MSP Live Chat: Microsoft 365 Management and Security in 2022

MSP Live Chat: Microsoft 365 Management and Security in 2022

Nov 18, 2021

What big moves can we expect from Microsoft in 2022? And how are savvy MSPs planning ahead?

Price hikes. Name changes. New offerings. Oh my. Keeping up with Microsoft is a full-time job these days. Luckily, we've got experts dropping by the Live Chat to keep you in the loop.

Join us, CyberDrain's Kelvin Tegelaar, and others as we dive into the latest big announcements from Microsoft and talk modern approaches to M365 multi-tenant management and security.

Bonus: Kelvin also gives us a guided tour of his new project: CIPP, an open-source solution for M365 administration that you can check out here: https://github.com/KelvinTegelaar/CIPP

0:00 Hello and welcome!

5:00 Microsoft price hikes + the petition... worked?

12:00 Defender for Business deep dive

19:50 Navigating the Defender transition conversation

24:30 Vendor Sprawl and consolidation

26:00 Breaking down the polls and how MSPs are (or aren't) using Autopilot and Intune

30:00 How Stephen and Kelvin transitioned to cloud-only, Microsoft-based shops

34:00 Importance of communicating plan and potential price increases ahead of EOY

38:00 Origins of CIPP

42:10 CIPP Demo

53:00 Audience questions and wrap-up

Access the resources doc we reference here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQVi3VXtj0ofBawcIVLupIIdUxVBFi2VgkVQLm_MK3Yca4QTMU_-z8jQUZU3BVzTYzp5cETSoMcxFo1/pub

Sponsor CIPP here: https://github.com/sponsors/KelvinTegelaar

Catch our previous Live Chat recordings and save your spot for future chats here: https://www.ninjaone.com/msplivechats/