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Tony Redmond
a #Microsoft365 price increase is coming on July 1. Have you figured out how much the various license upticks will cost your tenant? Here's how to use #PowerShell to check licenses assigned to accounts and compute the increased charges: office365itpros.com/2026/06/16/m...
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The really interesting aspect of Microsoft's move to delete unlicensed #OneDrive accounts after a year is that deletion ignores compliance policies and holds. It's time to figure out how to deal with unlicensed OneDrive accounts:
office365itpros.com/2026/06/12/u...
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Sometimes the need arises to remove a #MicrosoftTeams chat thread. Maybe the chat contains some inappropriate material or shares something sensitive. For wharever reason, admins can remove the thread with #PowerShell: office365itpros.com/2026/06/15/d...
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There are three ways to list sensitivity labels in a #Microsoft365 tenant with #PowerShell. Here's what each method does and when you should use it: office365itpros.com/2026/06/11/s...
Three years into the #Copilot journey, it's become increasingly obvious that the most important step in Copilot adoption is to restrict access to information. Thankfully, guardrails are there to implement: office365itpros.com/2026/06/10/m...
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Microsoft is extending the block against accessing #Microsoft365 content processing services imposed by a sensitivity label setting. All part of the guardrails for #Copilot to make AI less likely to leak information:
office365itpros.com/2026/06/08/b...
Microsoft wants #PowerShell developers to download first-party modules from the Microsoft Artifact Registry (MAR). Which is nice, if the #Microsoft365 modules were available from MAR, which they're not... Oh well, change takes time.
office365itpros.com/2026/06/05/m...
Two years ago, Microsoft promised a process to manage the #Loop workspaces for departing employees. Now it's available, but the process is very manual - which it might always be. More at office365itpros.com/2026/06/04/u...
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The July 1 date for increases in #Microsoft365 subscription fees is fast approaching. Here's how to check your licensed #EntraID user accounts to find stale (unused) accounts where you might be able to free up some licenses:
office365itpros.com/2026/06/09/f...
Tony Redmond
Tony Redmond
Tony Redmond
Tony Redmond
Tony Redmond
Tony Redmond
Inactive accounts can soak up a lot of paid-for but unused Microsoft 365 and other product licenses. We discuss two approaches for finding inactive accounts.
July 1, 2026 sees a bunch of monthly license increases that will affect Microsoft 365 tenants. How much will the increases cost your tenant?
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Sometimes, Microsoft 365 tenants need to remove problematic Teams chat threads from user view. The usual reason is because of bad content posted to Teams.
A recent Microsoft blog laid out some changes for PowerShell developers work in terms of installing modules and the role of the Microsoft Artifact Registry.
When employees leave a Microsoft 365 tenant, they might leave a user-owned Loop workspace. This article discusses the new process for handling the workspaces
