I think we can all agree that one of the largest concerns of New Commerce with Microsoft is liability. In this article, I wanted to provide you a simple formula that will help you decide whether or not to put customers on annual or monthly contracts as well as some guidance for the legal contracts […]
This month, Microsoft had a technical release of GDAP or Granular Delegated Admin Privileges for M365 workloads (Azure coming later this year). If you checked out my previous article, you know that GDAP is going to replacing existing delegated admin relationships with a true model of least privilege access. GDAP is ultimately going to improve […]
Traditionally, both distributors (Microsoft Indirect Providers/CSP Tier 1s) and MSPs (Indirect Resellers) have established Delegated Admin Privileges (DAP) with all downstream customers. This allows distributors to license customer tenants and provide support. It allows you, as the MSP, to provide support and perform day to day management tasks via Partner Center. The large security concern […]
Below are all of the relevant MSP related Microsoft announcements from December Editable Versions Available If you would like editable versions of this documentation so that you can white-label it and send to end users, there is a monthly subscription you can sign up for to obtain this content as well as in depth guides […]
Below are all of the relevant MSP related Microsoft announcements from November. Microsoft Admin 1. New Commerce Updates Billing Impact × Dismiss alert How this will affect your organization Microsoft will launch introductory promotional pricing for CSP seat-based offers, providing more time for customer transitions to new commerce. Originally scheduled for October 14, 2021, the […]
Recently, Microsoft has announced the introduction of granular delegated admin privileges, or GDAP, coming early 2022. These changes are coming to address supply chain attacks (like Nobelium). Traditionally, both distributors (Microsoft Indirect Providers/CSP Tier 1s) and MSPs (Indirect Resellers) have established Delegated Admin Privileges (DAP) with all downstream customers. This allows distributors to license customer […]
Recently, Microsoft has announced a fork of the Defender for Endpoint offering into two plans. Defender for Endpoint has traditionally been an enterprise grade solution and only included in higher level plans such as E5. Over the past few years Microsoft has made this a standalone offering that could be bolted on to other plans […]
Below are all of the relevant MSP related Microsoft announcements from October. Editable Versions Available If you would like editable versions of this documentation so that you can white-label it and send to end users, there is a monthly subscription you can sign up for to obtain this content as well as in depth guides […]
Microsoft recently made some updates surrounding their plans to turn off basic auth in all tenants. The following article describes the recent updates: Basic Authentication and Exchange Online – September 2021 Update – Microsoft Tech Community Highlights Scope includes Exchange Web Services (EWS), Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), POP, IMAP, Remote PowerShell, MAPI, RPC, SMTP AUTH and […]
Below are all of the relevant MSP related Microsoft announcements from September Editable Versions Available If you would like editable versions of this documentation so that you can white-label it and send to end users, there is a monthly subscription you can sign up for to obtain this content as well as in depth guides […]
Protecting corporate data on unmanaged devices like personal cell phones is extremely important in today’s remote workforce. App protection policies that are part of Microsoft Intune provide an easy way to start containerizing corporate data without inhibiting user productivity. It also provides flexibility so that the device does not need to be unenrolled in a […]
New Commerce is constantly evolving Post last updated 3/20/22 × Dismiss alert Microsoft recently dropped some large news on the channel and CSP providers. The New Commerce Experience is something Microsoft announced way back in 2019 with Azure and it is essentially consolidating their various channels in which a customer has an opportunity to transact. They describe a simplified journey for both […]
