Ru Campbell MVP

Microsoft Security, Identity, Compliance, and Management

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2026  1

March  1

Test: Syntax Highlighting and Table of Contents

March 30, 2026 · 1 min · Ruairidh Campbell

2025  1

November  1

Microsoft 365: The Essential 10 Security Considerations

November 28, 2025 · 13 min · Ru

2024  6

May  1

Thoughts on Copilot for Security’s Early Days

May 13, 2024 · 13 min · Ru

February  5

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

February 16, 2024 · 4 min · Ru

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

February 9, 2024 · 1 min · Ru

Entra ID Protection - Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

February 7, 2024 · 7 min · Ru

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

February 3, 2024 · 1 min · Ru

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management - Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

February 3, 2024 · 7 min · Ru

2023  6

December  1

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

December 19, 2023 · 7 min · Ru

November  1

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

November 19, 2023 · 12 min · Ru

October  1

Conditional Access - Common Microsoft 365 Security Mistakes Series

October 5, 2023 · 11 min · Ru

July  1

Microsoft Improves and Simplifies Defender for Endpoint Management Capabilities

July 10, 2023 · 5 min · Ru

May  1

Stop Making These Conditional Access Mistakes

May 16, 2023 · 1 min · Ru

February  1

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

February 19, 2023 · 3 min · Ru

2022  2

August  1

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

August 26, 2022 · 2 min · Ru

March  1

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

March 29, 2022 · 4 min · Ru

2021  25

December  1

Exploring Microsoft 365’s NOBELIUM Defence Capabilities

December 24, 2021 · 18 min · Ru

October  2

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

October 19, 2021 · 3 min · Ru

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

October 8, 2021 · 5 min · Ru

August  1

Security Hygiene, Azure Security Center, and Secure Score

August 1, 2021 · 7 min · Ru

July  1

The Big Comparison of Defender for Endpoint Features by Operating System

July 11, 2021 · 3 min · Ru

June  3

Reauthorise Windows Server DHCP with One Line of PowerShell

June 26, 2021 · 1 min · Ru

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

June 15, 2021 · 4 min · Ru

Three Cool Things To Do With Azure Information Protection

June 13, 2021 · 7 min · Ru

May  2

Three Considerations for Azure Information Protection Deployments

May 15, 2021 · 7 min · Ru

Automatically Hide IP Addresses When Recording Demos or Screen Sharing

May 3, 2021 · 2 min · Ru

April  2

Troubleshooting Hybrid Azure AD Intune Automatic Enrollment

April 19, 2021 · 4 min · Ru

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

April 8, 2021 · 5 min · Ru

March  5

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

March 31, 2021 · 3 min · Ru

Update BitLocker Unique Identifiers with Intune

March 22, 2021 · 3 min · Ru

How Conditional Access Assignments and Access Controls Work

March 21, 2021 · 2 min · Ru

Microsoft Defender Antivirus – Schedule & Install Updates via Network Shares

March 13, 2021 · 3 min · Ru

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

March 7, 2021 · 4 min · Ru

February  5

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

February 25, 2021 · 6 min · Ru

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

February 18, 2021 · 5 min · Ru

Block LSASS.exe using Attack Surface Reduction

February 13, 2021 · 0 min · Ru

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

February 11, 2021 · 3 min · Ru

Turn Existing Azure AD Devices into Windows Autopilot Devices

February 6, 2021 · 3 min · Ru

January  3

Understanding Application Guard for Office, Now Generally Available

January 30, 2021 · 5 min · Ru

Understanding Modern vs. Legacy Authentication in Microsoft 365

January 24, 2021 · 3 min · Ru

Store BitLocker Recovery Keys in Azure AD for Devices Already Encrypted

January 15, 2021 · 2 min · Ru

2020  20

October  2

The 10 Technical IT Books of Most Influence on Me

October 28, 2020 · 10 min · Ru

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

October 23, 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)

September 7, 2020 · 5 min · Ru

August  3

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

August 23, 2020 · 6 min · Ru

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

August 16, 2020 · 3 min · Ru

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

August 2, 2020 · 6 min · Ru

July  2

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

July 26, 2020 · 7 min · Ru

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

July 4, 2020 · 3 min · Ru

June  3

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

June 28, 2020 · 6 min · Ru

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

June 7, 2020 · 4 min · Ru

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

June 1, 2020 · 3 min · Ru

May  6

Connect Microsoft Store for Business to Intune in Microsoft Endpoint Manager

May 29, 2020 · 1 min · Ru

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

May 25, 2020 · 6 min · Ru

Microsoft 365 Updates from Build 2020

May 21, 2020 · 3 min · Ru

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

May 19, 2020 · 1 min · Ru

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

May 16, 2020 · 2 min · Ru

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

May 14, 2020 · 3 min · Ru

January  3

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

January 18, 2020 · 4 min · Ru

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

January 10, 2020 · 2 min · Ru

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

January 5, 2020 · 2 min · Ru

2019  1

October  1

Manage MyAnalytics Weekly Insight Digest Emails and App Availability

October 21, 2019 · 2 min · Ru