External Sharing in SharePoint and OneDrive is changing: What You Need to Know

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In an ongoing effort to create a more secure environment by default, Microsoft is introducing an important security update that will affect how external users access content shared through SharePoint and OneDrive. Starting July 1, 2025, any links shared with external users before your organization enabled Microsoft Entra B2B integration will no longer work. This change applies to all organizations that have already enabled or will enable SharePoint and OneDrive integration with Microsoft Entra B2B (Most organizations I have looked into so far). External users trying to use old links will see an error message saying the organization has updated its guest access settings. To regain access, the content must be reshared. Highlights of how the change affects organizations who have enabled B2B: All external sharing will require guest registration. External users must be added as guests in your Microsoft Entra directory. Access will be managed through Microsoft Entra B2B Invitation Manager. T...

Automate your collection of CQM data in Skype for Business - Get-CqmAutomated.ps1 Released

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My new script for automating the collection of CQM data, using the "Microsoft Call Quality Methodology Scorecard for Skype for Business Server" was released a couple of days ago.

It was announced last night at the "The Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog" with a solid description of how it is supposed to work, and how to set up the scheduled task in your own deployment.

I am aware the script has only been run in a "single" server environment, and I am look for a deployment with multiple monitor databases and/or mirrored databases to enhance my script to allow for collection from multiple databases, or selective databases.

CQM is getting more and more attention in the field, as it should be. I consider CQM a very important piece of the day to day maintenance of any deployment. How else can we know our deployment is working as it should be.

Here are a couple of links regarding the script:
The Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/archive/2015/10/20/automating-the-collection-of-cqm-data.aspx

Microsoft Call Quality Methodology Scorecard for Skype for Business Server V1.5: http://blogs.technet.com/b/jenstr/archive/2015/06/01/microsoft-call-quality-methodology-scorecard-for-skype-for-business-server-v1-5.aspx 

The script:
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/lync/Get-CqmAutomated-807c2095

I hope you find this useful, and welcome any feedback for improvements on the tool.