Stop Treating All Data the Same: How to Master Microsoft 365 Security with Authentication Contexts

Not all data is equally sensitive, yet many Microsoft 365 environments treat every file and app the same. Blanket multi-factor authentication creates fatigue, and security signals get ignored. That’s where authentication contexts come in. They let you apply stricter Conditional Access controls only to high-value resources—like finance or HR data—while keeping everyday workflows smooth. With granular protection, MFA fatigue drops, security becomes meaningful again, and your most critical data stays safe without slowing down the organization.

15th Feb 2026 0

Script to Get Currently Setup DFS Details

Let's say you want to get a preview of how DFS is setup before you start making any changes. Following script will output the current dfs setup. This script first imports the DFS module using Import-Module DFSR. It then uses the Get-DfsnServerConfiguration cmdlet to get a list of all DFS Namespace servers in the domain.... Continue Reading →

17th Apr 2023 0

Script to list The Members of Nested Distribution Groups

Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell $UserCredential = Get-Credential$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -Credential $UserCredential -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirectionImport-PSSession $Session Get list of all distribution groups $groups = Get-DistributionGroup -ResultSize unlimited Loop through each group and get its members foreach ($group in $groups) {Write-Host "Group: $($group.Name)"$members = Get-DistributionGroupMember -Identity $group.Name -ResultSize unlimitedforeach ($member in $members)... Continue Reading →

17th Apr 2023 0

The ACE doesn’t exist on the object Mailbox Permissions

If you have recently upgraded from exchange 2013 or older to 2016/2019, you might experience the following when you try to remove mailbox permissions using exchange PowerShell. It will let you remove the permissions using exchange admin centre without any error sometimes but when you go back to check the permissions, you will notice that... Continue Reading →

1st Jul 2022 0

Get Members of Nested Distribution Groups

I recently came up with a request to get a list of all members of a distribution group which can easily be done using Power shell. Get-DistributionGroupMember -Identity "testgroup@xyz.com" This will output all members of the group including other groups. Other groups have nested groups as well so it would be cumbersome process to get... Continue Reading →

11th Mar 2020 12

Exchange Online: Viewing / Changing Calendar permissions for All Users

I come across this request a lot i.e. to view or change calendar permissions for all mailboxes. For e.g. UserA would like to have Publishing Editor rights on all mailboxes or UserA needs to be removed as publishing editor access off all mailboxes. Let’s assume that there are 100+ users to apply this to so... Continue Reading →

2nd Jan 2020 0

Testing Mail Relay / Sending Email Using PowerShell

Sometimes we need to test sending an email using mail relay and normally we telnet to mail relay on port 25 which is a bit complicated and extensive method in my view. Using that method if you make any typo, you would have to start from scratch. A simple PowerShell command can be used instead... Continue Reading →

6th Nov 2019 0

How to run Power shell commands Remotely?

It's tedious to log on to server(s) just to check something simple or even complicated. You can create a remote session to the server instead of manually logging on to it and run the commands / programs like if you were physically logged on to it. Open Power shell as admin.Type in Enter-PSSession -Computername fqdn... Continue Reading →

7th Aug 2019 0

Apply Settings to all users in specific Exchange Database

Let's say you want to apply some settings to all users in a specific exchange database, you don't want to apply that to each individual mailbox especially if there are a lot of mailboxes in the database. For e.g. You would want to disable MAPI for all users in Test_db database. You can run the... Continue Reading →

2nd Aug 2019 0

Power shell Truncated Output

Type in FormatEnumerationLimit=-1 Run the command again now and output should display full results. If that doesn't work, please try the following, add switch -wrap -autosize after fl or ft.

8th Jul 2019 0