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ClaimsXRay in AzureAD with Directory Extension

Michele Ferrari on 07-06-2020 02:05 PM
Today we will talk about how to use the famous ClaimsXRay application with AzureAD to troubleshoot problems with SAML
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Getting Started with Testing Infrastructure Code

BernieWhite on 07-02-2020 12:00 AM
In this post I’d like to show you how you can get started with testing infrastructure code in three steps.
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Are You Ready for Cloud Only?

Jen_Ross on 06-28-2020 11:59 PM
Is your organization ready to move from hybrid identity to cloud only? This can be a big decision. See how this can be d...
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Microsoft Endpoint Manager - Creating a WDAV Policy

John_Barbare on 06-22-2020 11:24 AM
In this tutorial I will walk you through the steps of creating a Windows Defender Antivirus policy for your Windows OS.
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Add Customized Images for Video in Teams and the Added Security

John_Barbare on 06-22-2020 08:57 AM
In this tutorial, you will learn how to upload new backgrounds for Teams video meetings and the security built into it.
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Augmenting Azure Advisor Cost Recommendations for Automated Continuous Optimization – Part 2

hspinto on 06-17-2020 04:00 PM
This is the second post of a series dedicated to the implementation of automated Continuous Optimization with Azure Advi...
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Infrastructure + Security: Noteworthy News (June, 2020)

Jen_Ross on 06-17-2020 11:05 AM
You are reading the June 2020 issue of the Infrastructure + Security: Noteworthy News series! As a reminder, the Notewor...
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Configure Selective Password Synchronization With AADConnect

varunkohli on 06-15-2020 12:00 AM
Through this blog I would like to share details about how we can configure AADConnect to synchronize password hashes to ...
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“Why are my users not prompted for MFA as expected?”

Michael Hildebrand on 06-08-2020 10:49 AM
Many of us have been asked this many, many times ... in this post, I'll provide some clarity.
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Domain Time Synchronization in the Age of Working from Home

BrandonWilson on 06-04-2020 09:00 PM
Working from home has presented challenges in many areas and it is true for time synchronization on computers used at ho...
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How-to: Password-less FIDO2 Security Key Sign-in to Windows 10 HAADJ Devices

LijuV on 06-03-2020 06:42 AM
Sign-in to Windows 10 devices using FIDO2 Security Keys and get seamless SSO to Azure and on-premises resources
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Infrastructure + Security: Noteworthy News (May, 2020)

Jen_Ross on 05-28-2020 11:17 AM
You are reading the May issue of the Infrastructure + Security: Noteworthy News series! As a reminder, the Noteworthy Ne...
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One of the Ways of Planning Certificate Authority Lifecycle

Zoheb Shaikh on 05-26-2020 04:17 AM
Hello Everyone, my name is Zoheb Shaikh and I’m a Solution Engineer working with Microsoft Mission Critical team (SMC). ...
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Updating Configuration Manager in Offline Mode with the Service Connection Tool

Chris Vetter on 05-21-2020 02:41 PM
This article will help you upgrade Configuration Manager in offline air-gapped environments
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Tracking the Source of ADFS Account Lockouts

BrandonWilson on 05-18-2020 07:53 AM
Eunice Chinchilla walks you through tracking the source of ADFS account lockouts using solely the ADFS server and Azure ...
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Augmenting Azure Advisor Cost Recommendations for Automated Continuous Optimization – Part 1

hspinto on 05-10-2020 04:00 PM
Here is Helder Pinto PFE presenting the first post of a series dedicated to the implementation of automated Continuous O...
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Installing SQL 2016 for Configuration Manager in a PubSec Environment

Chris Vetter on 05-05-2020 12:51 PM
The intent of this guide is to prevent you from having to perform a Site Recovery or any Database Migrations after stand...
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Infrastructure + Security: Noteworthy News (April, 2020)

Jen_Ross on 05-01-2020 12:00 AM
You are reading the next issue of the Infrastructure + Security: Noteworthy News series! As a reminder, the Noteworthy N...
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Infrastructure + Security: Noteworthy News (March, 2020)

Jen_Ross on 04-29-2020 12:00 AM
You are reading the next issue of the Infrastructure + Security: Noteworthy News series! As a reminder, the Noteworthy N...
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Using Azure Update Management to Automate On-Premises Server Patching

DanielMetzger on 04-26-2020 03:00 PM
Azure Update Management is a great and very affordable service offering to fully automate on-premises server patching. L...
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Secure Channel/Expired Machine Account Password Concerns – Revisited

Michael Hildebrand on 04-23-2020 03:01 PM
There's been a whirlwind of questions about machine account password expiration due to the high volume of un-planned rem...
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Using Azure Automation with Multiple Tenants

Jon Warnken on 04-20-2020 01:00 AM
Welcome to a tale from the lab of Jon Warnken a Premier Field Engineer. I have been working with recently, had a need fo...
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Getting Reports from Long Running Performance Monitor Data Collector Sets

David Loder on 04-13-2020 06:48 AM
When trying to track down an elusive Active Directory performance problem, gathering stats using the Active Directory Di...
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How to Build an Azure Automation Lab

Preston Parsard on 04-07-2020 01:26 PM
This post will provide instructions on how to build an automation lab in Azure that can be used for training or demonstr...
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ConfigMgr Bitlocker Management

Naveen_Kanneganti on 04-03-2020 09:52 AM
This post is intended to give you guidance to implement Configmgr Bitlocker management, monitoring and troubleshooting.
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Use Intune MAM to Control Office Mobile Apps and Office 365 Content

Michael Hildebrand on 03-25-2020 06:23 AM
We're posting an out-of-band, mid-week post about using Intune Mobile App Management Policies to help secure and control...
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Azure DSC for Zero Trust Windows 10 Devices Managed by Intune

skissel on 03-23-2020 01:25 PM
In a Zero Trust environment, the security gap between Intune and Group Policy could be a roadblock to more organizations...
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Configuring the MIM 2016 Microsoft Generic SQL Connector for Oracle Date Time Values

Joe_Zinn on 03-19-2020 07:48 AM
The following document contains information needed to solve date time issues configuring the Microsoft Generic SQL Conne...
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SCCM: Housekeeping Collections

Matt Balzan on 03-13-2020 07:33 AM
A guide how to manage and troubleshoot the collections that are affecting the performance on your site
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Exporting Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) data using PowerShell

LijuV on 03-09-2020 08:48 AM
Use PowerShell to generate RSoP planning mode (modeling) data

Latest Comments

caroblahblah
in Are You Ready for Cloud Only? on 07-08-2020
Great article detailing an otherwise largely undocumented process (from my few months of Googling). Thanks for this!
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minayang44
in Be Aware, Azure Security Center CSV Reports is Now Generally Available! on 07-07-2020
I agree, that feature will empower customers to easily export their data and build new capabilities on top to better manage their tasks.word unscrambler
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Artur Sawosko
in Are You Ready for Cloud Only? on 07-06-2020
Good article! One note - if you are cosidering rollback, be very ... very careful with this one:Set-MsolDirSyncEnabled -EnableDirSync $false revert action should get the sync re-enabled after 72h, which in my case never did -> case with MS Support.
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Dean Gross
in Microsoft Endpoint Manager - Creating a WDAV Policy on 07-05-2020
If we choose a Baseline provided by MS for DAV, will will need to create another policy for ASR, or will that already be taken care of?
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Khushwant
in Domain and DC Migrations: How To Monitor LDAP, Kerberos and NTLM Traffic To Your Domain Controllers on 07-03-2020
Thank you guys...This helped me with a recent project... 
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