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Security is more important than ever, and user accounts must be protected properly against modern threats such as phishing, credential theft, and social engineering. To strengthen identity protection, Microsoft is making passkeys the default authentication method in Microsoft Entra starting September 1, 2026. As part of this transition, Microsoft will retire its built-in SMS and voice-based multifactor authentication services on February 1, 2027. See the Microsoft article for more information: Passkeys by default and retirement of Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication ...

Organizations increasingly need to connect Microsoft 365 administration activities with downstream systems, monitoring platforms, automation workflows, and business processes. Azure Event Grid provides a scalable event-routing service that enables real-time delivery of events to a wide range of Azure services and custom applications. With Delegate365 Event Grid integration, you can automatically send audit logs and operational events from Delegate365 to Azure Event Grid. From there, events can be routed to Azure Storage Queues, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, third-party SIEM systems, monitoring platforms, or custom applications. ...

Delegate365 v11 brings a range of new capabilities designed to improve governance, simplify administration, and provide greater visibility into modern Microsoft 365 environments. This release introduces a new audit logging architecture, enhanced licensing capabilities, support for custom attributes, and the first preview of AI agent governance features. In addition, users will benefit from usability improvements, and numerous stability and performance enhancements throughout the platform. Delegate365 v11 – What’s New Important: Audit Logging changes: The new audit logging system replaces the previous logging to Azure Storage Account tables. Delegate365 now leverages Azure Log Analytics for audit and diagnostic logging and can integrate with Azure Event Grid when required. Please see the article Delegate365 Audit Logging Update for details. ...

Delegate365 v11 now supports managing Exchange Custom Attributes 1–15 directly from the Delegate365 portal. Custom Attributes are can be used to store additional business information such as department codes, cost centers, locations, application identifiers, or classification values. They can also be leveraged for reporting, dynamic group memberships, automation, and policy management. Scope of Custom Attributes With Delegate365 v11, administrators can now view and edit Custom Attributes 1–15 for: Users Shared Mailboxes Resource Mailboxes Mail Contacts Microsoft 365 Groups Microsoft Teams Easy Custom Attribute Management Custom Attributes are available directly within the object management experience. As shown below, administrators can access the feature Custom attributes from the mailbox or object details panel and edit all 15 Exchange Custom Attributes in a dedicated dialog. ...

Managing administrators in Delegate365 is straightforward and gives you full control over permissions, scope, and responsibilities. This short guide walks through the process step by step. 1. Open Delegate365 Sign in to your Delegate365 portal - usually the web address is https://[yourcompany].delegate365.com. If you have just completed the setup, use the account that was used during the setup process. This account is automatically assigned as the first administrator with the Portal Administrator role. ...

Microsoft 365 users can receive the same license through both group membership and direct assignment. For example, a user like Alex might have an E5 license assigned individually as well as through one or more groups. Delegate365 fully supports this licensing model and provides comprehensive management capabilities for license assignments. Multiple license assignments Delegate365 fully respects this updated model and ensures a clean and understandable experience: Licenses are displayed only once, even if assigned multiple times. ...

Introducing Azure Log Analytics and Azure Event Grid Integration To further strengthen security, scalability, and integration capabilities, we are introducing an important update to Delegate365’s audit logging architecture. These changes will take effect starting in April and provide customers with a more standardized, future‑proof approach to audit logging and log processing. This article explains what is changing, why it matters, and what actions are required. Upgrade Summary – Audit Logging changes Tasks at a glance: ...

Women’s History Month 2026 Looking back at 2025 - and why visibility still matters Every year in March, I sit down to write this article. And every year, I ask myself the same question: Do we still need this? Looking back at Women’s History Month 2025, the answer is very clear: Yes. We absolutely do. Not because there are not enough brilliant women in tech. But because they are still not visible enough. ...

We’re proud to share an important milestone: atwork’s SaaS solution, Governance Toolkit 365 (GT365), is now officially certified within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program (MAICPP). As part of this designation, GT365 successfully completed a formal technical audit and review by Microsoft. This confirms that our solution meets Microsoft’s strict requirements for quality, security, and cloud architecture. GT365 is available via Azure Marketplace and AppSource, and can be subscribed to directly through an Azure subscription. This certification is more than a badge. ...

In Delegate365, you can add any Microsoft 365 user as an external administrator. With this mechanism, users from other Microsoft 365 tenants can sign in to your organization’s Delegate365 as external users, without being connected to your own tenant. This article explains how this works, step by step. Add an external user as an admin First, add the user as an administrator in the Delegate365 administrators list, as shown below. ...