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Backup Compression, TDE, and MaxTransferSize

Chirag Shah on 07-16-2020 12:00 AM
This blog describes enhancement in SQL 2019 for TDE enabled databases in which MaxTransferSize is no longer required.
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Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Create & Audit an ASR Policy

John_Barbare on 07-12-2020 08:59 PM
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an Attack Surface Reduction policy and audit the policy using MDATP & MTP...
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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...
2,434

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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Rafał Fitt
in Initially Isolate Tier 0 Assets with Group Policy to Start Administrative Tiering on 07-14-2020
"It would be another great idea to add them to the "Protected Users" security group introduced with Windows Server 2012 R2, again the RID500 Administrator being an exception"Why RID500 domain Administrator would need an exception?
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John_Barbare
in Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Create & Audit an ASR Policy on 07-14-2020
@David Wanderer Lock machines down using entire Microsoft Security stack and use only PowerShell Constrained Language Mode and always use a defense in depth strategy.
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David Wanderer
in Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Create & Audit an ASR Policy on 07-13-2020
Great stuff -- thank you. Any best practices you would suggest to help reduce powershell exploits?
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James van den Berg
in Microsoft Endpoint Manager: Create & Audit an ASR Policy on 07-13-2020
Thanks for Sharing this @John_Barbare with the Community, Awesome Blogpost Have a Great Cybersecurity Day your self ;)
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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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