Toni Pohl

Understanding what changes are happening in your Microsoft 365 environment is essential for governance, compliance, and troubleshooting. With the new Audit Log experience in Delegate365, administrators now can analyze their audit data stored in Azure Log Analytics using the power of Kusto Query Language (KQL). Audit Log Retention and Storage As described in our recent articles (see below) about the new Audit Logging and Event Grid integration, Delegate365 can now write audit events directly to Azure Log Analytics. This provides a scalable, searchable, and highly flexible auditing solution for all Delegate365 activities. ...

For many years, our Teams App Cloud Hub has helped Microsoft 365 professionals stay informed about important service changes, product updates, Message Center announcements, Microsoft blogs, and other relevant cloud news directly in Microsoft Teams. We are grateful for the trust our customers have placed in Cloud Hub and are proud that many organizations have used the app to stay up to date with the rapidly changing Microsoft 365 ecosystem. ...

The Microsoft Graph UTCM (Unified Tenant Configuration Management) APIs allow administrators to save Microsoft 365 tenant settings, create baselines, and compare configurations over time. This helps identify configuration changes and maintain governance across the tenant. See more details at Use the Tenant Configuration Management APIs in Microsoft Graph. To use UTCM, a Microsoft-managed service principal must be added to the tenant. Microsoft uses this application to access configuration data from your Microsoft 365 tenant. ...

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 and using the new Delegate365 Audit Logging KQL queries. ...

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. ...

Microsoft now offers Anthropic AI models (the Claude family, including Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku) through Microsoft Online Services. But what does this mean for customers in the European Union (EU) and their data compliance requirements? Well, Microsoft provides details about AI subprocessors in its documentation on Anthropic models in Microsoft Online Services. So Anthropic AI models are currently outside the scope of the Microsoft EU Data Boundary and are disabled by default for customers within the EU Data Boundary. ...

For years, the Center of Excellence Starter Kit (CoE) was the foundation for Power Platform governance. But that has changed. Microsoft announced in April 2026: The CoE Starter Kit is no longer actively maintained, and issues are no longer addressed. Its core capabilities have moved into the Power Platform admin center. Find out more at Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence (CoE) Starter Kit transition to Power Platform admin center. “The Power Platform CoE Starter Kit is no longer actively maintained. Its core capabilities are part of the Power Platform admin center.” ...

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. ...

Thrive IT Conference 2026 in Slovenia once again delivered an inspiring mix of deep technical sessions, practical insights, and great community exchange. Held from June 9–10, 2026, with a full-day preconference on June 8, the event brought together IT professionals, architects, and developers to explore the latest in AI, Azure, Microsoft 365, and beyond in beautiful Slovenia. Martina and I were excited to contribute with several sessions focused on turning AI into real business value - from governance and platform strategy to automation scenarios with AI. ...