Author Archives: Tom Aafloen

About Tom Aafloen

IT Security Advisor @ Onevinn

Disable the lobby in a Teams meeting

Posted on 31 May, 2022 by Tom Aafloen

In larger Teams meetings it can be distracting with the constant ding-ding sound when people join the lobby: If you are the organizer of a meeting, you can choose to skip the Lobby feature. In an active meeting In the … Continue reading →

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Teams couldn’t unmute (SOLVED)

Posted on 24 May, 2021 by Tom Aafloen

During Teams meetings, I am sometimes unable to unmute my microphone: It usually occurs when I use the Teams Web app (https://teams.microsoft.com) and Bluetooth headsets that mute when I raise the microphone arm. If I am on my Lenovo laptop, … Continue reading →

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Prevent clickable links with a fake dot

Posted on 1 April, 2021 by Tom Aafloen

If you want to share a URL without it being clickable (for visual reasons or to avoid accidental clicks), you can use the so-called fake dot. The fake dot looks like a regular dot but will usually not be recognized … Continue reading →

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How to receive files using OneDrive for Business

Posted on 18 December, 2020 by Tom Aafloen

If you want to receive files without using email, you can use the Request files feature in OneDrive for Business. Locate the folder you want the incoming files to end up in, click on the three dots next to it, … Continue reading →

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Manage External Identities with Azure AD B2B/B2C

Posted on 30 November, 2020 by Tom Aafloen

Last week I hosted a webinar together with our partner Condatis, where we talked about how to manage External Identities with Azure AD B2B/B2C. Thanks to all who attended it live! You can now watch it anytime on YouTube: Stay … Continue reading →

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Using FIDO2 security keys with PowerShell

Posted on 21 October, 2020 by Tom Aafloen

If you are using a FIDO2 Security Key, such as a YubiKey, you may have run into the issue that you cannot use it to authenticate with your Azure AD account using PowerShell: As you can see, the needed Sign … Continue reading →

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Highlight custom text on any Microsoft Docs page

Posted on 9 October, 2020 by Tom Aafloen

Sometimes I want to highlight specific text when I’m sharing a Microsoft Docs-page to someone, like in this example: You can do this yourself by appending the following text after the Docs-link: ?view=o365-worldwide#:~:text=Text To highlight Unfortunately, this only works in … Continue reading →

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The consequence of not renewing ATA certificate in time

Posted on 13 January, 2020 by Tom Aafloen

A customer who uses Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) recently had severe issues with their ATA implementation. At first, the portal started to behave strangely, not showing all information in alerts and some configuration settings were missing. After a restart … Continue reading →

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Teams on iOS now supports Sensitivity Labels

Posted on 14 December, 2019 by Tom Aafloen

In the newly released version 1.0.91 of Teams for iOS it was announced that it now supports Sensitivity Labels for your Teams: (Sorry that the screenshots are in Swedish, you’ll have to trust me or translate it 😀) I first … Continue reading →

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Copy your AIP Polices to the Security & Compliance Center

Posted on 18 November, 2019 by Tom Aafloen

You have for a while been able to copy your AIP Labels to the Security & Compliance Center from the Azure Information Protection Portal. But you can now also copy your AIP Policies (in Preview)! You get a warning that … Continue reading →

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