Understanding the Graph API’s architecture and value in standard monitoring scenarios.

On Wednesday January 27th, 2021, Microsoft Office 365 experienced an outage affected a number of its services with a prolonged outage affecting Exchange Online.

As with any service in the cloud – particularly Microsoft 365 – it’s difficult to determine where along the path from user to Microsoft service lies the source of a service delivery problem. Without visibility into the entire spectrum of possible root causes – from endpoint to Microsoft cloud service – it’s nearly impossible to respond and potentially remediate the issue.

Recently, I’ve been on a mission building a new Microsoft Office 365 Email Add-on for Splunk. This has been built for use with Splunk Enterprise, while making sure that it properly supports Splunk’s Common Information Model (CIM). CIM is paramount when wanting data to play nicely with Splunk Enterprise Security.

Microsoft SharePoint Online empowers 200 million monthly active users worldwide through simple sharing and seamless collaboration, driving team efficiency, maximizing knowledge velocity while bringing a rich digital experience to every device. Launched in 2001, SharePoint celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2021, welcoming new users on a daily basis. Make sure your SharePoint Online users are delighted with the speed and smooth interaction with your Microsoft SharePoint Online services.

Today we are excited to announce Graylog Illuminate v1.4. This release includes the addition of Office 365 content, which provides deeper visibility into Azure Active Directory and Exchange Online logs along with new alerts for a more granular level of notifications.

Microsoft 365 is a suite of cloud-based productivity and communication services that includes Microsoft Office applications (including OneNote and OneDrive) as well as other popular Microsoft tools like Skype and Teams. Microsoft 365 tools and services are at the core of many organizations’ data management and day-to-day workflows, so monitoring activity across your environment is key to making sure that these services remain secure and meet compliance standards.