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Automate Office 365 Health Status Monitoring with Power Automate Using Service Communications Graph API

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I wrote an article on the same topic a couple of weeks ago that explains how to monitor Office 365 Health Status with PowerShell using the new Graph API. I know, like me, there are a lot of other Power Automate/Flow enthusiasts who would prefer to achieve the same without writing any lines of scripts. So, here is it. Before you get started, ensure that the account you are using with Power Automate/Flow at least has a “Flow per user” license assigned, since we’ll be using HTTP Action, which is a premium connector now. If you don’t have a Per […]

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Get Instant Office 365 Health Status Notifications with Power Automate Using Service Communications API

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I have written a couple of articles about this topic earlier like this which explains how to monitor the office 365 health status using PowerShell and this one which does the same using Power Automate. But I kept thinking about that both of these solutions are more like “Pull” status. Meaning, we check every 30 minutes and see if there are any new messages in the health center. Not very efficient if you want yourself to be kept updated and take actions quickly. Why this Article This article is about following a similar approach as already described in the previous […]

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Automate Office 365 Health Status Monitoring with Power Automate/Flow Using Service Communications API

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This article is outdated now since Microsoft retired the Service Communication API in Dec 2021. Please look at this article instead, which uses Microsoft Graph API to achieve the same. I wrote an article on the same topic a couple of weeks ago that explains how to monitor Office 365 Health Status with PowerShell. I know, like me, there are a lot of other Power Automate/Flow enthusiasts who would prefer to achieve the same without writing any lines of scripts. So, here is it. Before you get started, ensure that the account you are using with Power Automate/Flow at least has a […]

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Implement Custom Alert Policies in Office 365

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Alert Policy

Alert Policies are a bit of hidden gems in Office 365. There are a wide list of activities which can be tracked using these alert policies and a notification can be received when such activities/events occur. As per the official definition, we can use alert policies to track user and admin activities, malware threats, or data loss incidents in Office 365. After choosing the activity you want to be alerted on, refine the policy by adding conditions, deciding when to trigger the alert, and who should receive notifications. Alert Policies Alert Policies are part of Office 365 Security & Compliance […]

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