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MIP Office 365 Message Encryption : Concepts

introduction People often use email to send sensitive information, such as: financial data, legal contracts, confidential product information, sales reports and projections , patient health information, or customer and employee information. As a result, mailboxes can become repositories for large amounts of potentially sensitive information and information leakage can becomRead More…

MIP Azure Information Protection: apply label Manually

introduction in previous article we have seen how to configure automatic classification based on file or email content this article we will how to create label and allow end user to choose labeling based on his convenience AIP Manual classification steps below are steps to create manual labeling , which are similar to automatic labeling with little bit different Activate AIP through htRead More…

MIP Azure Information Protection: apply label Automatically

introduction in previous article we have got an overview about AIP concepts this article we will see how to configure AIP on cloud on on premise [end client computers ] Manual Classification vs Automatic Classification in most companies :  we deal with huge mount of data. So,,, applying label manually is not practical. Therefore,, AIP offers automatic data classification to oveRead More…

MIP : Azure Information Protection Concepts

introduction Azure Information Protection (AIP) is a cloud-based solution that enables companies to: Discover Classify , label , Monitor and Protect   documents and emails by applying labels to content. AIP is part of the Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) solution, and extends the labeling and classification functionality provided by Microsoft 365. actually : AIP proRead More…

MIP Data Loss Prevention Practice

introduction in previous article ” we have got an overview of DLP [Data Loss Prevention ] as part of MIP [Microsoft information protection ] this article we will se how to configure and test DLP policy company requirement Networks Pioneers company have the following company requirements : –  any email include the following: PO  Purchase order RFP Request for proposal QuotatioRead More…

MIP Data Loss Prevention Concepts

introduction Any Company has it’s  own confidential and sensitive data that they need to keep secure, so expose  this information could effect it’s business . DLP data loss prevention  [part of Microsoft Information Protection MIP ] Prevent end user to send sensitive information to an email address outside of the company domain or to a public cloud storage service, Any malicious or accidRead More…

microsoft 365 security introduction

introduction he sophistication and capabilities of cyberattacks are evolving at a rapid pace. Cyberattacks are now a weapon of choice for both large-scale organized crime and nation states. and Coupled with these emerging threats: >>  the proliferation of devices in our connected world increases the surface area of attacks Cyberattacks can be devastating—and the people with the Read More…

MIP : Communication Compliance Concepts

introduction The old technique with exchange on premise server and cloud office 365 was moderated transport which : Implemented on mail box distribution group or as mail flow rule Message is held until be approved or rejected by nominated moderator for example : is sales person send quotation to customer then email will NOT be sent until approved or rejected by like sale manager Has apRead More…

Exchange Online Protection : SPAM filter Part II : Samples

introduction in previous article we have discuss anti SPAM filter concepts this article we will see how to create anti SPAM filter with some case study , please back to SPAM filter part I before practicing who can configure anti-SPAM policy as mentioned previously [please back to  first article of EOP ]  : the users with the following Rules can configure EOP policies : global admin Read More…

Exchange Online Protection : SPAM filter Part I : Concepts

introduction as mentioned previously : SPAM filter come in forth place of EOP tools to check email before send email to user mailbox To help reduce junk email :  EOP includes junk email protection that uses proprietary spam filtering technologies to identify and separate junk email from legitimate email SPAM Filter Facts SPAM policy could take hour to take effect We can check our quaRead More…

Exchange Online Protection : Mail Flow Policy

introduction in any exchange environment either on-premise of MS365 :  all messages sent to your organization pass through EOP before your users see it . You have options about how to route messages that pass through EOP for processing before they are routed to your worker inboxes Mail flow rule come as third place of EOP  after connection filtering and antimalware Mail flow rule is beRead More…

Exchange Online Protection : Malware filtering

introduction Malware filtering come to place after connection filter as the Second line of Defense Exchange Online Protection (EOP) provides built-in malware and spam filtering capabilities that help protect inbound and outbound messages from malicious software and help protect your network from spam transferred through email Admins do not need to set up or maintain the filtering technologiRead More…

Exchange Online Protection : Connection filtering

introduction Connection Filtering enables you to black list or white list email messages originating from individual IP addresses or entire ranges as we mentioned in previous article : EOP tools  to check incoming email in order  : connection filtering anti-malware MAil Flow Rules Content Filtering ( which known as ANti-SPAM ) SO … Connection Filtering id the first tool tRead More…

Exchange Online Protection Introduction

introduction Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is an email cloud service that provides end users with protection against SPAM and Malware that is Good BUT ,,,, What is SPAM and Malware ? SPAM Email spam, also known as junk email, is unsolicited (Annoying ) bulk messages sent through email to send SPAM you often will get  email addresses by SPAMbot which  is a prograRead More…

Microsoft 365 Rooms & Equipements

Resources Rooms In Microsoft Outlook, a room mailbox is a resource mailbox that can be assigned to a specific physical location in a company’s office. This could include presentation spaces like auditoriums, conference and meeting rooms or rooms designated for training and employee education. The room mailbox feature in Outlook allows users to easily reserve and organize the use of thRead More…

Microsoft 365 Update & Release Notes

introduction One of the most beauty  of Microsoft 365 Apps is that Microsoft provides new (and updated) features for Office apps on a regular basis. You can control how often the users in your organization get these new features by specifying the update channel. office- Pro Update Options office- pro is the new version of Microsoft Office Application that installed on your computer like OffRead More…

