Microsoft 365 Scripts

How to Disable Nesting for Security Groups in Entra ID

Security groups rarely stay simple as an organization grows. One group may contain another group, which can contain yet another. As nesting grows, it becomes harder to keep track of group relationships and manage permissions. Microsoft Entra ID now provides a new property named disableNesting, which allows administrators to prevent a security group from being nested within another group. This gives administrators greater control over how group memberships are structured. Let’s take a closer look at the disableNesting property and how it can be used to control group... Read More Read More

Microsoft 365

August 13, 2026

Create and Manage Retention Policies Using PowerShell

Learn how to create and manage Microsoft 365 retention policies using PowerShell. This guide covers creating retention policies and rules, updating existing policies, managing bulk mailbox exclusions, disabling, and deleting policies. It also covers Teams call log retention policies, which are managed only via PowerShell.

Microsoft 365

July 30, 2026

Guest Access vs External Access in Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 admins often confuse guest access and external access because both enable collaboration. However, they differ in user authentication and the level of resource access they gain. Understanding the differences helps prevent unnecessary access to organizational resources. This blog explains the key differences between guest access and external access and helps you choose the right option for every collaboration scenario.

Microsoft 365

July 16, 2026

Different Ways to Add Guests to a Team in Microsoft Teams

Collaborating with users outside an organization is a common part of modern teamwork, and Microsoft Teams makes it easy through guest access. Whether you’re working with clients, vendors, partners, or contractors, adding them to the right team ensures secure and seamless collaboration. This blog shows you the different ways to add guest users to a team in Microsoft Teams and help you choose the approach that best fits your organization’s needs.

Microsoft Teams

July 2, 2026

Exchange Online

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Create Transport Rules in Exchange Online Using the New-TransportRule Cmdlet

Transport rules in Exchange Online help manage email flow by applying actions to emails based on specific conditions. While these rules can be created through Exchange admin center, PowerShell provides a faster and more efficient way to manage them at scale. In this blog, you'll learn how to create Exchange Online transport rules using PowerShell with practical examples.

Shared Calendars in Outlook

Shared calendars in Microsoft Outlook make it easy to share availability, schedules, and events with selected users. By setting customizable permissions, users can control exactly what others can view or manage within the calendar. This blog explains how to create shared calendars in Microsoft 365 for better coordination and efficient scheduling.

How to Create and Manage Inbox Rules for Shared Mailboxes in Outlook

Shared mailboxes support collaboration, but high email volume can be overwhelming. Organizing emails with inbox rules helps teams manage this more efficiently and reduce manual effort. This blog explains how to create, configure, and manage inbox rules for shared mailboxes, including common scenarios like auto-sorting emails, anti-spam cleanup, etc.

Microsoft Teams

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Different Ways to Add Guests to a Team in Microsoft Teams

Get Rule-Based Alerts for In-Progress Microsoft Teams Meeting Quality Issues

Meeting quality problems can happen without warning, leaving users frustrated and admins reacting only after complaints arise. Rule-based alerts for in-progress meetings proactively notify admins when the meeting quality metrics of selected users exceed configured thresholds. This enables faster troubleshooting and a better meeting experience.

Create Custom Meeting Templates in Microsoft Teams

Custom meeting templates in Microsoft Teams help organizations standardize secure meeting settings. Instead of manually configuring meeting settings every time for different meeting scenarios, admins can create reusable templates with predefined configurations for organizers to use. This blog walks you through how to create, manage, and assign custom meeting templates in Microsoft Teams.

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Brand Impersonation Protection for Teams Chat

Protect Microsoft Teams from brand impersonation attacks in external chats with automatic detection and user alerts. Teams scans incoming external messages for suspicious sender names mimicking trusted brands, warning recipients before they engage with potentially fraudulent messages from attackers.

