Entitlement Management in Azure AD
Entitlement Management in Azure AD allows organizations to automate access request workflows, access assignments, reviews and expiration. When an employee needs permissions or access to a tool or program, it…
Emergency Access in Azure AD
Azure AD has some powerful features such as Conditional Access that can lock you out of your own environment if not configured correctly. It is therefore recommended by Microsoft to…
Exchange Hybrid Keys
When identities (users) have been synchronized from on-premise to Azure AD using Azure AD Connect, an on-premise Exchange Server is required for managing these users. Why? Microsoft only officially supports…
Microsoft Ninja Trainings
Microsoft has released a couple of great training resources that help you learn and master several of their security products. A Ninja certificate is also available upon completion, however these…
Integrate Third-Party Applications with Azure AD
More and more organizations are implementing Microsoft 365 products and services. As a result these organizations are utilizing Azure AD as their identity platform for Microsoft Services, however many are…
Cloud Management Gateway Step by Step
A Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) is a feature in Configuration Manager (Endpoint Manager) that allows organizations to manage and deliver content to their Configuration Manager clients without the need of…
Restart Frequency in Endpoint Analytics
Restart Frequency is a recent addition to Endpoint Analytics and provides insight to when devices are being rebooted and why. As mentioned in the introduction post, the objective is for…
HTTPS/PKI In Configuration Manager
In March of 2021 Microsoft deprecated HTTP-only communication in Configuration Manager to increase security. The first Configuration Manager release after Oct 31, 2022 will not support HTTP communication, hence its…
Intune Device Diagnostics
A colleague made me aware of a new preview feature in Intune called Device Diagnostics. The feature lets you collect troubleshooting information from an online client without having to disturb…
AD Connect: stopped-deletion-threshold-exceeded
Several customers recently made changes to their AD Connect setups, more specifically changes to what OU’s that are being synched synchronized. As we all know, when a user is removed…
Enable Modern Authentication in Exchange Online
Microsoft announced the deprecation of Legacy Authentication for Exchange Online back in 2019, unfortunately many organizations are still dependent on legacy based protocols. The deadline for enabling Modern Authentication for…
Installing AD Connect with Password Hash Sync Step by Step
Identity is the central component in any cloud strategy. Synchronizing your existing Active Directory identities (users) to the cloud will allow your end-users to leverage the same credentials on-premise and…
Using Multiple Identities In Edge Chromium
Working with multiple identities can be a really big pain, especially in a single browser. If you are a consultant like me who works with multiple Azure and Microsoft 365…
Recommended Software in Endpoint Analytics
In this series on Endpoint Analytics we explore the different reports and possibilities that Endpoint Analytics currently offers. In Part 1 we discussed the advantages of XLA over SLA, how…
Proactive Remediation with Endpoint Analytics
In this series on Endpoint Analytics we explore the different reports and possibilities that Endpoint Analytics currently offers. In Part 1 we discussed the advantages of XLA over SLA, how…