Microsoft 365 Password Management

introduction As the admin of an organization, you’re responsible for setting password policy for users in your organization. Setting password policy can be complicated and confusing, and this article provides recommendations to make your organization more secure against password attacks. Password recommendations Maintain an 8-character minimum length requirement (longer isn’t necessarily beRead More…

Microsoft 365 External Users

introduction azure Active Directory (Azure AD) business-to-business (B2B) collaboration is a feature within External Identities that lets you invite guest users to collaborate with your organization With B2B collaboration, you can securely share your company’s applications and services with guest users from any other organization, while maintaining control over your own corporate data. WorkRead More…

Microsoft 365 : Bulk Users

introduction Each employee on your organization needs a user account before they can sign in and access Microsoft 365 services, such as email and Office. If you have a lot of people,it will be much headache and boring to add each user one by one >> the solution  is to ALL add accounts at once from an Excel spreadsheet or other file saved in CSV format. what is CSV format ? A CSV fiRead More…

Microsoft 365 Users Management

introduction The people on your team each need a user account before they can sign in and access Microsoft 365 The easiest way to add user accounts is to add them the Microsoft 365 admin center. After you do this step, your users have Microsoft 365 licenses, sign in credentials, and Microsoft 365 mailboxes. Azure Active Directory when  create MS365 tenant : >> new Azure Active DirRead More…

Microsoft 365 Custom Domain

introduction when create new tenant with Microsoft 365  >> it will create new domain xxxx@Onmicorosoft.com for example : our domain is Pioneers101.OnMicrosoft.com so any user name will have account UserName@Pioneers101.onmicrosoft.com like first user that created called Bisan@Pioneers101.onmicrosoft.comthis is good  for Training :BUT NOT profissional for business you haveRead More…

Microsoft 365 Admin Center(s)

intriduction as result of last article ( create MS365 Subscription ) : we have subscribe in MS365 with tenant called : Pioneers101.OnMicrosoft.com this subscription give us trial license of E5 : SO we can create up to 25 user with FULL features to explore MS365 Capabilities you may woulder how to manage ALL Ms365 aspect >> the answer is Admin center as part of create MS365 subscRead More…

Create Microsoft 365 subscription

Introduction with microsoft we can create trial subscription to check MS365 Enterprise E3 features with the following link : https://aka.ms/e3trial  BUT as we know that MS365 Enterprise E5 has full features : we will create trial account for E5 using the following link : https://aka.ms/e5trial let’s Go create trail subscription E5 Nothing is required : just internet explorer with mobiRead More…

Microsoft 365 Subscription Plan

introduction microsoft provide multi plan to ALL customers needs : below lets to details MS365 subscription plans : MS365 Home Plan Ms365 Home has the following plans –    Microsoft 365 Family Classic Apps : like word , excel , PowerPoint Premium apps : like OneNote ,access ,outlook OneDrive , Skype , MS editor One subscription for up to six people. Includes AI-powered apRead More…

What is Microsoft 365

introduction Before diving inside Microsoft 365 services, we may have some questions like : What is Microsoft 365 and what  is  office 365 ? What is benefit of using Microsoft 365 What Apps included in Microsoft 365 And how much does it cost Since everything is in cloud : how to secure my identity and how to secure my information If I have local Microsoft infrastructure : hoRead More…

Microsoft 365 Administration- Course intro

introduction Hello thereThis is Maher islaieh and welcome to new course [Microsoft 365 administration ]Microsoft 365 will be covered in many courses  series which include·         Microsoft 365 administration·         Microsoft 365 security EMS·         Microsoft 365 Hybrid Environment·         Microsoft 365 : Migration from on-premise environmentIn networkRead More…

ACS PArt III : Configure ACS forwarder on Windows OS client

introduction in previous article : we have discussed how to install and configure on SCOM server and  SQL DB this article we will see how to configure ACS on windows OS client Enable ACS Forwarders-client side this section we will enable ACS forwarder on client side [windows OS ] By default when install SCOM agent à it automatically install ACS forwarder but disabled We can manuRead More…

ACS PArt II : install and Configure ACS on SCOM server

introduction in previous article we have got an overview about [ACS ] Audit Collection Services , and we see how it’s integrated with SCOM server 2019 ,even it could be installed on different server thi article : we will discuss ACS installation and configuration , and how to configure client computer to send event log to ACS reporting server network diagram For Better View > Open IRead More…

ACS part I :introduction

introduction
welcome to first article of ACS series from SCOM 2019 course ,  which will discuss Audit Collection Services [ACS ] concepts 
what is ACS
Audit Collection Services is an additional Operations Manager component that allows you to centralize the collection of security log data from computers within your organization. For example, you configure file and folder auditing on allRead More…

SCOM Reporting Services Part II: Installation & Configuration

introduction
in previous article : we have got an overview about SSRS and how it’s related with SCOM  this article we will see how to install SSRS and configure it with SCOM 
network diagram
please have a look to network diagram below :  we have SCOM server called SCOM142.pioneers.lab  this server also installed SQL 2016 with instance called SCOMINSTANCE  as we mentionRead More…

SCOM Email notification

introduction
this article we will discuss how to configure SCOM email notification  
how notification work
In System Center – Operations Manager, when an alert is generated, Operations Manager can notify designated individuals by email The email notification is the most commonly used way of sending notifications, SCOM supports sending emails by using both internal and external email Read More…