[KB] Prevent Intruder's Attack - 2: Reset User Password
In the previous forum post, we saw what are the possible ways through which we can prevent intruders' attack. This week we will see how to reset user passwords in bulk, which is one of the possible ways. When an employee leaves your company, resetting the user's password is the first and the easiest way to prevent access. When a large number of employees leave the organization, password reset consumes time. But with O365 Manager Plus, you can reset user passwords in bulk in a few simple steps.
[KB] Prevent Intruder's Attack - 1
A financial company came up with a problem of intruder's attack. Their valuable information was stolen by an intruder, who was later found to be one of their ex-employees. What is to be done to prevent such a scenario? How to accomplish it? This post answers these questions. Do-it-right at the first time When an employee leaves the company, it is your responsibility to make sure they don't have access to the insider information anymore. There is no use in lamenting over the consequences. There are
[KB] Maintain the Pristine Status of Mailboxes
Worried about spam emails hitting your mailboxes? It is better to avoid this woe rather than dealing with it later. You can create transport rules to block emails containing certain phrases or sentences like "This is an advertisement", "You receive this email", "Click to unsubscribe", etc which are most likely to be present in spam emails. You have figured out how to block majority of spam emails in. But how do you know that you have done it right? You need a less intrusive way to check the messages filtered by the transport
[KB] Know Your Clutter Settings
Clutter feature in Exchange Online helps you to prioritize emails automatically by observing and mimicking your email processing behavior. When enabled, less important emails are moved to a separate folder allowing you to concentrate on the important ones. By default, the cluster feature is enabled for all mailboxes. Being an administrator you might want to disable clutter for some users, as you need them to concentrate on all the emails sent to them, especially when it involves customer support.
[KB] Create Your Own Profile
Audit reports of O365 Manager Plus let you audit the most granular activities in your Office 365 setup. It also provides some advanced auditing features which help you to retrieve the required data without much effort from the trove of data available. In O365 Manager Plus you can create your own audit profile to get details on required actions alone in the respective Office 365 service. To add a new profile: Go to Admin tab. Select Audit Configuration --> Audit Profiles in the left pane. Click
[KB] Office 365 Auditing - Perks of Using O365 Manager Plus
With O365 Manager Plus, you can keep an eye on every event happening in Office 365 to ensure security and compliance. When compared to the native auditing features in Office 365, O365 Manager Plus has some distinct advantages. Advantages of O365 Manager Plus over native Office 365: Long-term historical data: In native Office 365, there are limits to how long you can retrieve historical data based on the data being audited. O365 Manager Plus stores audit data indefinitely to maintain complete records.
[KB] Create your own audit report views
With O365 Manager Plus you can view audit reports with ease. The audits are categorized under the respective Service and Category and you can gather details on all aspects of your Office 365 environment like Exchange Online, Mail traffic, Skype for business, and much more. You would like to have as much data as you want, to know about the happenings in Office 365 environment. But sometimes too much data is also a problem. For example, when it comes to Admin Activities, information about the admin
[KB] Right Mailbox to Right Person
It is a common practice to create mailboxes for each and every project/team handled by the company. When people start to work on multiple projects, they must be given permission to the right mailboxes which must be done carefully. These permission changes must be monitored so that right people gain access to right mailboxes. Shared mailboxes are a convenient way to create generic mailboxes which can be used to send and receive emails from customers centrally. These mailboxes do not have credentials,
[KB] Mobile Device Vulnerability
Office 365 is the most chosen go-to option for a cloud-based working environment. It enables users to work on the go with mobile devices. Allowing mobile devices to access the cloud, brings with itself, its own set of risks. Hence you have to constantly monitor such devices to keep the security of Office 365 in check. This is where native Office 365 reports fall short. O365 Manager Plus' reports on mobile devices let you monitor mobile devices easily. You can get details on allowed mobile devices,
[KB] Detect brute force attacks
O365 manager Plus provides you User Logon Reports which help you detect unusual logon activities. Reports provided under this category include, User Logon Activity report, Recent Logon Failure report, and Recent Successful Logon Report. To detect brute force attacks, you can make use of Recent Logon Failure Report, which lists you the recent failed login attempts, which is a clear sign of malicious activity when the number of attempts are high. Recent Logon Failure Report Go to Reports tab.
