Hi all, We just got our Microsoft 365 Admin Accounts for our own Tenant. In the future we will migrate to Microsoft 365 as well. I just had a look at the web interface for M365 Admin and Exchange. Seems the usage of those two have a lot of inconsistencies. Especially navigating through the interfaces, opening context menus, etc. Or also navigating the mailbox list. Are there any recommendations for settings or usage tips? Especially for efficient usage. I can use it but it takes much longer than i want it to. 😉 Any recommendations are appreciated. Greetings and thanks, Simon
Hi: The admin interfaces for all of M365 is pretty accessible, but you're right it is inconsistent. My top recommendations are to just take time exploring it, get to know the main UI and any parts you'll be administering. Some things you'd think would be in Exchange will be in Security and Compliance, that's because those settings impact way more than just Exchange. The final note is 99% of everything you can do through the portal you can do through Powershell. I'd get that all set up, there are several different environments you'll need to get going, but then you can do day to day stuff from the command line and save the GUI for more infrequent tasks. Hope that helps. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Eigeldinger Simon via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2025 8:57 AM To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Cc: Eigeldinger Simon <simon.eigeldinger@hohenems.at> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Microsoft 365 Admin Center usage Hi all, We just got our Microsoft 365 Admin Accounts for our own Tenant. In the future we will migrate to Microsoft 365 as well. I just had a look at the web interface for M365 Admin and Exchange. Seems the usage of those two have a lot of inconsistencies. Especially navigating through the interfaces, opening context menus, etc. Or also navigating the mailbox list. Are there any recommendations for settings or usage tips? Especially for efficient usage. I can use it but it takes much longer than i want it to. 😉 Any recommendations are appreciated. Greetings and thanks, Simon _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
Hi Ryan, Thanks for the info. I will have a look at PowerShell as well to get it connected to our tenant. Greetings, Simon -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Ryan Shugart via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. Dezember 2025 23:34 An: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Cc: Ryan Shugart <rshugart@ryanshugart.com> Betreff: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Microsoft 365 Admin Center usage Hi: The admin interfaces for all of M365 is pretty accessible, but you're right it is inconsistent. My top recommendations are to just take time exploring it, get to know the main UI and any parts you'll be administering. Some things you'd think would be in Exchange will be in Security and Compliance, that's because those settings impact way more than just Exchange. The final note is 99% of everything you can do through the portal you can do through Powershell. I'd get that all set up, there are several different environments you'll need to get going, but then you can do day to day stuff from the command line and save the GUI for more infrequent tasks. Hope that helps. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Eigeldinger Simon via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2025 8:57 AM To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Cc: Eigeldinger Simon <simon.eigeldinger@hohenems.at> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Microsoft 365 Admin Center usage Hi all, We just got our Microsoft 365 Admin Accounts for our own Tenant. In the future we will migrate to Microsoft 365 as well. I just had a look at the web interface for M365 Admin and Exchange. Seems the usage of those two have a lot of inconsistencies. Especially navigating through the interfaces, opening context menus, etc. Or also navigating the mailbox list. Are there any recommendations for settings or usage tips? Especially for efficient usage. I can use it but it takes much longer than i want it to. 😉 Any recommendations are appreciated. Greetings and thanks, Simon _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
Also, if you use iOS and VoiceOver, there may be accessibility issues in the Microsoft 365 Admin app. At the moment, at least on my device, VoiceOver is unable to read most of the UI components. It used to be relatively accessible. I haven't encountered reports of this elsewhere, so it may be a peculiarity of my configuration. As Ryan noted, though, the Web interface is quite accessible, and Microsoft PowerShell is efficient and easy to use. Ryan Shugart via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> wrote:
Hi: The admin interfaces for all of M365 is pretty accessible, but you're right it is inconsistent. My top recommendations are to just take time exploring it, get to know the main UI and any parts you'll be administering. Some things you'd think would be in Exchange will be in Security and Compliance, that's because those settings impact way more than just Exchange. The final note is 99% of everything you can do through the portal you can do through Powershell. I'd get that all set up, there are several different environments you'll need to get going, but then you can do day to day stuff from the command line and save the GUI for more infrequent tasks. Hope that helps. Ryan
-----Original Message----- From: Eigeldinger Simon via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2025 8:57 AM To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Cc: Eigeldinger Simon <simon.eigeldinger@hohenems.at> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Microsoft 365 Admin Center usage
Hi all,
We just got our Microsoft 365 Admin Accounts for our own Tenant. In the future we will migrate to Microsoft 365 as well.
I just had a look at the web interface for M365 Admin and Exchange. Seems the usage of those two have a lot of inconsistencies. Especially navigating through the interfaces, opening context menus, etc. Or also navigating the mailbox list.
Are there any recommendations for settings or usage tips? Especially for efficient usage. I can use it but it takes much longer than i want it to. 😉
Any recommendations are appreciated.
Greetings and thanks, Simon _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
Hi Jason, Thanks as well for the info. I am using Android on the mobile side so it might be a different experience. How do I connect to our tenant using PowerShell? I saw this article about connecting to it: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/connect-to-all-mi... Greetings, Simon -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Jason J.G. White via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2025 14:33 An: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Cc: Jason J.G. White <jason@jasonjgw.net> Betreff: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Microsoft 365 Admin Center usage Also, if you use iOS and VoiceOver, there may be accessibility issues in the Microsoft 365 Admin app. At the moment, at least on my device, VoiceOver is unable to read most of the UI components. It used to be relatively accessible. I haven't encountered reports of this elsewhere, so it may be a peculiarity of my configuration. As Ryan noted, though, the Web interface is quite accessible, and Microsoft PowerShell is efficient and easy to use. Ryan Shugart via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> wrote:
Hi: The admin interfaces for all of M365 is pretty accessible, but you're right it is inconsistent. My top recommendations are to just take time exploring it, get to know the main UI and any parts you'll be administering. Some things you'd think would be in Exchange will be in Security and Compliance, that's because those settings impact way more than just Exchange. The final note is 99% of everything you can do through the portal you can do through Powershell. I'd get that all set up, there are several different environments you'll need to get going, but then you can do day to day stuff from the command line and save the GUI for more infrequent tasks. Hope that helps. Ryan
-----Original Message----- From: Eigeldinger Simon via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2025 8:57 AM To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Cc: Eigeldinger Simon <simon.eigeldinger@hohenems.at> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Microsoft 365 Admin Center usage
Hi all,
We just got our Microsoft 365 Admin Accounts for our own Tenant. In the future we will migrate to Microsoft 365 as well.
I just had a look at the web interface for M365 Admin and Exchange. Seems the usage of those two have a lot of inconsistencies. Especially navigating through the interfaces, opening context menus, etc. Or also navigating the mailbox list.
Are there any recommendations for settings or usage tips? Especially for efficient usage. I can use it but it takes much longer than i want it to. 😉
Any recommendations are appreciated.
Greetings and thanks, Simon _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
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