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.
Practical playbook to discover, categorise and migrate EWS-based integrations in Exchange Online before the October 2026 phased disablement and the 2027 full shutdown.
2026 Exchange Online playbook: HVE GA, SMTP AUTH Basic Auth retirement timeline, DMARC enforcement, connector architecture, transport rules and Defender for Office 365 baseline.
Practical 2026 NIS2 framework for Microsoft 365 admins in SMBs: scope check, 10 Article 21 measures mapped to M365, gaps, 24h/72h/1-month reporting, management body accountability.
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.