Microsoft 365 - SharePoint Online

Practical Purview: Why a Flat SharePoint Architecture Matters to Microsoft Purview

Joanne Klein — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000

When planning Purview controls, a flat SharePoint architecture offers the most implementation flexibility. In this first edition of Practical Purview, we review what a Flat SharePoint architecture is and how to apply different controls within Purview.

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Practical Graph: Assign Sensitivity Labels to SharePoint Online Files

Tony Redmond — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Microsoft released Graph APIs to read and assign sensitivity labels in 2023. At the time, it was difficult to work with the assignSensitivityLabel API. Now it's easier, and this article explains how to use PowerShell with the API to assign labels to files in a SharePoint Online document library.

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Block Copilot Access to Individual Office Documents

Tony Redmond — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A new sensitivity label setting blocks access to content services for Office applications. In effect, this stops any feature that depends on the ability to send content to Microsoft for processing, including Copilot for Microsoft 365, DLP, text prediction, and so on. It's a precise item-level block that protects sensitive documents from being consumed and used by Copilot in the text that it generates.

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Microsoft 365 Tenant-to-Tenant Migration Assessment Version 2

Sean McAvinue — Thu, 09 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

In this blog, Sean Mcavinue reviews an update to his original Tenant-to-Tenant Migration Assessment, which is designed to gather key data to consider during the migration planning process.

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Practical Graph: Report SharePoint Online Files in a Document Library

Tony Redmond — Mon, 06 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

This article describes creating a SharePoint Online files report using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. While keeping digital debris online might have been unimportant in the past, it's something that can wreak havoc in the era of generative AI when tools like Copilot for Microsoft 365 are happy to consume obsolete and inaccurate material.

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Restricted SharePoint Search is The Legacy of Previous Microsoft Collaboration Strategies

Tony Redmond — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Microsoft has been forced to introduce restricted SharePoint search to allow customers to deploy Copilot for Microsoft 365 projects without worrying that Copilot will find and reuse information from across the entire tenant. It's a sad legacy of previous Microsoft collaboration strategies, notably the decision to allow users to create groups without hindrance.

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Translating SharePoint Online Documents

Tony Redmond — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000

SharePoint Translation is a SharePoint Premium service that can translate the content of Office documents and PDF files to the languages supported by the Microsoft Translator service. Be careful about the costs, which can be heavy if you process large documents.

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Microsoft Releases Public Preview of Microsoft 365 Backup

Paul Robichaux — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +0000

If you’re interested in protecting your SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, or Exchange Online data, it is useful to understand how Microsoft 365 Backup works and what the software can and cannot do. In this article, Paul Robichaux walks through how to set up and test the preview version of Microsoft 365 Backup.

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Visual Branding Considerations for Microsoft 365 Tenant-to-Tenant Migrations

Karin Skapski — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Microsoft 365 Tenant-to-Tenant Migrations are more than just a data transfer! In this blog, Karin Skapski explores practical steps and scripts to establish cohesive visual branding in a Microsoft 365 tenant, ensuring a seamless transition for both your team and data.

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How to Remove Obsolete Holds from SharePoint Sites and Exchange Mailboxes

Tony Redmond — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:00:00 +0000

The Invoke-HoldRemovalAction cmdlet is available in the compliance module. Its role is to remove obsolete eDiscovery holds from Exchange Online mailboxes and SharePoint Online sites. Old, lingering holds can prevent the removal of objects, so it's good to get rid of them.

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