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Microsoft began blocking EWS from non‑Microsoft apps in Exchange Online on October 1, 2026. Use this checklist to find and fix what breaks.
Before Copilot, tighten MFA, admin roles, and SharePoint/OneDrive sharing. This checklist prevents AI from surfacing overshared data.
Turn NIST CSF 2.0 into a simple 90-day plan with clear owners, deliverables, and a few metrics that show progress.
Turn “we have backups” into a recovery plan with clear RPO/RTO targets, immutable plus offline copies, and quarterly restore drills.
A calm, practical checklist to prove your backups are ransomware-ready, including immutable or offline copies and a real restore drill.
When Microsoft 365 sign-in breaks, email and Teams can follow. Here’s a calm, practical plan to keep comms, billing, and work moving.
A practical way to plan your annual IT spend, set priorities, and keep “surprise” costs from landing on your desk.
Turn CISA’s KEV list into a calm monthly patch routine: inventory internet-facing systems, set clear SLAs, and verify fixes.
A practical checklist to move off SMS and voice MFA before February 1, 2027, without lockouts, confusion, or last-minute scrambles.
Before staff use AI at work, set simple data rules: what’s sensitive, where it can live, how it’s labelled, and who can access it.
By November 9, 2026, Entra SSPR will only accept registered methods. Here’s why synced phone/email may fail, and a quick rollout plan.
From September 1, 2026, Entra will start nudging some users to set up passkeys. Here’s how to prep without lockouts.
RTO and RPO turn “we have backups” into a real recovery plan, with clear targets for downtime and data loss.
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