In today’s Microsoft 365 Admin learning journey, we explored how emails move inside and outside the organization and how to troubleshoot delivery issues. 📌 1. Understanding Mail Flow in Exchange Online Mail flow refers to how email messages travel: All mail flow configurations are managed in: 🔗 https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com 📌 2. Accepted Domains Accepted Domains define… Read More »

Day-12: Risk-Based Conditional Access in Microsoft 365 🎯 Objective of Day-12 By the end of Day-12, you will be able to: 1️⃣ What Is Risk in Microsoft 365? Risk is a probability that an identity or device is compromised. Microsoft calculates risk using: 2️⃣ Types of Risk (Very Important) 🔹 Sign-In Risk Evaluates a specific… Read More »

🎯 Objective of Day-11 By the end of Day-11, you will be able to: 1️⃣ What Are Security Baselines? Security Baselines are Microsoft-recommended security configurations that: 📌 Think of baselines as secure starting points, not final tuning. 2️⃣ Security Baseline vs Compliance vs Configuration Feature Purpose Enforces Evaluates Security Baseline Best-practice security ✅ Yes ❌… Read More »

Conditional Access – Identity + Device Trust 🎯 Objective of Day-10 By the end of Day-10, you will: 1️⃣ What Is Conditional Access? Conditional Access (CA) is a policy engine that evaluates: Then decides:✔ Allow✔ Require MFA✔ Require compliant device❌ Block 2️⃣ Signals Evaluated by Conditional Access Signal Source User identity Entra ID Device compliance… Read More »

Device Compliance & Configuration Policies in Microsoft Intune 🎯 Objective of Day-9 By the end of Day-9, you will be able to: 1️⃣ Compliance vs Configuration (MOST IMPORTANT) Feature Compliance Policy Configuration Profile Purpose Decide device trust Apply settings Result Compliant / Non-Compliant Settings enforced Used by CA ✅ Yes ❌ No Blocks access ✅… Read More »

Day-8: Microsoft Intune Foundations – MDM, MAM & Device Enrollment 🎯 Objective of Day-8 By the end of Day-8, you should be able to: 1️⃣ What is Microsoft Intune? Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based endpoint management solution that allows organizations to: 📌 Intune works with Entra ID, not independently. 2️⃣ Intune High-Level Architecture ✔ Entra… Read More »

🔍 Why Day-7 Matters (Admin Reality) Most M365 issues reported as: 👉 Root cause = Device state, not user account. Before Intune, every M365 admin must understand device identity in Entra ID. 🎯 Day-7 Objectives By end of Day-7, you will be able to: 🧠 Core Concepts (Very Important) 1️⃣ What is Device Identity in… Read More »

Series: 30 Days of Microsoft 365 Admin 🎯 Day-6 Objective Today’s goal is to: 1️⃣ Verify Microsoft Intune is Enabled 🔧 Steps ✅ Confirm 📌 If MDM authority is not set → devices cannot be managed 2️⃣ Check MDM Auto-Enrollment Settings 🔧 Steps ⚙ Configure 🧠 This allows devices to auto-enroll when users sign in.… Read More »

Series: 30 Days of Microsoft 365 Admin 🎯 Day-5 Objective After learning identity security fundamentals (Day-4), today we will: 1️⃣ What is Conditional Access (Quick Recap) Conditional Access evaluates: It enforces Zero Trust: Never trust, always verify 2️⃣ Prerequisites (Before You Start) ✔ Entra ID P1 or P2 license✔ At least one test user✔ Admin… Read More »

Series: 30 Days of Microsoft 365 AdminAuthor: Jaspreet Singh 🎯 Day-4 Objective After creating users and assigning roles (Day-3), today’s goal is to: 1️⃣ Password Policies & Sign-In Protection 🔧 Admin Steps 🔍 What to Review 🧠 Admin Reality These settings silently protect tenants from: 2️⃣ Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) – Hands-On 🔧 Enable MFA for… Read More »