Tony Redmond

.@Office365 Current subscribers can download the March 2026 Update for the #Office365 for IT Pros eBook. This month we celebrate the 30th anniversary of #Exchange and the 25th anniversary of #SharePoint, both critical services for #Microsoft365: office365itpros.com/2026/03/02/off…

.@Office365 Monthly update #22 for the Automating #Microsoft365 with #PowerShell eBook is available. Also, Microsoft has released V2.36.1 of the Graph PowerShell SDK - the .1 update was needed because they forgot to include the new UTCM module in V2.36: office365itpros.com/2026/03/20/aut…

.@Office365 In more #Microsoft365 AI news, the Planner agent is now available to everyone with a Planner SKU if they also have a #Copilot license. The idea is that the agent helps you understand what to do to accomplish a task. Here's what I found out: office365itpros.com/2026/03/19/pla…

@steven_reid @Office365 Please don't make me cough up my lungs... Look at the number of APIs spanned by the Graph...

@12Knocksinna @Office365 Are they trying to focus on a MCP for all of these capabilities

.@Office365 Some Microsoft MVPs have questioned the gaps appearing in Graph API coverage and a lack of consistency and robustness in some APIs. It seems like Microsoft is not dedicating enough resources to this topic. Thoughts? office365itpros.com/2026/03/18/mic… #Microsoft365

@Office365 Be sure to add specific comments about where you feel Microsoft is failing to support the Graph and its APIs properly at feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/… - it's the only way to give formal feedback about this topic to Microsoft.

.@office365 The new #Microsoft365 E7 SKU seems to offer a lot for $99, but spending money is wasteful unless the functionality can be used. @paulrobichaux debates the question here: office365itpros.com/2026/03/17/is-…

.@Office365 #MicrosoftTeams will soon block 3rd party AI-powered transcription apps from Teams meetings. Compliance is the big issue around these apps, but some will think the block exists to protect #Microsoft365 Copilot. office365itpros.com/2026/03/16/thi…

.@Office365 You might be surprised to know that #Copilot in #MicrosoftTeams allows meeting participants to seek opinions about other meeting participants based on their interactions. This won't happen soon when a change kicks in:office365itpros.com/2026/03/13/sen… #Microsoft365

.@Office365 New controls are available in #SharePoint Online to limit the lifetime of company-wide sharing links. It's yet another small step to controlling sharing anarchy that is seen so often... office365itpros.com/2026/03/12/com… #Microsoft365

.@Office365 #Microsoft365 Backup has introduced file-level restore for #SharePoint Online and #OneDrive for Business, which is nice. It's kind of like restoring a previous version of files. More at office365itpros.com/2026/03/11/mic…

@laxtlo @Office365 I think you can automate much of what Governance does with PowerShell, but I have never stood in the way of anyone who wants to buy more Microsoft licenses...

@12Knocksinna @Office365 P2 provides the "tools" for a manual cleanup, the Governance Add-on provides the "engine" for automation. Transitioning to this model moves IT from a reactive manual cleaning to a proactive (automated governance). Which is the way to handle the guest user surge coming in 2026🤘🏻

.@Office365 In July 2026, #SharePointOnline will drop support for one-time passcodes for external access. Tenants that haven't yet moved to #Entra B2B Collaboration will have to do so to share files and folders externally. office365itpros.com/2026/03/06/gue… #Microsoft365

@IAMERICAbooted It's a long time since I went near legacy SharePoint... and I am thankful for that.

@12Knocksinna No, legacy SharePoint online architecture

If only it was this easy for retention labels in legacy SharePoint architectures. Those who know, know.

@IAMERICAbooted But retention labels for legacy SharePoint Server?

I think you missed the key operative words: legacy SharePoint architecture. I understand many folks don't know what that means and how it relates to gaps with Graph APIs, SharePoint crawlers, and legacy APIs. For oglrgs that have this legacy architecture (most), you cannot do it without pnp powershell and application API permissions for sites.fullcontrol.all. I'm sure I dont have to tell YOU the security concerns with that.

@laxtlo @Office365 Yes, but only if you use the "closeness in org" feature. Standard access reviews performed by humans need Entra ID P2. #license-requirements" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">learn.microsoft.com/entra/id-gover… And BTW, Microsoft has canned the AI agent for access reviews...

@12Knocksinna @Office365 I think you also need Entra ID Governance addon for P2 to do access reviews? ☺

.@Office365 Removing a single sensitivity label from a #SharePoint file is simple. Removing labels from hundreds or thousands of files is a different matter. Here's hwo to do the job with #PowerShell and the Graph SDK: office365itpros.com/2026/03/10/rem… #Microsoft365

.@Office365 The #ExchangeOnline High-Volume Email (HVE) solution is approaching general availability. HVE only handles internal email and supports basic authentication for now. Microsoft won't charge for using HVE until May. More here: office365itpros.com/2026/03/09/hve… #Microsoft365

@laxtlo @Office365 Or do you access reviews with PowerShell... and no premium licenses required.

@12Knocksinna @Office365 To manage this influx, Access Reviews are the primary tool for automating the lifecycle of these guests. It means a lot of more P2 licenses.

.@Office365 #ExchangeOnline shared mailboxes are definitely not designed to be a CRM system, but people use shared mailboxes to handle customer queries. Here's how to extract some KPIs for response times using the Graph and #PowerShell: office365itpros.com/2026/03/05/sha… #Microsoft365