Si Futures Senior Engineer Rudie de Vries explains how a single engineer’s manual account activity investigation process was turned into a self-service Microsoft 365 activity monitoring tool — cutting a security incident timeline task from hours to minutes for the whole team.
Microsoft 365 audit logs retain 180 days of activity — but the compliance portal wasn’t built for serious investigations. Rudie de Vries explains the retention ceiling, bulk extraction via PowerShell, and what happens when the clock runs out mid-investigation.
Microsoft is retiring Exchange Web Services in October 2026 — a backend change that will silently break backup tools, archiving solutions, and integrations still relying on EWS. Find out if your Microsoft 365 backup is at risk and what to do before the deadline.
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