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Quest Tool Migrates Protected Email and Files Between Tenants
A new feature of the Quest On Demand migration suite supports the tenant-to-tenant migration of Exchange and SharePoint content protected by sensitivity labels. This might not seem a big deal, but it’s the first time that a migration product has been able to automatically move protected files and messages from one tenant to another, including files protected by sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions. https://office365itpros.com/2025/05/21/sensitivity-labels-t2t-migration/6Views0likes0CommentsMicrosoft 365 Subscriptions
In fourth quarter of 2024, I decided to upgrade my machine and tried out a web only version (freeware) of Microsoft 365. After some time, I found out that I was not getting the qualities I needed for documentation to be presentable as Microsoft Word and Excel were not usable for print formats. I decided to buy a Microsoft 365 Business subscription (bought through my domain provider) which allowed me to use my email address attached to me and my website domain. This allowed me to also download desktop copies of Word and Excel. However, I ran into problems with old accounts colliding with my new ones..., for example, Skype for Business, Microsoft Store, and Microsoft Live would constantly appear in my installation admins. If I attempted to install them, the installation would fail and get stuck i.e, I could not remove them. Microsoft message pop-ups would state, "You cannot install this on a 'work' account." I thought to myself, "Okay, I installed my Windows OS as a "Work Account on my new machine." This made sense, because I could go to my browser on my new machine and I could go to my old laptop that had absolutely no Microsoft 365 on it and access my Office from my browser profile. My old laptop is the only machine that accepts the Windows Live email address i.e., it acts as a Windows Live access service via the 'free' outlook account to which it is attached. However, now that all these items are separated by Work or Home classification, I keep getting messages that state, "We cannot renew your Microsoft 365 account." But my Work account should not be attached to Microsoft Live accounts...should it? After all, it uses Entra ID for access and the subscription is bought through my domain vendor. Why is Microsoft Support sending me these emails? My original setup accessed Microsoft Live accounts via the web through my old laptop using my free Outlook email and looked something like the graphic below:Susan_FlanderMay 21, 2025Copper Contributor24Views0likes1CommentGoogle workspace migration - Automatic doesn't download the JSON while creating the migration endpoi
I recently came across an issue where the google workspace migration wasn't downloading the Json file. After a lot of struggle, I figured out that google by default blocks service account key creation. To resolve this, follow the below mentioned steps 1) login to https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin and select the root org 2) Add Organisation Policy Administrator role 3) Click on Organization policies and then search for "Disable service account key creation" and set the enforcement to OFF. 4) Now you should be able to download the JSON.salimjamilkhan25May 20, 2025Copper Contributor2.9KViews4likes1CommentMicrosoft Places Analytics - Missing data
Hi! I'm looking to hear if anyone has succesfully configured Microsoft Places Analytics according to the guidelines here: Microsoft Places Analytics - Microsoft Places | Microsoft Learn I've reached out to Microsoft Support several months ago regarding this but the case has not progressed at all unfortunately when it comes to actually reaching a solution. I'm struggling to get enough data to show even though the following is OK: All buildings have analytics enabled The name of the building matches the attribute "Office Location" in Entra ID. A mail-enabled security group is used for assigning permissions to Places Analytics (as-per the requirements). All users of the above group have Teams Premium I'm mostly focusing on the building analytics here since that one is most interesting for us. Example of charts with missing or incomplete data: The above one shows nothing even though it should be fetched from the work location in conjuction with the leader's organisation data. In the above chart it's succesfully mapping the headcount of the number of people that have set their work plan with a chosen building, however it's completely ignoring the "remote" parts. Also ignoring the people that have no work plan set but do have the same Office location as the building name - which it should fetch from according to the "?" button: It's even more clear further down in the same "?": In my case it's ONLY showing the ones with a work plan set and with the actual building in question set. It's the same type of issue for most of the data but I believe that solving it on one end will solve the rest. So I'm really hoping there's someone else out there that has succesfully configured Places Analytics and might shed some light on what my configuration might be missing. Thanks!fjanssonMay 20, 2025Brass Contributor53Views1like5CommentsData Stored Location
Hi All, I have a question regarding the location where data is stored when I first sign up for Microsoft 365. Is there a list of available locations? Is there an option for data to be stored in Indonesia? Because what I checked on my current tenant is in Asia Pacific. Thank you,SolvedIrvanRMay 20, 2025Copper Contributor37Views0likes3CommentsUse PnP PowerShell to Find SharePoint Document Libraries with Default Sensitivity Labels
I usually reach for the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK when I need to automate Microsoft 365 processes. But sometimes, the Graph doesn't work. PnP PowerShell is a great tool for interacting with SharePoint Online, in this instance to check document libraries to find how many have a default sensitivity label configured. The code works, it's reasonably quick, and it's an example of how flexible PowerShell can be in dealing with Microsoft 365. https://practical365.com/default-sensitivity-label-pnp-powershell/22Views0likes0CommentsO365 - EU and China
Hi Worldwide Org - based in EU - they have a Tenant - and are about to migrate all users personal files from fileservers to OD4B - (into the EU data center) However there's a subset of users that resides in China - and apparently there's some China regulations saying data "must" reside inside China - (china users connection to the EU Tenant/OneDrive are very slow) so how do I solve this "architecture" in the best way possible? Multi-geo is not an option as China aren't supported. Does the Company create a SharePoint Farm in China and let the users in China have their OD4B on that - what about collaboration on documents, ediscovery etc. etc. between EU/China users in those scenarios? Does the company create a separate Tenant inside China and initiate the B2B capabilities in the EU tenant? How have others solved this?Taen kerenMay 16, 2025Steel Contributor4.1KViews0likes3CommentsTime to Review How to Preserve Ex-Employee Data
This week’s Microsoft layoffs provide a timely reminder to review how to retain and secure ex-employee data. OneDrive for Business might be the biggest challenge because of the variety of application data that now ends up in user OneDrive accounts. Agents and Flows are also an area of concern, as are objects like apps, phone numbers, and recurring meetings. https://office365itpros.com/2025/05/16/preserve-ex-employee-data/17Views0likes0CommentsI can't add an O365 email to Outlook desktop client but I can access it from the web
I can't add a O365 to Outlook desktop client but I can access from the web This a weird thing, whenever I try to add in Outlook from File > Add Account I get the message "Something went wrong and Outlook couldn't set up your account". From Control Panel > Mail > Email accounts > New > Manual Setup > here I put the email and gets stuck at "Searching for... Settings" and then " An encrypted connection to your email is not available, click Next to attempt using an unencrypted connection", so I do that and get the error "We're sorry we couldn't set up your account automatically. To try setting up the account yourself click Next" which is basically the same. Everything works fine in the browser, any ideas on this?jorgecgMay 15, 2025Copper Contributor16KViews0likes7CommentsOutlook Reading Pane Text Size
The text in my Outlook Reading Pane has increased in size and become double-spaced overnight. I have tried to change this with "Stationery & Fonts" and the View Settings without any success. I am running Microsoft 365 on Windows 11.SolvedBawbeeMay 15, 2025Copper Contributor3.7KViews0likes2Comments
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