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Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably have heard about Windows Recall which is available for Copilot+ capable PC's. I came across this feature a couple of months ago and I wanted to give my honest opinions on the whole situation. So strap in, because this one is going to be interesting. Forewarning This post is just my opinions, and my opinions about this feature alone. They do not reflect my opinions about the Microsoft 365 platform or the other products that are offered. Remember those old blurbs on TV that said "The thoughts and opinions presented in this program do not reflect those of this station" ? Apply that same thought process and allow your mind to be open. What is Windows 11 Recall? To put it in layman's terms—it is a feature designed specifically for Copilot+ capable PCs, enabling users to retrace their steps with the help of Microsoft Copilot. By securely capturing snapshots of their activity, this tool allows users to revisit past act...

Hello again! Didn't I promise you that I'd be back to wrap this up? Well, here I am to give you the second tidbit of information that you need to get this started. If you haven't already, take a look at my previous post where I go into depth about creating a custom connector in Power Automate to retrieve the latest sign-in and also gather the user's licenses. Now that we have the custom connector ready, we can now get into the meat n' potatoes of this series. In this post, I will show you the flow that makes this possible and how you can use the custom connector you have created to tie it all together! Hope you enjoy. Understanding the Logic Before we can begin creating the flow, we should first understand how the flow will work. I designed this to flow to be triggered manually, but you may want to schedule it or use another trigger. The trigger will depend on your organization's policies, so please adjust accordingly. Once triggered, the flow will use the Entra...

Happy June folks! I come to you with another post, but this time I wanted to change it up and show you something else I have just finished working on. As a SysAdmin, one of the most common issues we run into is managing licenses. Working at a post-secondary institution makes this an even greater challenge, as you have both students, staff and faculty constantly coming as well as going. Managing to keep up with this constant change can introduce great administrative overhead which takes away time from important upkeep of other systems and initiatives. You may also notice this same issue in large corporations or in other government organizations. To help combat this, I wanted to create a flow that can do the following: Get the user and their licenses Determine their last sign-in and the date Conditional to determine if the user is past the "cutoff" date Remove the user from a group where the license is assigned The only problem with doing this is that Power Automate does not ha...