How to audit OneDrive for Business activities
OneDrive for Business is widely used to store and retrieve documents. Since, these documents can be easily accessed, modified or deleted by any users who have access, you must keep track of all the actions performed in organization’s OneDrive for Business account and the person responsible for every action. Why use O365 Manager Plus to audit your OneDrive for Business? Native Office 365 auditing options such as PowerShell scripts and Office 365 Security & Compliance Center are either complex to use
Protect your Office 365 tenant from risky sign-ins
A risky sign-in is a login activity performed using a user account by someone who is not the owner of that account. More often than not, it is a tell-tale indication of a compromised user account, and could pose a serious threat to the security and confidentiality of your Office 365 tenant. If the user accounts from which risky sign-ins occur are not monitored, your organization could end up losing business critical data to intruders. An important information that can help establish the legitimacy
How to automate user provisioning in Office 365
User provisioning encompasses the process of creation, management and maintenance of user accounts. Whenever a new employee is on-boarded or if an employee leaves the organization, the technicians are laden with the huge burden of manually creating and adding a user account to organization's Office 365 tenant, updating the personal details or blocking and deleting the user’s account. To save them from performing this monotonous and redundant task, automation is essential. User provisioning tasks
How to remove OneDrive for Business access for users
OneDrive for Business files can be downloaded, modified, shared and also synced with a user's local computer easily. An administrator might want to block certain users from accessing OneDrive for Business for security purposes. Steps to remove a user's OneDrive for Business access using O365 Manager Plus O365 Manager Plus' License Modification enables you to restrict a particular user or multiple users (using a CSV file) from accessing OneDrive for Business easily. 1. Click on the Management tab in
How to monitor spam in Office 365
With the growing need for data security, spam monitoring policies have become an undisputed necessity. O365 Manager Plus offers granular details on various facets of spam such as – top spam recipients, top spammers, inbound/outbound spam mail and so on. O365 Manager Plus offers the following reports related to spam/malware: 1. Top Spam Recipients, 2. Top Malware Recipients, 3. Spam Traffic Summary, 4. Malware Detections, and 5. Spam Detections. To monitor spam using O365 Manager Plus, follow the
How to monitor outbound email in Office 365
Outbound mails are different from outgoing mails in that, these mails are transferred to a different domain or tenant altogether. It is important to monitor both outgoing and outbound mails closely in order to prevent theft of confidential information. Monitor Outbound mails using O365 Manager Plus O365 Manager Plus makes monitoring of outbound mails simple, for starters, by displaying the nature of the mails sent (eg. Spam mail out, Malware mail out) under the Mailbox Traffic Summary in the Home
How to set up Litigation Hold in Office 365
Email Journaling and Email Archiving are necessary to save storage space in the native database and comply with IT regulations and legal obligations. It's important to keep a record of all the essential conversations, events, and mails. In Office 365, you can place a mailbox on Litigation Hold or In-Place Hold, for this purpose. Litigation hold keeps a record of all mailbox items including the deleted ones and original version of items that were modified. Entities placed on Litigation Hold would
How to do content search in Office 365
Office 365 content search feature helps you keep an eye on the emails sent and received by your organization. Though the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center has this capability, it falls short in some of the areas. For example, pattern-based searches to identify credit card numbers, social security numbers and other personally identifiable information (PII) that follow a regular pattern (REGEX pattern) cannot be done. Also, the content searches cannot be scheduled to run automatically. O365
Monitor international logins
Is there a way to watch for logins that initiate from another country?
