Microsoft 365 Backup now lets you recover individual files and folders from SharePoint and OneDrive backups without rolling back an entire site or account. This granular restore feature became generally available in late April 2026. You need the SharePoint Backup Administrator role to use it, and the service charges $0.15 per GB per month for protected data. This article explains how the feature works, its limitations, and how to perform a restore.
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Today, we’re announcing a public preview of file‑level archiving in Microsoft 365 Archive. This new capability enables you to archive individual files moving them into a lower-cost, cold-storage tier in SharePoint. This means you can archive outdated and redundant files while keeping the rest of the site active, improving both your Copilot relevancy and your search results in the process.
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The Defender deployment tool for Windows now ships as a single .exe with the onboarding package baked in, with configurable expiry dates, a required portal key to activate it, and onboarding event logs visible in the device timeline — replacing the old script/blob approach. The previous tool gave no clear status feedback, leaving admins unable to tell if onboarding was in progress or had failed.
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Microsoft has started automatically updating Secure Boot certificates on eligible Windows 11 systems with the January 2026 security update. The update replaces certificates that are set to expire in June and October 2026, ensuring devices maintain boot security and continue receiving critical updates. Learn what admins need to know.
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In my home network, I run a Graylog Syslog instance in Docker for logging network and Linux events. But you can also log events from PowerShell scripts to Syslog for easy filtering or correlation. In this blog post, I will show you how that works.
When running scripts that connect to remote systems using Invoke-Command, you can use your local variables in the remote session which makes things a lot easier. In this blog post, I will show you how 🙂
We’re thrilled to announce the public preview of the Microsoft Entra PowerShell module, a new high-quality and scenario-focused PowerShell module designed to streamline management and automation for the Microsoft Entra product family. In 2021, we announced that all our future PowerShell investments would be in the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. Today, we’re launching the next major step on this journey. The Microsoft Entra PowerShell module (Microsoft.Graph.Entra) is a part of our ongoing commitment and increased investment in Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to improve your experience and empower automation with Microsoft Entra.
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