Office ProPlus application usage report is now available

While there are a number of reports readily available within the Office 365 Admin Center, getting useful data out of them is not always that easy. Take for example the “Office 365 activations” report, which is intended to give you details about usage of the Office suite in your organization. …

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Using Fiddler to examine remote PowerShell sessions

Most of you have probably used Fiddler to troubleshoot an issue or two, and thus are familiar with it capabilities to capture and decrypt HTTP(S) traffic. In the Office 365 world, it’s a commonly used tool to investigate issues with authentication and web queries in general, including those made by …

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Unified audit log search available in the new Compliance center

The new “specialist” Compliance and (separate) Security consoles have been available for Microsoft/Office 365 customers for a while now, but even though they are in “GA” status, there’s a lot of functionality missing compared to the good old Security and Compliance Center. This should hardly come as a surprise, given …

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Some thoughts around licensing for Microsoft’s cloud offerings

As Microsoft’s online services continue to expand in reach and branch in more and more areas, it has become increasingly difficult to keep track of just how many different SKUs, service plans, features and so on exist. Even within Microsoft, it is hard to find a single person that can …

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