O365 Manager Plus released with Management Templates!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of Office 365 management templates in our latest build - 4317. With these templates pre-configure all the standard values like office address, office phone number, manager of a department, etc. needed for Office 365 user, group, and contact creation processes. Custom templates: In addition to the default templates, admins can create custom templates based on organizational requirements using the drag-n-drop layout. Creation rules: Create rules
How to check mailbox size in Office 365
The default size of Office 365 mailboxes varies based on the mailbox type and user subscription. The default size of a user mailbox is either 50 GB or 100 GB, and when the space is exhausted, users won't be able to send or receive emails. To avoid this, admins need to keep a check on the mailbox size. For this purpose, Microsoft 365 Admin Center provides Mailbox Usage report. (Microsoft 365 Admin Center -> Reports -> Usage -> Select a report -> Exchange -> Mailbox Usage) The Mailbox Usage report
O365 Manager Plus- 4316 released with 41 new reports and other enhancements!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4316. This build comes with the following features. New reports: O365 Manager Plus has added 41 new reports on Azure Active Directory. The newly added report categories are as follows: Azure AD Logon Reports Azure AD User Management Reports Azure AD Role Management Reports Azure AD Group Management Reports Azure AD Device Management Reports Azure AD Application Management Reports Azure AD License Management
How to view Office 365 archive mailbox size
Archiving provides additional mailbox storage space to Office 365 users. Once archiving is turned on, users can move the older messages from their primary mailbox to the archive mailbox thus freeing up primary mailbox space. The messages in the archive mailbox this can be accessed using Outlook on the web. View archive mailbox size in Security & Compliance Center. Office 365 archive mailbox size is either 100 GB or unlimited based on the user subscription. If the IT admin wants to keep
All you need to know about the Exchange Online incident EX191754, and how O365 Manager Plus could have saved you!
Hello everyone! Microsoft’s Exchange Online recently faced an email delivery issue which prevented users from sending rich text format (RTF) emails with attachments. It impacted the Exchange Online users all over the world, and the issue is expected to be fully resolved by October 2, 2019. This is not the first time such incident is occurring, and definitely not the last. Read our latest blog on "Yet another Exchange Online incident: All about EX191574 ", to know all about this incident, and how
Inaccurate Data
We are running the Email activity by user report. Using filtering to report on a small group of users. The sent\receive count seems to be off. Is there a lag in data avaialbe to the report from O365?
O365 Manager Plus released with Automation feature!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the automation feature in O365 Manager Plus. This build comes with the following features. Office 365 Automation: Automate user account onboarding, stale accounts clean up, license management, and other essential user and mailbox management tasks. Also, Create automation policies: These event-driven policies once triggered carry out a chain of tasks automatically at specified intervals. View automation audit reports: Keep track of the automation
Migrate to SQL Server
Hello Our server is using postgress and we want to migrate the database to ms sql server but I can´t find documentation on how to do it. Regards
How to bulk mail-enable/disable Office 365 public folders?
In this post, I'll explain how you can enable or disable public folders in Office 365, in bulk, without using PowerShell scripts. Why mail-enable/disable a public folder? A mail-enabled public folder offers a centralized email delivery for specific groups in an organization without having to give control of mailboxes to them. That is, when you mail-enable a public folder, users can post to that folder by sending an email to it. On the other hand, if you don't want users to post to a public folder,
O365 Manager Plus - 4305 released with 26 new audit actions!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4305. This build comes with the following features. Highlights: New mailbox audit actions: O365 Manager Plus now audits 26 new actions on Exchange Online mailboxes which include changes to mailbox audit settings, client access settings, litigation hold settings, and more. Advanced audit and alert filters: Configure audit and alert profiles to fetch granular data based on event properties and business
Do you know how to manage Office 365 user licences in bulk?
In this article, I'll explain how to assign or remove Office 365 user licences in bulk based on their group membership, without using PowerShell scripts. Steps: Log in to O365 Manager Plus with admin credentials. Go to the Management tab. Navigate to License drop-down > Bulk Group Modification > Group Based License Modification. In the window that opens up, click the Assign/ remove licenses drop-down and select an option based on your requirement. You can either choose to Assign selected licenses,
Do you know how to configure 'Set Send As permissions of Groups' for specific users?
