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Protect Your Microsoft 365 Tenant from Direct Send Exploits — LazyAdmin Direct Send in Microsoft 365 has always been a great solution to let devices or internal apps send emails without authentication to your own users. But recently, this convenience has turned into a rea...

Attackers can spoof internal users with Microsoft 365 Direct Send.

A quick breakdown of how it works and how to stop it using transport rules, hardened DMARC, Anti-Phishing Policies, or by disabling Direct Send completely.

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Ubiquiti Launches UniFi OS Server for Self-Hosting — LazyAdmin Ubiquiti just released UniFi OS Server in Early Access, allowing you to self-host the complete UniFi network stack on your own hardware. Initially, it will support UniFi Network and Innerspace. Beside...

Ubiquiti just launched UniFi OS Server for self-hosting.

It runs the full UniFi stack on your own hardware—clean, fast, and still cloud-connected if you want it.

First look + install guide:
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The 7 Most Forgotten Microsoft 365 Security Settings Most Microsoft 365 tenants are less secure than you think. Fix these 7 overlooked security settings before they become your next breach.

A lot of Microsoft 365 tenants look secure on the surface. But under the hood, there are still default settings that nobody touches.

I went through 7 of the most overlooked ones:

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It will apply to all tenants, also existing ones. Source: admin.microsoft.com?ref=MessageC...

New Secure by Default Changes in Microsoft 365 Files Access for third-party apps now blocked by default. Roll out start mid July 2025. Admin Consent flow required

Microsoft is blocking third-party apps from file access by default.

Admin approval only works if you’ve set up the workflow. Rollout starts mid-July 2025.

Check your consent settings now.

+ free script to find apps with high-impact scopes users already consented to.

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I see indeed only this article is getting flagged. I have scanned the website with multiple security scanners, but I can't find anything

Was it from the newsletter or the link here from the bsky post?

Act Now: OneDrive Will Archive Inactive Accounts Unlicensed OneDrive Accounts will soon be archived. Billing may apply if you want to access the data. Act now before facing huge billing costs

Unlicensed OneDrive accounts from before July 28 will be archived by Oct 29. You won’t be able to access them unless you enable billing ($0.60/GB).

Accounts unlicensed after July 28? They’ll be archived and then deleted — unless covered by retention. Time to audit.

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Modern Auth for Entra Connect is now available Use Application Based authentication for Microsoft Entra Connect Sync to secure the connection between Entra Connect Sync and Entra ID

Modern Auth is now supported in Microsoft Entra Connect Sync!

No more usernames and passwords, use app-based auth with certificate credentials.

Here’s how to upgrade and what you need to know:

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How to Block Google’s AI Overviews using Group Policy and Intune Enforce Web-Only Google Search in Your Organization (No AI Overviews)

“Why can't I find anything on Google anymore?”

If your helpdesk is hearing that too often, here’s how to fix it.

Kill AI overviews and bring back clean, classic search results across Edge and Chrome, with just one policy.

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Heads-up: Starting June 2025 OneDrive will prompt users to sync known personal Microsoft accounts on business devices.

This happens by default unless IT disables it. Review your policies now to avoid unintended personal file syncing

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#OneDrive #SysAdmin #Microsoft365

Microsoft is retiring the password manager and autofill features in Authenticator.

Starting Aug 2025, saved passwords will be gone for good.

Plan your migration now before access ends.

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#Microsoft #Authenticator #PasswordManager #Infosec

Agreed, a lot of content is mediocre these days, but if this is the future of Google Search, then what’s the point of writing content? The AI Overview just rewrites it anyway...

Yes, I go through all comments. Only it can take a couple of days sometime.

Did you already left a comment?

Entra User flagged as High Risk due to Leaked Credentials Since last Saturday, the 19th of April, admins worldwide are dealing with users at High Risk due to Leaked Credentials in Microsoft Entra. In most cases, it's only around 30 to 40% of the users

Seeing sudden High-Risk user alerts in Entra ID? Microsoft confirmed it’s a false alarm—logging bug triggered “Leaked Credentials” alerts from Apr 20, 4–9 AM UTC.

No breach.

Fix: Mark users as safe or reset passwords

More info:

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#Entra #Microsoft365

Microsoft is going to warn users to back up their documents in OneDrive, starting mid-May. Prevent the warning from showing in the Office apps or roll out the feature silently.

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Starting May 5, Outlook will route non-compliant messages to Junk if you lack proper SPF, DKIM & DMARC authentication.

Eventually, they might be rejected entirely.

Is your domain ready? Here's what you need to know before it's too late.

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Managing Active Directory just got easier. I built Koppla, a local MCP server that lets you interact with AD using natural language. No scripting, no hassle—just clear, structured results. Works with Claude Desktop & GitHub Copilot.

Let me know what you think! #SysAdmin #AI

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Manage Microsoft 365 smarter with Lokka! Connect Claude to your tenant via Microsoft Graph & handle admin tasks with natural language.

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#Microsoft365 #lokka #entra #Claude

Thinking of upgrading to WiFi 7? Here's what you should know!

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Newsletters in Outlook - Do we really need it?

A new feature is coming to Outlook, Newsletters. It allows you to easily create and send newsletters, but do we really need this new app?

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What do you think? Let me know in the comments below 👇

💡 Heads Up: Exchange Online outbound email limits changing April 2025!

Your tenant's external email sending capacity will soon depend on your license count.

Time to review your external email volume now!

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UniFi Network 9.1 Update Overview

- New QoS capabilities
- New Client Analyzer
- Multi-WAN Support
- Settings page overhauled

Check out the full update overview now! 👇

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#unifi #ubiquiti #networking

A recent IoT Data Breach exposed more than 2,7 billion records, containing Wi-Fi credentials, IP Addresses, auth tokens, and more, highlighting the importance of securing your IoT devices.

Read what you can do to protect your network:

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Use Protect Actions to secure the permanent deletion of users, groups, and application objects in Microsoft Entra ID.

Protects against accidental or malicious deletion with the help of a conditional access policy

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#microsoftentra #microsoft365

🔍 New self-help diagnostics tool in Microsoft 365:

Quickly confirm if an email is trusted or blocked in the user's mailbox with the Mailbox Safe/Block List Diagnostic and troubleshoot issues in seconds!

#microsoft365 #exchangeonline #entraid

YouTube video by Ubiquiti Introducing: SuperLink

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Some nice new smart home sensors and devices are coming to UniFi later this year, including:

- Smoke detector
- Glass break sensor
- Door/Window sensor
- Environment
- Motion
- Air Quality

Which sensor are you most existed about?

#ubiquiti #UniFiNetwork #UniFiProtect #smarthome #HomeNetworking

UniFi Protect 5.2.42 - Updated Alarm Manager, Timeline view, keyboard shortcuts and more The latest update from UniFi Protect, version 5.2.42, adds some nice new features to the Protect platform. A few features that I really like in this release and which are useful to pretty much all

This new UniFi Protect update is a good one!

- Improved Alarm Manager
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Continues Archiving
- and more

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Which feature are you most existed about? Let me know in the comments below!

The end of PowerShell AzureAD & MSOnline Modules — LazyAdmin AzureAD and MSOnline Modules are being retired this year. Find scripts and migrate them now to Microsoft Graph

Keep in mind that the AzureAD and MsolService PowerShell modules are retiring coming months.

Make sure that all your scripts are migrated to MsGraph before the end date!

Read more:

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