PowerShell Basics: How to Force AzureAD Connect to Sync
In every organization, the possibility of role changes or change of contact information can occur quite frequently. AzureAD Connect is a great tool that allows administrators to make said updates either on-premises or in cloud and will sync all changes accordingly. It can take up to 30 minutes for Azure Active Directory to update these changes when these changes are applied on the on-premises Active Directory instance and vice-versa via AzureAD Connect. It can also take up to an additional 30 minutes to then sync changes with Office 365. This post will detail steps to force AzureAD Connect to sync on command when required via PowerShell to combat the delay.
Understanding Azure Account, Subscription and Directory.
For the last couple of days, I am trying to understand the relationship between Azure account, Subscription, and Directory and Resource Groups. Is there any comprehensive guide that can help me to understand how Azure Account, Subscription and Directory works? Thank you in advance.AzUpdate: Post Ignite recap, Responsible AI, Azure Automanage, Azure Resource Mover and more
Well Microsoft Ignite 2020 is over and while our step counters may not have captured as many steps as last year... it doesn't mean that there wasn't a plethora of Azure news shared. Here are the headlines we are covering this week: The IT Professional's role in the Responsible use of AI, Azure Automanage for VMs, Move resources to another region with Azure Resource Mover, New Windows Virtual Desktop Capabilities, Hybrid Cloud announcements surrounding Azure Arc and Azure Stack as well as the Microsoft Learn module of the week.How to In-Place Upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019
As you know the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are out of support on January 14th, 2020. Customer will need to upgrade their Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to a newer version of Windows Server or migrate these servers to Microsoft Azure.
MFA without a Cellphone
This is becoming a bigger issue more and more. We cannot, as a company, require our Employees to use a personal cellphone to get text codes or install work apps to authenticate our work accounts. We supply these users with a Business Voice license so they can make business calls and accept business calls. All of our employees have corporately paid laptops running Windows 10 and all have SharePoint, Email, OneDrive, Teams etc. Microsoft does not offer the authenticator app on Windows 10 so we can't use that method. So what do we do? Leave all these accounts vulnerable? I've read about using "landlines" for authentication then Microsoft says that's not secure but then provides no guidance on exactly how we're supposed to do this. We cannot be expected to pay for a cellphone for all these users just to use one app. That's ridiculous.Master the basics with the Azure Fundamentals certification
Mastering the basics can help you jump-start your career, explore Azure and the cloud—whether you’re new to the field or a seasoned professional—and prepare to dive deeper into the many technical opportunities Azure offers. Explore the Azure Fundamentals certification.Step-By-Step: Creating an Azure Point-to-Site VPN
Site-to-Site VPN is the most common method organizations use to connect on-premises network to Azure vNet. This VPN connection is initiated in your edge firewall or router level. But what if you connecting from remote location such as home? We can use point-to-site method to do that. In this method it will use certificates to do the authentication between end point and azure virtual network.
