https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/category/microsoft-365 New and reviewed Microsoft 365 essentials guides. Plans, admin, governance, network, adoption, and strategy. en Solving Microsoft 365 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT 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/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/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-offboard-a-user-in-microsoft-365 https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-offboard-a-user-in-microsoft-365#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How to offboard a user in Microsoft 365: block sign-in, revoke sessions, handle the mailbox and OneDrive, wipe devices, remove licences, delete on schedule. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-licence-overrun-runbook https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-licence-overrun-runbook#2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials What happens when Microsoft 365 licence assignments exceed what you own, what stops working, the fast ways to recover headroom, and the contract rules. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-group-restore-runbook https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-group-restore-runbook#2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials What comes back when you restore a deleted Microsoft 365 group: the 30-day window, the order things reappear, what does not return, and after the window. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/windows-11-25h2-servicing-explained https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/windows-11-25h2-servicing-explained#2026-08-31 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How Windows 11 feature updates work now: shared servicing branches, enablement packages, the 36-month enterprise clock, and running the annual update. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-intune-and-device-management https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-intune-and-device-management#2026-08-31 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials Microsoft Intune explained: what it manages, how policies work, how enrollment and compliance fit together, and where it sits in Microsoft 365. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-fabric-explained https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-fabric-explained#2026-08-31 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials What Microsoft Fabric actually is beyond "Power BI Premium rebranded" — OneLake, the workloads, F-SKU licensing vs the old P-SKUs, and where Azure Synapse fits. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-backup-and-recovery https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-backup-and-recovery#2026-08-31 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials What Microsoft 365 protects natively, what it doesn't, and how to design backup for Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams — native Backup vs third party. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/setting-up-microsoft-365-from-scratch https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/setting-up-microsoft-365-from-scratch#2026-08-30 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials The setup order for a brand-new Microsoft 365 tenant — tenant, domain, identity, security baseline, then data and clients. Sequence matters more than speed. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-plans-and-pricing https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-plans-and-pricing#2026-08-30 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials Microsoft 365 plans and pricing, made navigable: Business Premium for SMB, E3 plus add-ons for enterprise, E5 when you'll use it — with every comparison. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-business-premium-vs-e3 https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-business-premium-vs-e3#2026-08-30 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials Business Premium vs Microsoft 365 E3: Premium wins on security for less money, E3 wins on mailboxes, Windows, and scale. How to choose, and how to mix them. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-business-premium-deep-dive https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-business-premium-deep-dive#2026-08-30 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials What Microsoft 365 Business Premium actually delivers — and why it's the right answer for most SMBs. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-admin-center https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-admin-center#2026-08-30 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials The Microsoft 365 admin center: what actually lives there, the specialist portals it hands off to, and the role design that should gate all of it. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/what-is-microsoft-entra-id https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/what-is-microsoft-entra-id#2026-08-27 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials What Microsoft Entra ID is: the identity service behind every Microsoft 365 sign-in, how it relates to Active Directory, and the licensing tiers that matter. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/what-is-microsoft-365 https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/what-is-microsoft-365#2026-08-27 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials What Microsoft 365 is: what's in the suite, who each plan is for, how the pieces fit together, and what changed since the Office 365 days. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-and-dynamics-365 https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-and-dynamics-365#2026-08-25 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 work together — shared identity, Teams integration, common Power Platform, Copilot. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/working-with-microsoft-support https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/working-with-microsoft-support#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How to engage Microsoft Support for Microsoft 365 issues — preparing requests, severity, escalation, and what to expect. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/working-with-microsoft-account-team https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/working-with-microsoft-account-team#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How to engage Microsoft's account team — CSAs, CSPs, account executives, and the broader Microsoft ecosystem. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/servicenow-with-microsoft-365 https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/servicenow-with-microsoft-365#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How ServiceNow integrates with Microsoft 365 — SSO, Teams, Outlook, Graph connectors, and ITSM automation patterns. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-search-administration https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-search-administration#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How to configure Microsoft Search — bookmarks, answers, verticals, acronyms, and tenant-wide search ranking. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-fasttrack https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-fasttrack#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials Microsoft's deployment assistance service for eligible Microsoft 365 customers — what it covers and how to engage. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-adoption-score https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-adoption-score#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How the Adoption Score measures Microsoft 365 usage at the tenant level — what's in it and what it's good for. