AI Program Management: Lessons Learned from Infosec
The eGroup Enabling Technologies team has been spending a lot of time in the last few months helping clients preparing and deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot and other AI tools. Through this work, it has become clear that to successfully adopt and maximize the value of these tools, it will require a new program management area […]
Block Top-Level Domains with Intune and Windows Firewall Policy
In this blog post, I will show you how to create Intune Endpoint Security Windows Firewall Policy and Firewall Rules to block outbound traffic using reusable group settings. This is a useful scenario for organizations that want to restrict the network access of their devices to specific top-level domains. By using Intune, you can manage […]
Deploying Intune LAPS with a Remediation Script and Protection Policy
Microsoft Intune LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) is a feature that allows you to manage the local administrator passwords of your Windows devices enrolled in Intune. It helps you prevent unauthorized access, pass-the-hash attacks, and lateral movement by generating random, complex, and unique passwords for each device. You can also set expiration policies and view […]
The Case for Tabletop Exercises in Incident Response Planning
Tabletop exercises remain a mainstay of disaster recovery and incident management preparation, and with good reason: they provide an accessible and low-cost way to demonstrate the organization’s readiness (or lack thereof) for an adverse event without expensive penetration testing or Red Team attack simulations. Today we will focus on the reasons a tabletop exercise should […]
How to Handle Hypervisor Disruption
VMware’s 2024 shift to core-based licensing has impacted cost and strategy for many orgs. Learn the top trends, challenges, and alternative paths from eGroup.
How Data Archival Brings Stronger Data Governance
The Challenge Quite often I work with clients that are trying to untie the Gordian knot that is data retention and stale data deletion. In most cases, these organizations have adopted some form of “keep everything forever” because it is difficult to get internal legal or risk teams to define a realistic retention policy—or if […]
ChatGPT vs. Microsoft 365 Copilot: What’s the Difference?
Microsoft 365 Copilot shares several similarities and some important differences with the popular public ChatGPT service. Believe it or not, some Microsoft 365 Copilot users still opt to use ChatGPT on occasion. This blog provides clarity about when and why, along with the similarities and differences. Regarding security measures for usage, far more organizations than […]
February 2024 Newsletter
February 2024 Newsletter We’re back with our monthly roundup! Like any good partner, we’re listening! Since Microsoft Teams announcements are coming in quickly, we’ve separated the list into subcategories below. Let us know what you’d like to see improved! Click Here To Tell Us What You’d Like To See In The Newsletter What’s New with […]
Secure Sensitive Data with Mobile Application Management
We are constantly inundated with advertisements for new mobile phones and tablets. It always brings to mind the challenges that so many IT groups still have in getting their organizational leaders to agree to better, more secure company data and files on personal mobile devices. Far more organizations than I would expect still use only […]
Common Customer FAQs about Microsoft 365 Copilot
Greetings curious AI reader! We hope you find your answer here, but if not, feel free to reach out to us at info@eGroup-us.com and we’ll be happy to share what we know. Is Microsoft 365 Copilot available? Yes, it was generally available in late 2023 for commercial customers and education customers. State/Local/Federal government customers will hear […]
