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Notes from the tenancy trenches

Practical writing on Microsoft 365 security — Conditional Access, Secure Score, the Essential Eight — from the practice behind the free tenant checks. No vendor recycling, no AI filler.

2026-07-19 conditional access 6 min read

The break-glass mistake sitting in most Australian tenants

An all-users MFA policy with zero excluded accounts isn't hardening — it's a lockout loop waiting for one bad Tuesday. The failure mode, the five-point fix, and how to check yours in two minutes.

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