Ever seen PIM throw ‘CannotDeleteLastAdminAssignment’?

🧩I ran into a strange edge case that ended up as an MSRC report, Microsoft confirmed and fixed it.

Full write-up 👇
🔗 azurewithtom.com/posts/MSRC-C...

#MVPBuzz

Reminder for #WindowsAutopatch admins:
Migrate to the Win32 Client Broker for better reliability and on-demand deployment. Script-based installs still work, but the Win32 app is the new standard.
➡️ azurewithtom.com/posts/Manage...

🚀 New blog post: Windows Autopatch Client Broker – What It Is and Why It Matters

After sharing the new Autopatch capabilities, I got a lot of questions about the Client Broker.
Good news: it’s getting an update!

Read here 👉 azurewithtom.com/posts/Manage...

#Microsoftsecurity #Intune #MVPBuzz

🚨 Call to action 🚨

Starting September 2025, Microsoft will permanently disable Basic Authentication for SMTP AUTH.

I just published a new blog post about this:
azurewithtom.com/posts/Say-go...

#Microsoft365 #ExchangeOnline #MicrosoftEntra

Windows Autopatch just got better in 2025:
✅ Hotpatching for Win11
✅ Better reporting in Intune
✅ Now for Business Premium

azurewithtom.com/posts/Whats-...

I wrote a quick rundown on what’s new + how to get started:

#Windows11 #Autopatch #Intune #Hotpatch #MicrosoftSecurity

New blogpost!

Implementing "Attack Surface Reduction" policies is in my opinion mandatory.
If you have not yet touched this feature, please make sure to give it a shot and configure it!

azurewithtom.com/posts/Attack...

#ASRrules #MicrosoftSecurity #AttackSurfaceReduction #Hardening #MDE

🚀 Microsoft 365 Business Premium has a new friend! 🔐

You can now add the E5 Security Add-on!

📢 Important: Check out if your license state is correct!

🔗 Read more about it: azurewithtom.com/posts/E5-Sec...

#Entra #E5Security #MDO #MDE #MicrosoftDefender #Microsoft

A small write-up about Device Code abuse.

Microsoft recently revealed an ongoing phishing campaign by Storm-2372, targeting authentication methods that use device codes.
#EntraID #RestrictDeviceCode #ClientID #Microsoft

azurewithtom.com/posts/The-hi...

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New blogpost:

Check out my latest blog post on the new Unified Coverage Management experience in the Microsoft Defender portal.

Sentinel and your XDR unified

azurewithtom.com/posts/Optimi...

#Cybersecurity #MicrosoftSentinel #XDR #Optimization #UnifiedCoverage #MITREATTACK

I have submitted my session “Behind the Scenes of Phishing: Understanding and Defending Against AitM Attacks” for speaking at Workplace Ninjas Norway 2025.

Have you submitted a session already? You have until 28 February to submit one yourself!

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🚀 You can now access Microsoft Sentinel Workbooks directly in the Microsoft XDR portal!

No more jumping between portals. 🎯
azurewithtom.com/posts/Bringi...

#Cybersecurity #MicrosoftSentinel #XDR #Workbooks

🚀 New Blog Alert: Store your fresh created detection rules in Devops

I will post more of these blogs in the future on how to deploy the rules, use a pipeline and automate validation.

azurewithtom.com/posts/Upload...

Got feedback? Please let me know!

Hey @merill.net 👋, I just got in on Bluesky! Am I late to the party?

I also added Bsky to my web blog to share pages. Due to a nice upgrade I am able to deploy blogs easier now. So expect some new ones on here.

Thanks for having me motivated to check this out!

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