https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides New and recently reviewed guides on Microsoft 365 administration — Entra ID, Intune, Defender, Purview, Teams, SharePoint, Exchange, Copilot, and licensing. en Solving Microsoft 365 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/teams-what-did-i-miss-catch-up-in-meetings https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/teams-what-did-i-miss-catch-up-in-meetings#2026-09-14 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Teams How Copilot answers What did I miss when you join a Teams meeting late, what it reads, and how it differs from the full meeting recap. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/copilot-in-teams-chat-catch-up https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/copilot-in-teams-chat-catch-up#2026-09-13 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 Copilot Using Copilot in a Teams chat or channel to catch up on messages you missed, summarise a long thread, and find a decision buried in scroll. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/copilot-in-word-summarize-and-reference-files https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/copilot-in-word-summarize-and-reference-files#2026-09-12 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 Copilot How Copilot in Word summarises a long document and how @-referencing another file pulls its content into a draft, prompt, or rewrite. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-sensitivity-labels-deep-dive https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-sensitivity-labels-deep-dive#2026-09-06 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How Purview sensitivity labels classify and protect content, how to design a taxonomy that survives contact with users, and the rollout order that works. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-data-loss-prevention-deep-dive https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-data-loss-prevention-deep-dive#2026-09-06 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) DLP policies detect and prevent sensitive data from leaving Microsoft 365. Here's the architecture and how to roll them out. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/intune-windows-autopilot https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/intune-windows-autopilot#2026-09-06 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Intune (Devices) Windows Autopilot provisions new PCs straight to the end user with zero IT touch. Here's how it works. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/hybrid-identity-strategy https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/hybrid-identity-strategy#2026-09-06 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) How to plan the hybrid-identity journey from on-premises AD to Entra ID-only — staged, with the right choices at each stage. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/entra-id-conditional-access-design https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/entra-id-conditional-access-design#2026-09-06 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) Designing a Conditional Access baseline: the policies, the principles, the order to write them in, and the habits that keep the estate healthy. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/entra-id-compromised-account-runbook https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/entra-id-compromised-account-runbook#2026-09-06 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) Compromised Microsoft 365 account runbook: what to run in the first fifteen minutes, what to check in the first hour, and when it is safe to hand it back. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/dmarc-rollout https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/dmarc-rollout#2026-09-06 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Exchange & Outlook How to roll out DMARC enforcement progressively — the journey from monitoring to enforced anti-spoofing. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-communication-compliance https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-communication-compliance#2026-09-05 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Communication Compliance reviews emails, Teams chats, and Viva Engage messages against policy. Here's the model. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-viva-insights https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-viva-insights#2026-09-05 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Viva & Apps Viva Insights surfaces productivity and well-being patterns from Microsoft 365 telemetry — for individuals, managers, and leaders. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-loop-workspaces https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-loop-workspaces#2026-09-05 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Viva & Apps How Loop workspaces work — the hidden Microsoft 365 Group backing, sharing model, and governance. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/exchange-online-mail-flow-and-connectors https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/exchange-online-mail-flow-and-connectors#2026-09-05 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Exchange & Outlook How mail moves into and out of Exchange Online — connectors, transport rules, and hybrid routing. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/defender-external-attack-surface-management https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/defender-external-attack-surface-management#2026-09-05 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Defender (Security) Defender EASM discovers your organisation's internet-facing assets — including the ones you didn't know about. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/teams-calling-plans-and-operator-connect https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/teams-calling-plans-and-operator-connect#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Teams The two simpler PSTN options for Microsoft Teams Phone — when each is the right fit. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/sharepoint-hub-sites https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/sharepoint-hub-sites#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk SharePoint & OneDrive Hub sites connect many SharePoint sites under shared navigation, branding, and search. Here's how they work. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/sensitivity-labels-for-teams-meetings https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/sensitivity-labels-for-teams-meetings#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Teams How sensitivity labels apply to Teams meetings — controlling who can join, what's allowed, and how the meeting is protected. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-data-map-overview https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-data-map-overview#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) The Data Map is the data governance side of Purview — discovering, classifying, and cataloguing data across the enterprise. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/identity-access-reviews https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/identity-access-reviews#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) How access reviews keep group memberships and role assignments healthy over time — periodic recertification at scale. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/frontline-plans-deep-dive https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/frontline-plans-deep-dive#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials F1 vs F3 Microsoft 365 plans for deskless workers — capabilities, sharing, and deployment patterns. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/entra-global-secure-access https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/entra-global-secure-access#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) Microsoft's SSE platform — Internet Access and Private Access for zero-trust network access. Here's what it does. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/entitlement-management-access-packages https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/entitlement-management-access-packages#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) How access packages bundle Microsoft 365 access into requestable, governed units — the modern way to provision access at scale. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/cross-tenant-synchronization https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/cross-tenant-synchronization#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) Cross-tenant synchronization auto-provisions B2B guests between Microsoft Entra ID tenants in a multi-tenant organisation. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/copilot-for-service https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/copilot-for-service#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot for Service is the role-specific Copilot for customer service teams, integrating with Dynamics 365 Customer Service, Salesforce, and ServiceNow. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/copilot-for-sales https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/copilot-for-sales#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot for Sales is the role-specific Copilot for sales teams, integrating with Dynamics 365 and Salesforce CRMs. