Office 365 Useful links

Here are a number of useful links that aren't well publicised that Office 365 admin should have in one place:

https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/ - Connectivity testing
https://securescore.office.com - Secure Score
O365Ports&URLs - All the ports and FQDN required for Firewall access and DNS
https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Mechanics - Microsoft Technical blog
https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/o365update - Latest updates and features for O365

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