In this article, I'll explain how to assign or remove Send As permission for distribution, mail-enabled security, and Office 365 groups, without using powershell scripts. What is Send As permission? Users with Send As permission for a particular group can send emails from that group mail ID as well. For example, say a user is a member of the Marketing distribution group and is assigned Send As permissions for that group. The user can send emails from the Marketing team's mail alias. Steps: Log
O365 Manager Plus - 4302 released with notification templates!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4302. This build comes with the following features. Highlights: Notification templates support Create custom, reusable notification templates that define the recipient list, message, and the module (report, alerts, monitoring, etc.). Share these templates with other technicians for configuring email messages for the report, alert, search, and monitoring profiles. Enhancements: Dashboard to reports
O365 Manager Plus - 4301 released with Chinese language support !
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4301. This build comes with the following features. Highlights: Language support: O365 Manager Plus is now available in Chinese. Bug fix: The data fetching issue in the monitoring module has been fixed. How to Update? Update using service pack. New to O365 Manager Plus? Download the fully: functional free trial now. Regards, O365 Manager Plus Team Email: support@o365managerplus.com Direct: +1:
[KB] Delegation made easy with virtual tenants
What are virtual tenants? O365 Manager Plus' concept of virtual tenants is segmenting users based on domain, group membership, job location, and other user attributes for administrative requirements. Administrators can create virtual tenants pertaining to a specific department, team, project, and every possible user group, and delegate management operations on them to technicians. Important points to consider Before you begin, you need to remember that, once enabled, virtual tenant delegation cannot
O365 Manager Plus v4.3 released with Mail Content Search and Virtual Tenants!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus v4.3 . This build comes with Mail Content Search and Virtual Tenants feature. Highlights: Introducing Office 365 mailbox content search and virtual tenant creation capabilities in this build. Office 365 Mailbox Content Search: This feature allows you to search through content across all the mailboxes in your organization. The highlights of this feature include: Keyword-based and pattern-based search: Detect
O365 Manager Plus - Fixes and Enhancements [2019]
O365 Manager Plus Release Notes Release notes for build 4324 (Dec 31, 2019) Highlights: IP based geolocation: The audit, and alert reports now provide the geolocation (Country) from where users performs a specific action based on the IP address of their devices. For example, admins can find out the location from where users login to their Office 365 account, change their passwords, and more. Elasticsearch: Audit, alert and content search modules of O365 Manager Plus now use elasticsearch instead
ManageEngine's Cybersecurity and Hybrid Identity Management seminar - Australia - Register Now
Hello, ManageEngine's Cybersecurity & Hybrid Identity Management seminar is happening in Australia and here is an exclusive invite for you. This is a great opportunity to learn how to safe-guard your network from cyber threats, and get insights on the best practices for managing and securing a hybrid environment. Register now Why should you attend this event? This seminar will focus on: • Security-driven Active Directory management • Defending your network with security logs • Prevent
[Free webinar] 5 steps to boost your Office 365 Secure Score
Greetings from ManageEngine, Your Office 365 Secure Score is an indication of your Office 365 setup's security. A low score indicates that there are cracks in your Office 365 environment which can let malicious elements through. You can implement several steps to improve your Secure Score and harden the security of your Office 365 setup. Join our expert's webinar, How to defend your Office 365 setup with a higher Secure Score, to learn five security best practices you can implement to increase
O365 Manager Plus - 4222 released with 15 new tasks!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4222. This build comes with the following features. New Management Tasks: The following 15 new management tasks have been added: Add/Remove Distribution Group Owners - Add or remove owners of distribution groups in bulk. Add/Remove Mail Enabled Security Group Owners - Add or remove multiple owners from multiple Mail-enabled security groups. Set Manager to Mail Contacts - Assign a user as manager to
O365 Manager Plus - 4219 released with enhanced schedule features!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4219. O365 Manager Plus has enhanced the report scheduler with the capability to schedule audit, and monitoring reports. Users can also, Schedule multiple reports: Create schedules to automatically generate multiple reports in a single schedule at specified intervals. Refine reports: Select the desired attributes, and set up filters to view the exact data that you need in the reports. Share schedule: Administrators
O365 Manager Plus latest build 4218 released!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4218. The dashboard has been enhanced with: Usage view dashboard, to get insights on every day Office 365 service usage statistics through embeddable graphical widgets. Inbuilt management options, to execute management tasks right from the dashboard tiles. Dashboard tiles, to customize your dashboard with predefined data tiles, to get a quick snapshot on password expired users, service health status,
IMAP / POP Statistics
Hello, is there any way of detecting the usage of IMAP and POP protocols by user? Ideally the amounts of bytes that were dowloaded in a particular session.