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/sharepoint-vs-confluence https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/sharepoint-vs-confluence#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk SharePoint & OneDrive SharePoint vs Confluence for the intranet and team knowledge base: Confluence's wiki editing and Jira integration against SharePoint's Microsoft 365 governance. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-vs-varonis https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-vs-varonis#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Microsoft Purview vs Varonis: Purview's native labels and DLP against Varonis's permissions analytics, automated remediation, and data-access detection. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-vs-netskope https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-vs-netskope#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Microsoft Purview vs Netskope for data protection: native labelling and DLP inside Microsoft 365 against SSE-based DLP across every cloud app and the web. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/onedrive-vs-dropbox https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/onedrive-vs-dropbox#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk SharePoint & OneDrive OneDrive vs Dropbox for business file sync and sharing: Dropbox's sync engine and simplicity against OneDrive's Microsoft 365 integration and governance. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-teams-vs-zoom https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-teams-vs-zoom#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams vs Zoom for meetings, webinars, rooms, and phone: Zoom's simplicity and reliability against Teams' suite integration and bundled price. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-teams-vs-slack https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-teams-vs-slack#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Teams Microsoft Teams vs Slack compared honestly: Slack's chat experience and integrations against Teams' meetings, telephony, Microsoft 365 governance, and price. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-plan-comparison-e3-vs-e5 https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-plan-comparison-e3-vs-e5#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials A practical comparison of Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 plans — what E5 adds, where the value sits, and step-up patterns. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-external-collaboration-explained https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-external-collaboration-explained#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials B2B guests, Teams external access, shared channels, SharePoint links, cross-tenant sync: what each layer does, how they stack, and which to use when. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/intune-vs-workspace-one https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/intune-vs-workspace-one#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Intune (Devices) Intune vs Omnissa Workspace ONE (ex-VMware): Workspace ONE's cross-platform and rugged-device depth against Intune's Microsoft 365 integration and price. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/intune-vs-kandji https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/intune-vs-kandji#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Intune (Devices) Intune vs Kandji for Apple device management: Kandji's opinionated Mac automation and Blueprints against Intune's bundled price and Microsoft 365 integration. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/intune-vs-jamf https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/intune-vs-jamf#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Intune (Devices) Intune vs Jamf for managing Macs: where Jamf's Apple depth still wins, where Intune's bundle price and Conditional Access integration win, and when to run both. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/intune-suite-explained https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/intune-suite-explained#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Intune (Devices) Intune Suite explained: Endpoint Privilege Management, Remote Help, Advanced Analytics, Enterprise App Management, Tunnel, Cloud PKI — and when it pays. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-set-up-pim-for-global-administrator https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-set-up-pim-for-global-administrator#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) How to set up Privileged Identity Management for Global Administrator in Entra ID: role settings, convert permanent admins to eligible, approvals, and alerts. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-set-up-dkim-for-a-custom-domain-in-microsoft-365 https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-set-up-dkim-for-a-custom-domain-in-microsoft-365#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Exchange & Outlook How to set up DKIM signing for a custom domain in Microsoft 365: the two CNAME records, enabling it in Defender, key rotation, and checking headers. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-search-the-audit-log-in-microsoft-purview https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-search-the-audit-log-in-microsoft-purview#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How to search the Microsoft 365 unified audit log in Purview: check it's on, search by activity, user, and date, export, and Search-UnifiedAuditLog at scale. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-restrict-external-sharing-for-a-sharepoint-site https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-restrict-external-sharing-for-a-sharepoint-site#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk SharePoint & OneDrive How to restrict external sharing for a SharePoint site: tenant vs site levels, the four sharing settings, default link type, guest expiration, removing guests. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-restore-a-deleted-user-in-microsoft-365 https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-restore-a-deleted-user-in-microsoft-365#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How to restore a deleted user in Microsoft 365 within the 30-day window: admin center and Graph routes, UPN conflicts, what comes back, and after 30 days. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-reset-mfa-for-a-user-in-entra-id https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-reset-mfa-for-a-user-in-entra-id#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) How to reset a user's MFA in Entra ID when they have a new phone or lost their authenticator: re-register, revoke sessions, and issue a Temporary Access Pass. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-require-mfa-for-all-users-with-conditional-access https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-require-mfa-for-all-users-with-conditional-access#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) How to require MFA for all users in Entra ID with Conditional Access: the exclusions that matter, report-only rollout, registration campaign, enforcement. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-require-compliant-devices-with-conditional-access https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-require-compliant-devices-with-conditional-access#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Entra (Identity) How to require a compliant or hybrid-joined device with Conditional Access: the Intune compliance policy first, the grant control, exclusions, report-only. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-remote-wipe-a-lost-device-with-intune https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-remote-wipe-a-lost-device-with-intune#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Intune (Devices) How to remote wipe a lost device with Intune: Wipe vs Retire vs selective wipe, triggering the action, what happens while offline, and BitLocker recovery keys. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-register-devices-for-windows-autopilot https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-register-devices-for-windows-autopilot#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Intune (Devices) How to register devices for Windows Autopilot: OEM registration, the hardware-hash CSV route, group tags, dynamic groups, and the deployment profile assignment. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-put-a-mailbox-on-litigation-hold https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-put-a-mailbox-on-litigation-hold#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Exchange & Outlook How to put a mailbox on litigation hold in Exchange Online: licence check, enabling the hold with a duration, what it preserves, and releasing it correctly. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-publish-sensitivity-labels-in-microsoft-purview https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-publish-sensitivity-labels-in-microsoft-purview#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How to publish sensitivity labels in Microsoft Purview: create the label set, configure encryption and marking, publish a label policy, set defaults, pilot.