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Microsoft 365 User Group Join us for the inaugural meeting of the new Microsoft 365 (M365) User Group in Leeds! Hosted by Matt Fooks and Microsoft MVPs Chris Rhodes & Andrew Bettany, this exciting new group is hosting its first meetup. We are pleased to offer the technical community in Leeds the opportunity to turn up and find out more about the technologies in and around M365. Our first meeting kicks off with an introduction to Microsoft 365 through the presentation “ What is Microsoft 365? ”. We’ll also talk about GDPR and M365 with the presentation “ Tackling GDPR with Microsoft 365 and Office 365 ”. With the GDPR deadline fast approaching, this session highlights how both Microsoft 365 and Office 365, allows businesses to take a holistic approach to user, device and data security. In this tech talk, Andrew Bettany, Microsoft MVP, will discuss how you can demonstrate GDPR compliance whilst bringing value and security to your business and customers. Andrew will...

Office 365 PowerShell Basics Part 1 Knowing PowerShell is essential for any Office 365 Administrator or consultant.  There are a lot of commands as there are many services and products in Office 365.  Below I'll list a few of the basics to get you started.  This article does assume a level of basic familiarity with PowerShell. I'm a good believer in balance and when you can do something in the GUI it's often quicker than PowerShell however there are two reasons why you have to learn PowerShell to be effective. Some commands are only available in PowerShell If you end up repeating steps in the GUI for multiple users, groups or sites for instance this can be hugely time consuming and in-practical as its prone to error.  Running a PowerShell script is essential for these actions.  Who wants to manually edit 500 users through the GUI, not me! Logging in $cred = Get-Credential (Enter credentials for O365, this sets the viable for those credent...