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Microsoft Azure illustration: an app identity passes a checkpoint to locked Storage, Key Vault, SQL Database and Backup vault tiles, with the headline Workloads keep running, Every app identity scoped, Recovery locked in

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Azure Service Principal Security: What Storm-3168 Deleted, and What Held

Justin Kirsch: Mon, Sep 28, 2026

In This Article What Storm-3168 did inside one Azure tenant Why an Azure service principal is worth stealing What held, and why the attacker's roles...

Cloud Services ransomware cybersecurity FFIEC disaster recovery Risk Management

Two banks merging into one Microsoft 365 tenant with Exchange Online, Microsoft Entra ID, SharePoint, Teams, and Microsoft Purview

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Microsoft 365 Tenant-to-Tenant Migration for Credit Union and Bank Mergers

Justin Kirsch: Tue, Jul 14, 2026

In This Article Why a Merger Creates a Two-Tenant Problem What Microsoft Actually Supports Today Single-Event Cutover vs Phased Coexistence Identity...

Compliance Cloud Services microsoft office 365 credit union software solutions microsoft

Cloud migration phased approach for financial institutions

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Cloud Migration for Financial Institutions: A Phased Approach Without the Headaches

Justin Kirsch: Thu, Feb 05, 2026

In This Article Why Cloud Migration Matters for Financial Institutions Right Now Map Your Workflows Before You Touch Infrastructure The Interface...

Cloud Services mortgage industry Microsoft 365 Managed Services

From Licenses to Leverage: Running Microsoft 365 as a Platform

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From Licenses to Leverage: Running M365 as a Platform for Financial Institutions

Justin Kirsch: Tue, Jan 06, 2026

In This Article What is Microsoft 365? (It's More Than Just the Tile) The Subscription Trap: Why "Renting" Software Fails The Platform Mindset:...

Cloud Services Guardian Security Microsoft 365