Microsoft 365 Business for Admins For Dummies

Chapter 10

Managing Passwords

IN THIS CHAPTER

Updating password policies based on current best practices

Configuring self-service password reset

Discovering the MyApps portal

As the IT admin for a small business, you wield great power. In your capable hands lies the future of a modern workplace and a productive workforce as the result of the technology you make available for your end users. But as Uncle Ben in Spiderman so wisely said: “With great power comes great responsibility.”

That wisdom is particularly apt for IT admins in today’s security landscape. Cyberattacks, data leakage, and security breaches are the realities we must deal with daily. According to a study released by Microsoft and YouGov in April 2018, one in four SMBs are targeted by hackers. The average loss for these breaches is almost $80,000. Want to know what’s worse? In the study, 33 percent of the companies admitted that they spent more money solving the problems caused by the attack than it would have cost to prevent it.

Although these sobering statistics can be enough to make IT admins retreat into their obscure server room, there is good news! Microsoft 365 Business has built-in security functionalities ...