs to Track Copilot Usage

In our data-driven era, gaining insights into user interactions with tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot is essential for enhancing productivity. For administrators, it is vital to know which users are utilizing a Copilot license and the specific services they are engaging with. This information helps in managing licenses effectively, ensuring that resources are allocated efficiently. The Microsoft 365 Security Audit Logs offer a detailed view of user activities, including interactions with Copilot, even when the organization's anonymization settings are enabled. Here's how this works.

Why Only Users Can Apply Sensitivity Labels in Microsoft 365

Sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 are a crucial feature for organizations to protect and manage their data. These labels allow organizations to classify and safeguard sensitive information based on its level of confidentiality. By applying sensitivity labels, organizations can control access, encrypt data, apply policies, and track and monitor on sensitive information. Users can apply sensitivity labels to classify and protect their data. However, applications unfortunately cannot currently assign sensitivity labels.

Retrieve User PIM Role Assignments and History with Microsoft Graph REST API

Microsoft Entra Privileged Identity Management (PIM) allows administrators to manage role assignments efficiently, ensuring that users have the necessary permissions only when needed. By following a few simple steps, administrators can make users eligible for specific roles, activate roles as required, and manage both built-in and custom roles. This process enhances security by minimizing the duration and scope of privileged access, making it a crucial tool for maintaining a secure and compliant environment. In this article, we explore how to read a user's Microsoft Entra roles and history using PIM and the Microsoft Graph REST API.

Enhance your Copilot with Graph Connector relevance tuning

Utilizing Graph connectors simplifies the process of incorporating your data into Microsoft 365 search and Microsoft 365 Copilot, enhancing your experience with seamless integration. A fresh addition to Copilot’s capabilities is the Relevance Tuning feature, that significantly enhances Copilot's functionality.

Create a new Viva Engage Community with Graph

In early 2023, Microsoft renamed Yammer to Viva Engage. This year we see the first small integration of Viva Engage with Microsoft Graph in beta. This article shows how to provision a new Viva Engage community, add owners and members using Graph in an Azure Logic app.

Get the expiration date of application secrets and certificates in Entra

Part of the job of Microsoft 365 administrators is to ensure that their users can access and work with all services. This also includes ensuring that applications work. Microsoft Entra manages applications and the associated settings in a central location. It is relevant to know when application certificates and secrets expire in order to renew them in a timely manner. This article shows how you can query which applications need to be updated.

How to get all SharePoint Online sites with their owner with Graph

Microsoft Graph is the key to access data in Microsoft 365. When working with SharePoint, we have some access with Graph, but there is still a lot missing. In my case I needed a list of all SharePoint sites with their owners for governance reasons. Here I show how you can get this data today with the Graph API.

Azure Logic Apps Toolbox 8-Secure your secretswith Azure Key Vault and Managed Identity

Credentials and secrets should be stored in a secure environment and not directly in an Azure Logic App or script. Azure provides the Key Vault service, which allows to store such secrets in a secure and controllable way. See how this works here.