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Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 20: Recommended Security and Anti-Phishing Training from Microsoft Ignite 2018
As of June 16, 2019, this blog has been moved to its new location below....
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 11/21/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Blog 19: Email Phishing Protection Security Checklist
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 11/21/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 18: Increase Security with Microsoft Secure Score
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 11/21/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 17: Control Application Consent Registrations in Microsoft Office 365 and Azure
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 11/21/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 16: Disable Office 365 Legacy Email Authentication Protocols
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 11/21/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 15: Implement the Microsoft Azure AD Password Protection Service (for On-Premises too!)
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 10/14/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 11: Monitoring for Phishing and Other Cyber Attacks
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 07/31/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 9: Deploy ATP Safe Attachment Policies
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 07/31/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 8: Deploy ATP Safe Links Policies
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 07/31/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 7: Deploy ATP Anti-Phishing Policies
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 07/31/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 6: Deploy Outlook Add-in for Reporting Suspicious Emails
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 07/31/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 4: Deploy Windows Hello
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 07/31/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 3: Enable Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 07/31/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 2: Train Users with Office 365 Attack Simulator
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 07/31/2018
Email Phishing Protection Guide - Part 1: Customize Office 365 Logon Portal
The Email Phishing Protection Guide is a multi-part blog series written to walk you through the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 07/31/2018
Ways to Learn New Microsoft Technology and Stay Current
In the many Microsoft Partner and customer meetings I am in each week, I am often demonstrating and...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 06/03/2018
Phishing Examples for the Microsoft Office 365 Attack Simulator - Part Three
This is the third post of a multi-part blog with examples to use as part of a phishing simulation in...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 04/30/2018
Phishing Examples for the Microsoft Office 365 Attack Simulator - Part Two
Examples of Phishing Emails for the Microsoft Office 365 Attack Simulator - Part Two This is the...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 04/30/2018
Phishing Examples for the Microsoft Office 365 Attack Simulator - Part One
Why would you want to simulate a phishing attack on your own organization? Email hygiene filters...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 04/30/2018
Enable Users to Easily Submit Junk, Phishing, and SPAM Messages in Outlook
The email security analysis capabilities in Microsoft Office 365 are unmatched in the industry,...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 04/02/2018
Configure Microsoft Cloud App Security to Analyze SonicWall Logs
One of the greatest dangers for any network today is not knowing what applications are running...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 03/07/2018
Skype for Business Online Calling – Designing a Local Call Backup Route
Moving Private Branch Exchange (PBX) calling services to the cloud is now a common part of a digital...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 01/11/2018
Part 3: Planning a Migration from Avaya to Microsoft Skype for Business or Teams
I recently published a blog about planning a migration from an Avaya PBX to Microsoft Skype for...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 11/30/2017
Part 2: Planning a Migration from Avaya to Microsoft Skype for Business or Teams
I recently published a blog about planning a migration from an Avaya PBX to Microsoft Skype for...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 11/30/2017
Skype for Business Phone Deployment and Management Tools
As you plan your migration to Skype for Business from a legacy PBX, one of the areas to research and...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 10/15/2017
Part 1: Planning a Migration From Avaya to Skype for Business
At a recent Microsoft Ignite 2017 session about migrating to Skype for Business, a show of hands in...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 10/11/2017
Microsoft Ignite 2017: Common Questions About Microsoft Teams
I work in the One Commercial Partner (OCP) organization at Microsoft where I work with many...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 10/01/2017
Microsoft Bookings: How to Customize a Microsoft Bookings Site
Microsoft Bookings is an incredible new scheduling tool available with certain plans for Office 365....
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 09/04/2017
Developing an Office 365 Skype for Business Cost Analysis
When assisting customers planning to upgrade or replace existing telecom services, I am often asked...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 09/03/2017
Microsoft Bookings: How to Setup a Microsoft Bookings Site
Microsoft Bookings is an incredible new scheduling tool available with certain plans for Office 365....
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 08/31/2017
Porting Cloud PSTN Telephone Numbers Between Office 365 Tenants
For organizations using the rich telecom and PBX features in Office 365 Skype for Business, a...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 08/30/2017
IoT Project for Anyone – Designing IoT Microsoft Power BI Dashboard
IoT Project for Anyone Blog Series: This is one of a series of blogs developed as part of an overall...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 08/03/2017
IoT Project for Anyone – Collecting and Streaming Data with Raspbian Operating System
IoT Project for Anyone Blog Series: This is one of a series of blogs developed as part of an overall...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 08/03/2017
IoT Project for Anyone – Power BI Streaming Dataset Setup
IoT Project for Anyone Blog Series: This is one of a series of blogs developed as part of an overall...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 08/03/2017
IoT Project for Anyone – Windows 10 IoT Core Installation
IoT Project for Anyone Blog Series: This is one of a series of blogs developed as part of an overall...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 08/03/2017
IoT Project for Anyone – Materials and Connections
IoT Project for Anyone Blog Series: This is one of a series of blogs developed as part of an overall...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 08/03/2017
IoT Project for Anyone - Introduction
IoT Project for Anyone Blog Series Getting Started with IoT - A Step by Step Guide for Anyone: The...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 08/03/2017
Skype for Business Online Extension Dialing
When implementing a new product to replace an existing one, the concept of providing "like for like"...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 08/01/2017
Securing Small to Midsize Local Networks - A Practical Approach
Introduction Many large companies, governments, militaries, etc. hire teams of top notch security...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 08/01/2017
Skype for Business and the Art of Possible
Forecasting the future is hard. Unless, you shape it yourself. At Microsoft, we often use the art of...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 05/14/2017
Beginning to Learn Skype For Business?
In my role as a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, I often engage with customers and Microsoft...
Author: Kevin2017 Date: 05/07/2017