Ru Campbell MVP

Microsoft Security, Identity, Compliance, and Management

2026  2

August  1

[Updated August 2026] MDE Feature Comparison by OS

4 August 2026 · 3 min · Ru

May  1

[Updated May 2026] MDE Feature Comparison by OS

5 May 2026 · 3 min · Ru

2025  1

November  1

Microsoft 365: The Essential 10 Security Considerations

28 November 2025 · 13 min · Ru

2024  6

May  1

Thoughts on Copilot for Security’s Early Days

13 May 2024 · 14 min · Ru

February  5

[Updated Feb 2024] Ultimate Comparison of Defender for Endpoint Features by OS

16 February 2024 · 4 min · Ru

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps - Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

9 February 2024 · 1 min · Ru

Entra ID Protection - Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

7 February 2024 · 7 min · Ru

Entra Self Service Password Reset - Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

3 February 2024 · 1 min · Ru

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management - Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

3 February 2024 · 7 min · Ru

2023  6

December  1

Exchange Online Protection & Defender for Office 365 - Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

19 December 2023 · 7 min · Ru

November  1

Privileged Identity Management (PIM) – Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

19 November 2023 · 12 min · Ru

October  1

Conditional Access - Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

5 October 2023 · 11 min · Ru

July  1

Microsoft Improves and Simplifies Defender for Endpoint Management Capabilities

10 July 2023 · 5 min · Ru

May  1

Stop Making These Conditional Access Mistakes

16 May 2023 · 1 min · Ru

February  1

[Feb 2023] Ultimate Comparison of Defender for Endpoint Features by OS

19 February 2023 · 3 min · Ru

2022  2

August  1

Ultimate Comparison of Defender for Endpoint Features by OS [Updated August 2022]

26 August 2022 · 2 min · Ru

March  1

Updated March 2022: Ultimate Comparison of Defender for Endpoint Features by Operating System

29 March 2022 · 4 min · Ru

2021  25

December  1

Exploring Microsoft 365’s NOBELIUM Defence Capabilities

24 December 2021 · 18 min · Ru

October  2

Updated October 2021: Availability of Defender for Endpoint Features by Operating System

19 October 2021 · 3 min · Ru

Tons of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Improvements for Server 2012 R2 & 2016

8 October 2021 · 5 min · Ru

August  1

Security Hygiene, Azure Security Center, and Secure Score

1 August 2021 · 7 min · Ru

July  1

The Big Comparison of Defender for Endpoint Features by Operating System

11 July 2021 · 3 min · Ru

June  3

Reauthorise Windows Server DHCP with One Line of PowerShell

26 June 2021 · 1 min · Ru

Deploying Office 365 with Intune as a Win32 App (and Why You’d Want To)

15 June 2021 · 4 min · Ru

Three Cool Things To Do With Azure Information Protection

13 June 2021 · 7 min · Ru

May  2

Three Considerations for Azure Information Protection Deployments

15 May 2021 · 7 min · Ru

Automatically Hide IP Addresses When Recording Demos or Screen Sharing

3 May 2021 · 2 min · Ru

April  2

Troubleshooting Hybrid Azure AD Intune Automatic Enrollment

19 April 2021 · 4 min · Ru

Revoke Access to Office Files with Sensitivity Labels and Azure Information Protection

8 April 2021 · 5 min · Ru

March  5

Conditional Access: Skip MFA for Company Devices on the Company Network

31 March 2021 · 3 min · Ru

Update BitLocker Unique Identifiers with Intune

22 March 2021 · 3 min · Ru

How Conditional Access Assignments and Access Controls Work

21 March 2021 · 2 min · Ru

Microsoft Defender Antivirus – Schedule & Install Updates via Network Shares

13 March 2021 · 3 min · Ru

Microsoft Defender Network Protection - Not Enabling via Intune - Troubleshooting & Fix

7 March 2021 · 4 min · Ru

February  5

Microsoft Information Protection Sensitivity Labels - Custom User Permissions and Do Not Forward

25 February 2021 · 6 min · Ru

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint - Offline Onboarding for Windows 10 via a Proxy

18 February 2021 · 5 min · Ru

Block LSASS.exe using Attack Surface Reduction

13 February 2021 · 0 min · Ru

Use Intune to Manage Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Tags and Device Groups

11 February 2021 · 3 min · Ru

Turn Existing Azure AD Devices into Windows Autopilot Devices

6 February 2021 · 3 min · Ru

January  3

Understanding Application Guard for Office, Now Generally Available

30 January 2021 · 5 min · Ru

Understanding Modern vs. Legacy Authentication in Microsoft 365

24 January 2021 · 3 min · Ru

Store BitLocker Recovery Keys in Azure AD for Devices Already Encrypted

15 January 2021 · 2 min · Ru

2020  20

October  2

The 10 Technical IT Books of Most Influence on Me

28 October 2020 · 10 min · Ru

PowerShell: Run Cmdlet If Another Was Successful (And Keep Trying Until It Is)

23 October 2020 · 3 min · Ru

September  1

The Difference Between Cloud App Security Discovery (CAD), Office 365 Cloud App Security (OCAS), and Microsoft Cloud App Security (MCAS)

7 September 2020 · 5 min · Ru

August  3

Protecting Sensitive Information in Windows 10 with Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

23 August 2020 · 6 min · Ru

Getting Started with Azure AD Identity Governance – Part 3: Privileged Identity Management (PIM)

16 August 2020 · 3 min · Ru

Getting Started with Azure AD Identity Governance – Part 2: Access Reviews

2 August 2020 · 6 min · Ru

July  2

Getting Started with Azure AD Identity Governance - Part 1: Entitlement Management

26 July 2020 · 7 min · Ru

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Web Content Filtering - Migrate Rules from Existing Security Software

4 July 2020 · 3 min · Ru

June  3

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Web Content Filtering - Administration, Limitations, and User Experience

28 June 2020 · 6 min · Ru

Sign In to Azure AD Using Google with Azure AD External Identities

7 June 2020 · 4 min · Ru

The Differences Between (and History of) the Microsoft 365 Security Centre, Compliance Centre, and Security & Compliance

1 June 2020 · 3 min · Ru

May  6

Connect Microsoft Store for Business to Intune in Microsoft Endpoint Manager

29 May 2020 · 1 min · Ru

Hybrid Azure AD Join + Intune Enrollment - Prerequisites Checklist and Process Flow

25 May 2020 · 6 min · Ru

Microsoft 365 Updates from Build 2020

21 May 2020 · 4 min · Ru

Register Domain-Joined Computers as Devices - The Redundant and Broken Hybrid Azure AD Join GPO

19 May 2020 · 1 min · Ru

Connect a Work or School Account - MDM vs. MAM in Self Enrolment

16 May 2020 · 2 min · Ru

Windows Information Protection (WIP) App Protection Policies: Protected and Exempt; Denied and Allowed - What Do They Mean?

14 May 2020 · 3 min · Ru

January  3

Using Intune to Deploy the Azure Information Protection (AIP) Unified Labeling Client (Win32 MSI)

18 January 2020 · 4 min · Ru

Deploy Microsoft Store Apps using Intune with Configuration Manager (SCCM) Co-Management (Fix ‘Not Applicable’ Status)

10 January 2020 · 2 min · Ru

Prerequisites and Planning for Centrally Deploying Office 365 Outlook Add-Ins

5 January 2020 · 2 min · Ru

2019  1

October  1

Manage MyAnalytics Weekly Insight Digest Emails and App Availability

21 October 2019 · 2 min · Ru