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Damian Scoles

Damian Scoles is a ten-time Microsoft MVP specializing in Exchange, Office 365 and PowerShell who has 25 years of IT industry experience. He is based in the Chicago area and started out managing Exchange 5.5 and Windows NT. Over the years he has worked with Office 365 since BPOS and his experience has grown to include Azure AD, Security and Compliance Admin Centers, and Exchange Online. His community outreach includes contributing to TechNet forums, creating PowerShell scripts that can be found on his blogs, writing in-depth PowerShell / Office365 / Exchange blog articles, tweeting, and creating PowerShell videos on YouTube. He has written five PowerShell books and is also actively working on the book "Microsoft 365 Security for IT Pros".

September 14, 2023 - 12 min read

Licensing with Microsoft Graph PowerShell

The Microsoft Graph SDK PowerShell module is replacing two other modules. Learn more about...

July 25, 2023 - 10 min read

How to connect to Exchange Online with certificate based authentication (CBA)

Learn more about Certificate Based Authentication for Exchange Online PowerShell now that Basic...

March 30, 2023 - 13 min read

The tools you need when troubleshooting Active Directory

Are you in charge of a directory service like AD or Azure AD? Then you must have spent quite a bit...

February 17, 2023 - 11 min read

Onboarding & offboarding – 5 ideas to simplify your Active Directory management

Managing Active Directory users and groups is one of the central, recurring tasks of IT...

November 23, 2022 - 16 min read

How to Use Sensitivity Labels to Protect Information

With Microsoft 365 and Sensitivity Labels, you are one step ahead. Protecting an organization’s...

October 17, 2022 - 11 min read

Microsoft Defender and PowerShell – Solutions when Migrating to Exchange Online

Are you migrating your organization to Exchange Online? Will you use Exchange Online Protection...

August 30, 2022 - 9 min read

PowerShell 'Auditing' – Two Scenarios Under Closer Inspection

Auditing is not a built-in feature and change tracking must be done manually, we all know working...

August 5, 2022 - 9 min read

The Hidden, The Obfuscated

In this article, we will explore the not so obvious in PowerShell, the information that is hidden...

May 19, 2022 - 10 min read

Exchange Online Quarantine Policies

For some background, in Exchange Online (EXO V2), there are two types of Quarantines for email...