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Eric_Woodruff on 04-15-2021 08:15 AM

Exploring how Azure AD and Azure AD Connect match user objects from Active Directory

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magdysalem on 04-12-2021 04:30 PM

Pod Identity is a feature allows applications deployed to communicate with AAD, request a token then use the token to ac...

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AndrewCoughlin on 04-08-2021 12:00 AM

In this blog post we will talk about an issue I ran into in the past around setting up Active Directory Authentication f...

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bwatts670 on 04-05-2021 06:00 AM

Detecting anomalies in your data can be a powerful tool. In this article we examine how to do exactly this with data in ...

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magdysalem on 03-31-2021 11:45 AM

Today as we develop and run application in AKS, we do not want credentials like database connection strings, keys, or se...

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Russ Rimmerman on 03-30-2021 09:21 PM

I've heard a bit of interest expressed recently in the ability to create a customizable Endpoint Configuration Manager (...

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BrandonWilson on 03-26-2021 11:57 AM

Investigating Hyper-V live migration failures that result in a 0x8009030E error

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BrandonWilson on 03-22-2021 10:42 AM

After a bit of a hiatus, welcome (back) to the Noteworthy News series (March 2021 edition)!

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John_Barbare on 03-17-2021 09:00 PM

Learn about the new "Warn Mode" for Attack Surface Reduction Rules and creating the profile in Microsoft Endpoint Manage...

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John_Barbare on 03-14-2021 09:10 PM

In this blog I will go over investigating an incident in Microsoft 365 Defender using the new unified portal.

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bwatts670 on 03-11-2021 05:00 AM

Looking for an easy way to make Azure REST API calls? Not comfortable writing code to do it? Well Azure Logic App to the...

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pbracher on 03-10-2021 12:00 AM

This blog is in support of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE, formerly MDATP) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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TanTran on 03-08-2021 03:36 AM

The Step-by-step suggestion for migrating MBAM Servers to MEM

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TanTran on 03-05-2021 12:44 AM

All things about USB flash drives management including access protection, Bitlocker encryption, security and troubleshoo...

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John_Barbare on 03-03-2021 12:00 AM

In this blog I will go over the Microsoft 365 Defender Security Portal and go into detail of the incident overview and e...

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John_Barbare on 03-02-2021 12:00 AM

This new workshop introduces configuration deployment in a lab using Microsoft Endpoint Manager for Microsoft Defender f...

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hewagen on 02-25-2021 10:59 PM

This blog post shows a way to enable application setups to change file type associations.

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bwatts670 on 02-24-2021 09:00 AM

Have you ever wanted a report of newly created resources in your Azure Subscriptions. Lets take a look at an option to u...

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hspinto on 02-23-2021 02:36 PM

This is the second post of a series dedicated to the implementation of automated Continuous Optimization with Azure Advi...

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John_Barbare on 02-22-2021 12:00 AM

Learn about the importance of keeping your internet browser up to date, cryptomining, and a chromium sandbox exploit. Is...

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AndrewCoughlin on 02-18-2021 12:00 AM

In this blog I will focus on how to upload a custom linux Hyper-V image for generation 2 virtual machines in Azure.

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Fabian0402 on 02-14-2021 10:07 PM

In this article, we will learn about the Site Maintenance Tasks of your MECM and how to ensure that these Tasks are up a...

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TanTran on 02-12-2021 03:33 AM

We discuss about Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Antivirus Configuration, Policy and exclusion list in detail to avoid m...

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brmcmill on 02-10-2021 05:23 PM

First published on TECHNET on Mar 18, 2019 Hello everyone! I have found that Status Message Queries can be one of the mo...

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TanTran on 02-09-2021 11:42 PM

Summarizing the plan to migrate from IE to Edge Chromium with a check list.

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TanTran on 02-07-2021 11:17 PM

Configuring Microsoft Endpoint Manager to manage all SCCM's collections and their members. Assign Apps to Collection and...

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brmcmill on 02-07-2021 07:59 AM

First published on TECHNET on May 24, 2017 Hey everybody! You may have noticed that with the continuous improvements, yo...

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Eric_Woodruff on 02-05-2021 10:48 AM

Deep dive into configuring custom application consent policies in Azure Active Directory

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wernerrall on 02-04-2021 03:38 AM

Update Compliance Dashboard is a Power BI reporting solution designed for customers who require detailed Software Update...

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bwatts670 on 02-03-2021 12:00 AM

Explore a central way to visualize your NSGs and track changes made to them.

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in Hybrid Identity: Getting Users Aligned on 04-16-2021

Hi Eric,Thanks for the post, good work. What happens to the password of a Cloud Mastered account that is overwritten by OnPrem. I assume that is also overwritten when password hash sync is active? Is there a way to keep using the cloud password? Regards Steve

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in Exploring Anomalies with Log Analytics using KQL on 04-15-2021

Very, very good.

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in How LastLogonTimeStamp is Updated with Kerberos S4u2Self on 04-15-2021

Thanks for this detailed info! I don't have the SysAdmin background to fully understand the details, so I apologize if this is a dumb question. I often rely on LastLogon dates to help me determine if computer objects are stale. In my experience, servers tend to report very recent LastLogon dates. I'...

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in IIS Best Practices on 04-15-2021

Hi! I've actually ran into issue this week related to this topic. I haven't found a solution yet and the testing is still ongoing. I work in an environment where our IIS servers have to be configured according to what is put forth by DISA STIGS for IIS, specifically the part about having to use memo...

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in Does your win 8.1 /2012 R2/win10 logon hang after a password change? on 04-15-2021

I'm currently working at a customer where this issue happens. For some users the RDS session to a Windows 2012 R2 Server freezes right after a password change. For all the data shares DFS is used. I checked the version numbers of the mentioned dll files. On their servers the lsasrv.dll is version 6....

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