People are using Copilot and Search more wide and that is leading them to realize how important item-level security is in SharePoint and OneDrive. Microsoft and others are warning about the use of Organizational Sharing Links. Most organizations are taking steps to review how many of these links exist and how to deal with them. What many of us didn't know about(myself included) is the default behavior of tenants when the Default Link is set to "Only people in my organization."

When working with information, it is often necessary to cut and paste data from one source to another. For instance, while using a Test/Dev/Demo M365 tenant, one might have to employ a user account with usernames like MeganB@M365x12345678.onmicrosoft.com and a complex, secure system-generated password that is difficult to remember or type. The problem is that when you have to cut and paste something, the normal buffer only remembers one thing at a time.

The author shares tips for using Excel more effectively while managing M365 tenant settings. By populating a workbook with default, current, and recommended values, they utilize Copilot for conditional formatting to highlight discrepancies. This approach demonstrates Copilot's transformative role in simplifying problem-solving in Excel without extensive search efforts.

When you need to allow external users access to your tenant, there are multiple ways that you can configure your tenant to allow them access. Azure B2B is the most common and easiest way to authenticate those users. Azure B2B enables external users to use their existing Identity Provider, like an M365 or Microsoft Account. By default users can add guests quite easily to your tenant.