Toni Pohl

Microsoft Entra ID (or Azure AD) applications are cloud-based applications that can be integrated with Azure AD for authentication and authorization purposes. Using such applications provides a way to centrally manage and secure access to your cloud-based applications and services using Azure AD identities and credentials. This article is presented in two parts, exploring the practical implementation and functionality of apps across tenant boundaries. It provides an overview of how these apps operate and the details of permissions when used in a real-world setting. ...

Need to activate the Microsoft 365 sensitivity labels for Groups and Sites? This must be done with PowerShell. Find the current working script here. The article Assign sensitivity labels to Microsoft 365 groups in Microsoft Entra ID describes basically how to activate the Groups and Sites settings with Microsoft Beta Graph PowerShell: “…To apply published labels to groups, you must first enable the feature. These steps enable the feature in Microsoft Entra ID….”. My colleague Christoph Wilfing corrected and completed the script so that it optimizes module loading times and works in all cases. Thx Christoph! ...

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. The goal is to automatically create a new Viva Engage Community which means technically, to create a Microsoft 365 group that is enabled as – sorry, I’m still using the old name - Yammer Community. Currently, Microsoft Graph beta provides a preview feature. See the details at Use the Microsoft Graph API to work with Viva Engage (preview). When using this method, remember that APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. ...

In December and January some features and fixes have been added to Delegate v9.7. In this update, administrators can allow or block sharing settings of SharePoint sites to comply with company policies. Global Sharing settings: In the SharePoint Admin Center, Global Administrators can control the sharing settings for their Microsoft 365 tenant (see more at Manage sharing settings for SharePoint and OneDrive in Microsoft 365). These settings apply to the entire organization in SharePoint and OneDrive. The screenshot below shows a typical setting for organizations that allow external and anonymous sharing to certain SharePoint sites, but want to restrict sharing from the OneDrive personal space. ...

Merry Christmas to all our friends, partners, and customers! As we approach the end of 2023, we would like to take a moment to express our gratitude for your continued support and trust in our projects. We are proud to have you as our partners and customers, and we look forward to continuing our journey together in the coming year. This year has been a remarkable one for us, with several successful projects that have helped us grow and learn. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with many of you and contribute to your success. We hope that our projects have made your life easier and more efficient. ...

The current version of Delegate365 v9.7 comes with some improvements. See the details here. SMTP Authentication in Users / Mailbox settings: A new switch SMTP Authentication has been added to the Mailbox settings of a User. This allows, see Enable or disable authenticated client SMTP submission (SMTP AUTH) in Exchange Online. Usually, Microsoft recommends to disable SMTP AUTH in your Exchange Online organization and to enable it only for the accounts (mailboxes) that still require it. If security defaults is enabled in your organization, SMTP AUTH is already disabled in Exchange Online. However, admins can modify this setting in the Mailbox features section. The SMTP Authentication dropdown allows to set the setting to* On, Off, *and Organization settings. which means that the settings for the user are inherited from the organization´s transportation rules settings. This setting corresponds to the setting in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, under Users / Active Users / Select a user / Manage Email Apps / Authenticated SMTP switch or with PowerShell. In PowerShell, this setting is set with Set-TransportConfig and Set-CASMailbox with an attribute named SmtpClientAuthenticationDisabled, where the organization settings are equal to $null, On means $false, and Off means $true. This is simplified in Delegate365 to be more understandable. ...

Congratulations to the atwork team behind the Sign Language Project (SLRproject.ai) for winning the Microsoft Austria Partner Innovation Award 2023! The project aims to develop a machine learning model that can automatically translate Sign Language into text and transmit this text into various communication programs, such as Microsoft Teams. It is an innovative development and research project for sign language recognition with Azure Artificial Intelligence Services (Azure AI). The SLR project is a remarkable example of how technology can have a positive impact on society using modern AI technology. We congratulate the project initiator Peter Hödl, who started this project around two years ago and continues to work hard together with the team to create an integrable solution. ...

By working with Azure Logic Apps, data can be processed very quickly and conveniently. Sometimes small details are a challenge, like function names or correct syntax. This is especially true if you don’t work with logic apps all the time. In addition to our existing tips here in the blog, we have some other useful functions from various scenarios that will make your work with Logic Apps easier. If you are interested, we have already collected a number of tips in our blog in category Logic Apps. So, here are some more general tips for your flows. ...

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. ...

Sometimes it makes sense to provide users with a link to manage a Microsoft Team in applications or in generated emails. Only the Teams client can do this. Or? The teams client offers the Manage team option The teams client allows open the options menu, and to click on the Manage team menu. ...