Audit. Harden. Automate. Intune and Exchange configured to best practices, with security you can measure.
Migrating from Group Policy to Microsoft Intune is one of those projects that looks like a tool swap on the slide and feels like an architecture change in the room. This field guide is the realistic readiness path: inventory, analytics, mapping, the co-management vs cloud-native decision, phasing, cutover, and the operating model after the last device leaves Active Directory.
Exchange Online mail flow is not just about making email work. It is about deciding which messages should be trusted, blocked, routed, modified, quarantined or inspected. This guide gives you an interactive decision builder, recommended patterns for 16 real-world scenarios, a practical SMTP AUTH / HVE / Graph / ACS comparison, dangerous bypass rules to fix, connector review checklists, and the operational advice I use when reviewing mail flow in production tenants.
Transport rules have been in Exchange since the on-prem days. Microsoft keeps adding newer policy engines, but mail flow rules remain the workhorse for anything those engines do not cover. This article covers the baseline rules most tenants need, external sender tagging (custom vs native), disclaimers, security-focused patterns, encryption triggers, the AND/OR condition logic trap, rule priority and stop processing, where transport rules overlap with Purview DLP and Defender, PowerShell management patterns, limits and constraints, and a 14-point audit checklist.
Practical 2026 decision framework for Microsoft 365 Backup. What it covers, what it doesn't, pricing, and when third-party (Veeam, AvePoint, Druva, Rubrik) is still the right answer.
Practical 2026 decision framework for Microsoft 365 Backup. What it covers, what it doesn't, pricing, and when third-party (Veeam, AvePoint, Druva, Rubrik) is still the right answer.