O365 Manager Plus 4215 released with Microsoft Streams auditing!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4215. This build comes with O365 Manager Plus has added auditing and alerting capabilities for Microsoft Streams. Users can now audit and create alerts for thirty-five activities under the following categories: General user activities: Keep track of user activities pertaining to tenant settings,user settings, and data export. Stream video activities: Audit video creation, deletion, upload, download,
O365 Manager Plus 4214 released with 22 new Reports!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4214. This build comes with 22 new reports on Exchange Online and Azure Active Directory. Highlights: 22 new reports on Exchange Online, and Azure AD have been released. The reports are: Mailboxes with External Mail Forwarding: Gives the list of mailboxes with email forwarding configured to external domains. Mailboxes with Internal Mail Forwarding: Lists the mailboxes for which email forwarding is configured
O365 Manager Plus 4213 released with 23 new Reports!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4213. This build comes with 23 new reports on device usage and every day user activities happening in various Office 365 services. These reports are: Active Users by Service: Gives the number of active Office 365 users based on service. Daily Office 365 Group Activities: Gives details of Office 365 groups and activities happening on it categorized based on service. Daily OneDrive Site Activities: Gives
O365 Manager Plus 4212 released with new Management Tasks!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4212. This build comes with 10 new Management tasks and 3 enhancements. Highlights: O365 Manager Plus now allows you to perform 10 new management tasks: Disable Outlook Auto-mapping: Disable Exchange Online mailboxes from being auto-mapped to the Outlook client of users with full access permission. Set Mail Forwarding: Enable or disable email forwarding, and configure forwarding addresses for shared
Schedule reports with filters?
Is it possible to schedule a report with a filter applied? For example, my goal is to schedule a report on unlicensed mailboxes. I want check "Don't send empty reports" and only receive the report when there is a "real" user with an unlicensed mailbox. This would work if I could apply a filter to remove the Discovery Search Mailbox for the schedule report. Thanks, Michael
O365 Manager Plus 4211 released with 36 new reports!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4211 . This build comes with 36 new reports on daily usage of Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business, Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams and Yammer. Highlights: Daily usage reports: Thirty six new reports that provide statistical details on every day user activities, and usage of the following Office 365 services: Exchange Online: Reports on every day mailbox storage consumption, quota status, email
O365 Manager Plus 4210 released with Global search feature!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4210 now supports MFA-enabled Office 365 account configuration. Highlights: Global Search: Users can now easily locate reports, management capabilities, audit/alert profiles, articles on topics that you need assistance for, and anything across O365 Manager Plus from a single search box. Users Without Photo Report: With this report view the list of mailbox users who do not have a profile picture. How to
O365 Manager Plus latest build 4209 now supports MFA-enabled account configuration!
Hello Everybody! We are glad to announce the release of the latest build of O365 Manager Plus – 4209 now supports MFA-enabled Office 365 account configuration. Highlights: Support for MFA-enabled accounts: In Tenant Settings, users can now configure MFA-enabled Office 365 and federated accounts using app password. Create custom monitoring profiles: In addition to the default monitoring profiles, create custom profiles to monitor selected components of Office 365 services. Configure real-time
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