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Microsoft SC-100 Practise Test – Cybersecurity Architect #2

Intro This is the second free SC-100 practise test I have created, if you haven’t done the first one, please go do that first here: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100) Practise Test Questions #1 In this test, there is only one correct answer to each question. If there is any issues that you spot, please leave …

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Microsoft SC-100 Exam

Microsoft SC-100 Practise Test – Cybersecurity Architect #1

Intro As I am sitting exams at the moment, I have finding I am on the look out for practise tests and supplementary material for giving me confidence in exams. I have noticed there is no free Microsoft provided SC-100 practise questions, so therefore I have decided to study and create my own! I hope …

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How to Password Protect an Excel File to Stop Modification

Intro Excel spreadsheets are used to store and redistribute tons of information! I was recently contacted by an end-user seeking how they can stop accidental modification of their Excel file by securing it with a password. After a bit of looking around, I found the answer: Method ⚠️ This should be used as a method …

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How to add AzureAD account to local administrators on Windows

Intro Elevating local accounts is something that pop-ups up from time-to-time, as I have been migrating my clients away from local and domain accounts and towards AzureAD, I find myself having to confirm the best way to elevate certain accounts to local admin, my usual process of going to lusrmgr.msc is no longer effective with …

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Stop Teams meetings automatically created for every Outlook calendar event

Intro One of my clients uses Teams for internal communication and Zoom for external sales presentations. They have been plagued with Teams meetings being automatically added to their Outlook calendar events. I personally understand the annoyance of Microsoft’s push to use Teams at every opportunity, despite the development of Teams, it is still not the …

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How to adjust calendar permissions on Microsoft 365 Exchange Online with PowerShell

Intro Adjusting calendar permissions using PowerShell is the most common thing people administrating Microsoft 365 Exchange Online will use, and in my case, it is the first function I’ve used PowerShell for professionally. I find the command can be confusing despite using it countless times due to the ambiguity in the syntax; I’ll frequently refer …

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How to fix Microsoft 365 guest access invite error ‘Invitation redemption failed An error has occurred. Please retry again shortly.’

Intro Today I invited a user to have guest access to a Microsoft365 tenant / AzureAD and I received an email backfrom them shortly after saying they are met with an error when clicking the accept invite link on the email. Error message: Invitation redemption failed An error has occurred. Please retry again shortly. RequestId: …

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Connect to Exchange Online Powershell with MFA

Intro As discussed in our previous article, connecting to Exchange Online via PowerShell is one of the most important uses for PowerShell as a Microsoft365 administrator. The setup process on PowerShell for connecting with an MFA account is incredibly simple – Method If this is the first time you are using MFA PowerShell on your …

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How to connect to Exchange Online PowerShell

Intro As a Microsoft365 or formerly referred to as Office365 administrator there will come a time when you will need to make some changes using PowerShell for Exchange online, the most common reason for using PowerShell for Exchange online is calendar delegation. If your administrative account has MFA (multifactor authentication) enabled, please see our article …

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How to fix Excel error – Your organization’s administrator turned off the service required to use this feature

Today an end-user called me with a new error message I have not seen before in Excel, as they are attempting to open a help article about a function on Excel they recieve “This command isn’t available” “Your organization’s administrator turned off the service required to use this feature.” At first I was perplexed as …

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