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Delegate365 v9.5 brings some improvements for importing users from a list into groups, adding owners to groups, showing user authentication methods and some other benefits. See it here. User authentication methods: In the *Users *module, the panel has been extended and now shows all stored Authentication methods of the user. Select a user, and open the Authentication methods menu on the right. The Authentication methods panel opens and shows a list of all methods. Admins can remove outdated authentication methods here with the x-Icon. The question dialog “Do you really want to delete Password Authentication?” must be confirmed to delete a method. In this sample, we see some outdated authentication methods (without name, from 2017) that could be removed by the admin. *Cancel *closes the panel. Note: Users can modify or add their authentication methods anytime at https://aka.ms/mfasetup. ...

Delegate365 v9.4 brings support for managing dynamic security groups and some small fixes. See the details here. Dynamic Security Groups: In the Groups / Security Groups module, the list shows all security groups that are assigned to the administrator´s OU´s. In the list, there´s a new column Membership Type that shows if the security group is of type Assigned or Dynamic. Assigned means static users, Dynamic means a rule that includes all users whose properties match the condition (as in the M365 admin portal). The Membership Type cannot be changed for existing security groups. It must be defined when a new security group is created. If a security group is of type Dynamic, the menu on the right shows the option Dynamic membership rules. ...

We’ve developed a new update for Delegate365 with a number of useful improvements. All existing customers will be updated to Delegate365 version 9.3.1 in the next few days. See the details here. Licenses sorted by name: All licenses and plans are now sorted by name. This makes it easier for administrators to find the licenses and plans by name and adjust the corresponding license. Sorting is applied to both license names (SKU´s) and plans, in all modules. ...

The Center of Excellence (CoE), also known as the Microsoft Power Platform CoE Starter Kit, is a toolkit to gain insights into the use of the Microsoft Power Platform in an Microsoft 365 organization. While the installation has recently become a bit technically easier, a corresponding Power Platform license is also required for operation. Well, not every company owns or acquires the required license. We show how these license requirements can be solved with Azure temporary - for special use cases - and what are the benefits and the disadvantages of the PAYG billing. ...

Delegate365 v9.3 and later comes with a new setup. The new setup is required to use MFA enabled admins and to generate the Delegate365 app and certificate for authentication in the Microsoft 365 tenant. Follow the steps here to setup your Delegate365 tenant. Test Delegate365 These are the steps to open a new trial of Delegate365. Navigate to the Delegate365 website and click on the Trial link. Fill out the form and enter your Microsoft 365 tenant domain that you want to manage in Delegate365. ...

Delegate365 v9.3 comes with a new setup and a bunch of other new features, such as more details, SharePoint site templates, user mailbox Automapping, and more. See a list here. Modern Authentication: Delegate365 runs as with a Microsoft Azure Active Directory app. Delegate365 uses modern authentication from the start for all operations except Exchange Online. With Delegate365 version 9.3 and up, it always is using Modern Authentication for all Microsoft 365 services, regardless of the setup method. ...

In the previous article, we showed and described two flows to backup and restore a flow. This works well when the flow’s connections are still in the same environment. But what about restoring a flow in a different environment? This is a typical use case for “moving” flows from a source environment to a target environment, such as from the development environment to the productive or department environment. In this article we show how this works with the restore flow. ...

Did you know that you can backup and restore a flow (or multiple flows) with another flow in Power Automate? This is very helpful for backing up and restoring important flows in the company. Well, I knew the mechanism. Now I’ve tested it myself and found that this process is undocumented and I’ve only found examples that didn’t work. Reason enough to develop the process to work and describe it with all workarounds. Here is the guide for real world application. ...

Sometimes it is useful to create a file of a specific size to test network or internet speed or to upload it to a specific application. This is how you can create a file with a specific file size in Windows and with PowerShell. Using the fsutil command line tool For the start, we can use fsutil** command with the file createnew option in a command prompt or in a PowerShell terminal for that purpose. ...

The Governance Toolkit SaaS solution provides compliance coverage across multiple workloads and offers self-services for users. We have added many new improvements and services over the past few months. We started the Governance Toolkit 365 (GT365) journey at the Microsoft Ignite conference in 2018, when my colleague Martina Grom showed a first version how to develop a Power BI governance board for Microsoft 365 and an endpoint to provision a new Microsoft 365 Group with an approval workflow. We saw that there was a great need for governance in the market and from there we developed our solution as Software-as-a-Service offering. One of the great advantages of the GT365 is that it runs completely with the on-board tools of Microsoft 365 and can be completely flexibly customized. You can find more information and test GT365 anytime at governancetoolkit365.com . ...