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-training-programs https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-training-programs#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How to structure user training for Microsoft 365 — formats, content sources, role-specific paths, and measurement. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-tenant-isolation-and-data-residency https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-tenant-isolation-and-data-residency#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How Microsoft 365 isolates tenant data, where it's physically stored, and the data residency commitments by region. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-tenant-audit https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-tenant-audit#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials A practical checklist for auditing a Microsoft 365 tenant's configuration, security posture, and compliance. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-strategy https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-strategy#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials A framework for setting Microsoft 365 strategy — vision, principles, roadmap, and operating model. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-service-health-and-message-center https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-service-health-and-message-center#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How to track Microsoft 365 service incidents and upcoming changes — and how to keep your organisation informed. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-roadmap-and-previews https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-roadmap-and-previews#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How Microsoft surfaces upcoming features — the public Roadmap, Targeted Release, private and public previews. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-powershell-reporting https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-powershell-reporting#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials PowerShell patterns for extracting reporting data from Microsoft 365 — licensing, usage, security posture, mailbox stats. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-onboarding-process https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-onboarding-process#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials A clean joiner workflow for Microsoft 365 — provisioning, access, training, and first-week experience. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-offboarding-process https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-offboarding-process#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials A complete offboarding workflow for departing users — account, data, licence, and audit handling. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-non-profits https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-non-profits#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How non-profit Microsoft 365 grants and plans work — eligibility, plans, and operating considerations. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-network-performance https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-network-performance#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials Practical patterns for diagnosing and improving Microsoft 365 network performance — latency, bandwidth, and quality. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-network-connectivity-principles https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-network-connectivity-principles#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How to architect network traffic for Microsoft 365 — local egress, optimisation, and the network connectivity principles Microsoft publishes. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-monitoring-and-alerts https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-monitoring-and-alerts#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How to monitor a Microsoft 365 tenant — service health, audit logs, security alerts, and third-party tooling. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-lighthouse-for-msps https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-lighthouse-for-msps#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials Microsoft 365 Lighthouse is the multi-tenant management portal for managed service providers running many SMB tenants. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-licensing-models-explained https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-licensing-models-explained#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How Microsoft 365 is sold — direct, CSP, EA, MCA, NCE — and which model fits which organisation. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-incident-response https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-incident-response#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials A structured incident response runbook for Microsoft 365 — detection, triage, containment, eradication, recovery, lessons. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-government-operations https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-government-operations#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials Specific operational differences when running Microsoft 365 in GCC, GCC High, or DoD government clouds. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-governance-framework https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-governance-framework#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials A practical framework for governing Microsoft 365 — domains, policies, roles, and operating cadence. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-for-small-business https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-for-small-business#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How to choose, set up, and run Microsoft 365 in a small business — the plan, the basics, and the security baseline. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-for-enterprise https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-for-enterprise#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials What changes when Microsoft 365 is deployed at enterprise scale — plans, identity, governance, and lifecycle. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-edu-tenants https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-edu-tenants#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How Microsoft 365 Education differs from commercial Microsoft 365 — plans, features, and admin specifics. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-domains-and-dns-setup https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-domains-and-dns-setup#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials The DNS records every Microsoft 365 tenant needs — and what each one does. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-documentation-patterns https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-documentation-patterns#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials What to document for a Microsoft 365 tenant, how to structure it, and how to keep it from rotting. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-disaster-recovery-planning https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-disaster-recovery-planning#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials What disaster recovery means in a Microsoft 365 SaaS context — Microsoft's responsibilities, yours, and what to plan for. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-deployment-rings-and-release-channels https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-365-deployment-rings-and-release-channels#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft 365 essentials How Microsoft ships changes to Microsoft 365, and how to set up deployment rings to control what your users see.