Microsoft 365 Account Swap
Hi, I've had my current Hotmail account for over 25 years. Recently, I noticed that every 20 minutes, there's an attempted login to this account. It's set up as passwordless, and I've taken all possible steps to secure it — but given how frequently it's being targeted, I'm concerned it could eventually be compromised. Because this account contains a lot of personal data, I’ve decided to create a new Microsoft account where I plan to purchase a Microsoft 365 Family subscription. Here’s what I’d like to do: Purchase Microsoft 365 on my new account. Add my old account as a family member (it currently has about 1 month left of Microsoft 365). My old account has 4 family members already — I’d like to make sure they are not affected during this transition. My key concern: How can I ensure that no OneDrive files or data are lost — both from my old account and from the accounts of my existing family members — when I make this switch? Any guidance on how to make this transition smooth and secure would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!Are Microsoft E5 Licensing Add-Ons a Good Deal?
The Microsoft E5 Security add-on is available for Microsoft 365 Business Premium (and other) tenants. The add-on looks like a bargain because the bundle offers significant value over individual licenses, but is it really? Like everything in life, unless you can use something, there’s no point in having it. In this case, have a plan to use E5 Security to deliver measurable results before you hand over any more license revenue to Microsoft. https://office365itpros.com/2025/04/11/microsoft-e5-security-add-on/
GoDaddy to Microsoft 365 Email Account Transfer
Hi all, I'm working with a small company that just updated its business name. They want to update their Microsoft 365 licences to the new domain, which is currently registered with GoDaddy. As they weren't ready to change this straight away, some 365 (essential) Email accounts were set up in GoDaddy. Now they are ready to make the 365 update, but the email situation seems really confusing, and the two options seem to be: 1) delete the accounts and set them up again, 2) use GoDaddy to manage the changeover - but the tech support seemed a little vague on this and the timings. Has anyone used the GoDaddy managed change and was it successful? Or would you recommend doing it manually? (Or another option?) Sorry, I know versions of this have been asked before, but I'd really appreciate some up-to-date advice if possible. Thanks very much!Assigning Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (DFE) Licenses to Devices Without a Cloud-Visible User
We have a number of Windows 10 and Windows 7 clients that are used to control production systems. These devices do not have a cloud-visible user, as they are not associated with an Entra ID (Azure AD) account. However, each device does have a local Windows user for system operations. The challenge we are facing is how to assign Defender for Endpoint (DFE) licenses to these devices, since DFE licensing is primarily user-based, and there is no direct device-based licensing for client OS. Our main questions: How can we assign a newly purchased DFE device license to a client that has no user? Is there a way to assign licenses to local Windows users even if they are not synced to Entra ID?Reporting the Status of Group-Based License Assignments
This article describes how to create a report about group-based licensing assignments and any errors that might have occured. The code uses the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to fetch information about the groups used for licensing assignments, interpret the assignments, find users with assignment errors, and send email to inform administrators about what's been found. https://practical365.com/group-based-licensing-report-email/
Compliance licenses at tenant level
Hi, We are a small organization of about 200 employees, and we have following requirements. DLP policies configuration at Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint BYOD security Users should not be able to send files outside the org And so on as we evaluate We already have M365 Business Premium. However, after researching we figured out that M365 Business premium will alone not solve our requirements. May be compliance license will. We want to apply security policies at tenant level in our organization but definitely do not want every user to get licenses as this will be expensive for us and there is no requirement at all for our users. The question is, Is there a way to solve the above scenario?Practical Graph: Finding and Removing Underused Microsoft 365 Copilot Licenses from User Accounts
Microsoft 365 Copilot licensing costs a lot of money. At $360 annually, it's important to make sure that everyone with a license makes full use of Copilot to become more productive and efficient. Usage data is available in the Graph, and some PowerShell can reveal who's using Copilot and who's not. With that data, you can decide whether to remove licenses for reassignment to other users. https://practical365.com/microsoft-365-copilot-licensing/Windows Activation O365 - Changes Status
Hello - We are having an issue where our company end clients (laptops / PCs) change activation status from active to not activated. This has been happening for 2 years now and was happening pre our move to O365 licensing. When we moved to O365 licensing the issue appeared to correct itself but then returned. This affects multiple machines in our environment and happens randomly. We are using 0365 online activation. No KMS, no ADBA. The last troubleshooting step we took with MS Support was to delete the PersistedSystemState registry key under HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform on the 2 affected machines we are using for troubleshooting. So far, the activation status has not changed. I do hope this has fixed the issue but I don't understand what may have caused this initially and I am looking for an RCA which MS has not been able to provide. H Has anyone else had this issue. TIA.