New Outlook Links Open Alongside Emails in Microsoft Edge

Control Outlook web links to open in default browsers instead of Microsoft Edge using cloud policy or administrative templates. Configure the Choose Which Browser Opens Web Links policy in Microsoft 365 Apps admin center for organization-wide browser preferences.

Intelligent Version History Controls for SharePoint and OneDrive

Configure intelligent version history controls in SharePoint Online and OneDrive to manage file versions efficiently. Set automatic deletion schedules and organization-wide version limits. Use time-based algorithms to retain critical versions while optimizing storage consumption.

Security

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Manage Active Directory User and Group Relationships Using PowerShell Script

Managing user-group relationships in Active Directory can be challenging, especially when handling group memberships, primary group assignments, and group ownership at scale. To simplify these tasks, we developed a PowerShell script that supports 16 management actions for both individual and bulk operations. This blog shows how to use the script to streamline user group relationships.

Difference Between Entra User App Registrations and App Consent

Admins often struggle to decide whether to restrict app registrations, user consent, or both in Microsoft Entra ID. Uncontrolled app registrations can result in rogue applications, while unrestricted user consent can increase the risk of consent phishing. This blog explains the differences between these settings and how to configure them to balance security and governance.

Create Custom Meeting Templates in Microsoft Teams

SharePoint Online

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Default Groups in SharePoint Online Sites

In SharePoint Online, every site comes with default groups such as Site Owners, Site Members, and Site Visitors. These groups define access levels and help ensure permissions are managed consistently without assigning access individually. This blog walks through the default groups in SharePoint and how to manage them effectively to maintain proper access control.

How to Connect a Team Site to a Microsoft 365 Group

Standalone SharePoint team sites are often used for simple content management. But when organizations need more room for collaboration, these standalone sites reach their limits. By connecting them to Microsoft 365 Groups, organizations can introduce modern collaboration capabilities without migrating data. This guide walks through how to connect and the impact of this transformation.

How to Set Up Draft Item Security in SharePoint Online

Draft item security in SharePoint protects in-progress documents by limiting who can view them before approval. This ensures only the right users can access sensitive content during collaboration. You can choose whether drafts are visible to readers, contributors, or only approvers. With both UI and PowerShell options, these settings can be applied efficiently across libraries and scaled with ease.

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Tamilarasan

August 13, 2026

How to Disable Nesting for Security Groups in Entra ID

Microsoft 365

Aima

July 30, 2026

Create and Manage Retention Policies Using PowerShell

Microsoft 365

Kanaga

July 16, 2026

Guest Access vs External Access in Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365

Gokul

July 2, 2026

Different Ways to Add Guests to a Team in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams

Blesslin Rinu

June 25, 2026

Get Rule-Based Alerts for In-Progress Microsoft Teams Meeting Quality Issues

Microsoft Teams

M365Scripts Content Team

June 18, 2026

How to Exclude SharePoint Sites from a Retention Policy

In certain scenarios, excluding SharePoint sites from retention policies is necessary to align data protection with site lifecycle, storage considerations, and business requirements. This blog explores common scenarios where exclusions are beneficial and explains how to configure them effectively.

Microsoft 365

Dhinesh

June 11, 2026

Manage Active Directory User and Group Relationships Using PowerShell Script

Security

Dhinesh

June 4, 2026

Create Transport Rules in Exchange Online Using the New-TransportRule Cmdlet

Exchange Online

Dhinesh

May 28, 2026

Secure Multitenant Applications Using App Instance Property Lock in Microsoft Entra ID

App instance property lock in Microsoft Entra ID helps protect sensitive multitenant app properties from unauthorized changes after provisioning in another tenant. By locking critical credentials and token encryption settings, organizations can reduce the risk of malicious modifications and identity-based attacks. In this blog, you’ll learn what application instance property lock is and how to configure it.

Microsoft 365

Dhinesh

May 21, 2026

Difference Between Entra User App Registrations and App Consent

Microsoft 365

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