[KB] Maintain the integrity of files in OneDrive for Business
OneDrive for Business holds your critical resources, making it necessary to keep tabs on the file and folder accesses within it. You can get the complete audit trail of user activities, with details on who performed what operation and when. This helps to maintain the integrity of files present in OneDrive for Business. Who did what operation and when O365 Manager Plus provides you OneDrive Events Log report, which gives you an overview of all the user activities in OneDrive for Business. You
[KB] Secure your Office 365 setup
Security is a major concern when it comes to a cloud-based working environment. It is of paramount importance to be proactive with Office 365 to avoid dire consequences. Native Office 365 reports might not give all the details required to make quick decisions. O365 Manager Plus provides you Office 365 security reports, which include mailbox security reports, user security reports, admin activities reports, and user activities reports. These reports try to fulfil your needs where native Office 365
[KB] Compliance Management Made Easy
Organizations have to abide by respective industrial mandates as required by the government. It is necessary that certain information is constantly tracked to ensure compliance with industrial requirements. Both native Office 365 and Office 365 Manager Plus, provide you reports that help to ensure that compliance requirements are met with. But O365 Manager Plus reporting feature proves itself better than Office 365 by providing the following special features: Dedicated segment for compliance
[KB] Cost Cutting with Effective License Management
License management is always assumed to be a daunting task which must be carried out with much effort. But O365 Manager Plus with its unique refined reports makes license management simple, which also paves way for cost cutting. You can save much with effective license management than you think. Identify the inactive mailboxes Inactive mailboxes add up to the cost by consuming licenses, which can be reassigned if needed, or removed. Identifying the inactive mailboxes by perusing the user activity,
[KB] Customization at its Peak
O365 Manager Plus, provides you various customization features that make Office 365 administration effortless. This post covers some of the prominent customization features available. Manage selected mailboxes O365 Manager Plus also allows you to manage a particular set of mailboxes instead of all the available mailboxes in your organization. It reduces the overhead of perusing the report for the required data. Steps to follow Click Office 365 Settings, found in the top right corner of the console.
[KB] Create your own report
Exhaustive preconfigured reports that can be scheduled and exported, help you to keep track of Office 365 usage in your organization effortlessly. O365 Manager Plus allows you to create your own customized reports, to retrieve only the required data from the trove of information available. To create your own report, follow the below-mentioned steps. Filter the required data O365 Manager Plus allows to you to retrieve only the required data from a particular report using filters. For example,
[KB] Drill down Mail Traffic Statistics with O365 Manager Plus.
Did you know that you could track the top malware and spam recipients in your organization which is a sign for malicious activities? O365 Manager Plus provides you the following reports which help you detect the top spam and malware recipients who need attention to ensure a secure working environment. Top Spam Recipients Report Top Malware Recipients Report Spam Traffic Summary The Spam Detections Report and Malware Detections Report gives you information on emails marked as spam and malware
[KB] Optimizing Mailbox Size Quota Usage with O365Manager Plus Reports
Are you worried about the growing mailbox databases and uncontrolled mailbox usage? Then setting mailbox size limits is your option to overcome these woes. It is even possible to set quotas for the emails that can be sent and received by the users in Exchange Online. You can also set quotas at which warning should be issued to the users. When you apply restrictions, it is difficult to monitor every single mailbox in your organization. O365 Manager Plus provides you, Mailbox Restrictions Report which
[KB] Gauging Skype for Business Adoption with O365 Manager Plus
Are you in a plan to roll out Skype for Business across your organization? Then you must know the following: Who are all using Skype for Business? The usage pattern of Skype for Business, so that you can devise your training plans accordingly. Gauge the adoption of Skype for Business before and after the training to measure the effectiveness of it. O365 Manager Plus has a dedicated set of reports on Skype for Business that help you find the answers. Who are all using Skype for Business? To start
[KB] Hawk's Eye on License Usage
Licenses are precious entities which must be managed efficiently; otherwise you would end up paying more for it than expected. Not all the users who have been assigned Office 365 licenses would be utilizing it, or at least not all the services offered by Office 365. You must also renew licenses at the right time to ensure a hassle free working environment. Hence, it is inevitable that you should maintain a hawk's eye on license usage. To manage Office 365 licenses efficiently, make sure that you