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The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No. 8 - The Evolution of Windows Server Management

Michael Hildebrand on Dec 08 2023 04:37 AM
Enjoy the eigth of twelve or so blog posts from Hilde for the Holidays of 2023 ...
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The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No. 7 - Architecture Visuals - for Your Reference or Your Own Docs

Michael Hildebrand on Dec 07 2023 04:00 AM
Enjoy the seventh of twelve or so blog posts from Hilde for the Holidays of 2023 ...
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The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No. 6 - The Reporting Edition

Michael Hildebrand on Dec 06 2023 04:03 AM
Enjoy the sixth of twelve or so blog posts from Hilde for the Holidays of 2023 ...
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Switch to the new Defender for Resource Manager pricing plan

fbinotto on Dec 05 2023 03:13 PM
Start saving now with the new Defender for Resource Manager pricing plan
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The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No.5 - The Endpoint Management Jigsaw

Michael Hildebrand on Dec 05 2023 04:00 AM
Enjoy the fifth of twelve or so blog posts from Hilde for the Holidays of 2023 ...
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The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No.4 - Sync Cloud Groups from AAD/Entra ID back to Active Directory

Michael Hildebrand on Dec 01 2023 04:00 AM
Enjoy the fourth of twelve or so blog posts from Hilde for the Holidays of 2023 ...
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The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No.3 - Windows Local Admin Password Solution (LAPS)

Michael Hildebrand on Nov 30 2023 04:00 AM
Enjoy the third of twelve or so blog posts from Hilde for the Holidays of 2023 ...
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The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No.2 - Windows Web Sign in and Passwordless

Michael Hildebrand on Nov 29 2023 04:00 AM
Enjoy the second of twelve or so blog posts from Hilde for the Holidays of 2023 ...
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Connecting to Azure Services on the Microsoft Global Network

Preston_Romney on Nov 28 2023 01:20 PM
How does traffic flow on the Microsoft Global Network? When does traffic exit the Microsoft Global Network, and what can...
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The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No.1 - A Creative Use for Intune Remediations

Michael Hildebrand on Nov 28 2023 04:00 AM
Enjoy the first of twelve or so blog posts from Hilde for the Holidays of 2023 ...
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Active Directory Hardening Series - Part 2 – Removing SMBv1

Jerry Devore on Nov 20 2023 12:47 PM
In this series my goal is to help you understand how to move forward with confidence by better understanding the changes...
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Azure MMA Agent Bulk Removal

Paul Bergson on Nov 13 2023 01:08 PM
The Legacy Azure Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) is scheduled for retirement in August 2024. To ensure a smooth transit...
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Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (October 2023)

BrandonWilson on Nov 11 2023 04:51 PM
Welcome to the October 2023 Check This Out! (CTO!) guide: Helping you to expand your horizons!
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Microsoft Assessments - Milestones

fbinotto on Nov 07 2023 11:56 PM
Understand how you can track your progress when using Microsoft Assessments.
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Calling Azure Resource APIs from Power Automate Using Graph Explorer

wernerrall on Oct 31 2023 08:04 AM
Navigating the Digital Skies: Calling Azure Resource APIs from Power Automate using Azure Resource Graph Explorer
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Service Endpoints vs Private Endpoints

khgandhi on Oct 24 2023 08:47 AM
Today, we have two solutions that on the face of it look quite similar, Service Endpoints and Private link/Endpoints. Th...
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Defender Definition Updates with ConfigMgr - Part 2 – How to set it up

Stefan Röll on Oct 16 2023 10:12 AM
How to implement Defender Definition Update Deployment using SUP and ConfigMgr
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Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (September 2023)

BrandonWilson on Oct 15 2023 04:09 PM
Welcome to the September 2023 Check This Out! (CTO!) guide: Helping you to expand your horizons!
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Quick-Start Guide to Azure Private Endpoints with AKS & Storage

varghesejoji on Oct 09 2023 12:00 AM
Unlock secure connections between Azure's Private AKS cluster and Storage account with this comprehensive guide on Priva...
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Mobile Application Management on Windows 11

AtilGurcan on Oct 04 2023 11:00 PM
Intune is very well known for its ability to manage both devices (aka. MDM) and applications (aka.MAM). The core differe...
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Unlocking Azure Secrets: Using Identities for Key Vault Access

varghesejoji on Oct 02 2023 11:28 AM
Unlock Azure Key Vault magic! Dive into this step-by-step guide for seamless, secure VM access with Managed Identities! ...
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Azure Firewall Tips from the Field

fbinotto on Sep 27 2023 09:00 PM
Here are some Azure Firewall tips from the field to the field.
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Infrastructure as Code Testing with Azure Policy

Anthony_W on Sep 25 2023 01:00 AM
Have you ever wanted to test an ARM template or Bicep template against Azure Policy deployed in your environment – so th...
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Active Directory Hardening Series - Part 1 – Disabling NTLMv1

Jerry Devore on Sep 21 2023 02:38 PM
In this series my goal is to help you understand how to move forward with confidence by better understanding the changes...
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Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (August 2023)

BrandonWilson on Sep 20 2023 12:00 AM
Welcome to the August 2023 Check This Out! (CTO!) guide: Helping you to expand your horizons!
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Another Way To Personalize Multiple Thresholds in Log Analytics Alerts

edzonca on Sep 17 2023 05:01 PM
How you can set up an alert with multiple thresholds? Check it out!  
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Windows 365 Enterprise – Points of Clarification and PoC Proven Practices

Michael Hildebrand on Sep 14 2023 08:01 AM
It took me a while to get my head around some of the technical aspects of Windows 365 Enterprise. Here, I'll share my ow...
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AKS Egress Traffic Demystified

HoussemDellai on Sep 11 2023 04:10 AM
Did you ever asked how AKS egress traffic works and how to secure it ? This article provides the answer to these questio...
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Automating Azure VM Deployment: The Power of PowerApps, SharePoint, Flow and Azure DevOps Pipe

wernerrall on Sep 04 2023 11:11 AM
Deploying an Azure Virtual Machine can be an intricate process that demands careful planning and coordination of various...
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Using Automation Runbook Webhooks To Alert on Databricks Status Updates

varghesejoji on Aug 28 2023 12:00 AM
Discover how to set up webhooks for Databricks alerts, process with Azure Runbook, and notify admins about event statuse...

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Stefan Röll
in Unified Update Platform with ConfigMgr – Questions from the Field on Dec 07 2023 12:45 AM
@Umair_Kazim Did you deploy the content to the CMG? Don´t do it. I t only creates costs on your end. Instead, allow the clients to download content from Windows Update in the deployment settings: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/sum/deploy-use/manually-deploy-software-updates#:~:text=...
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Umair_Kazim
in Unified Update Platform with ConfigMgr – Questions from the Field on Dec 06 2023 09:38 AM
It seems we are not able to deploy the Windows 11 updates using CMG on ConfigMgr. Works perfectly using on prem dps but when we deploy them using CMG the clients complain of missing content.
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Al White
in The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No.1 - A Creative Use for Intune Remediations on Dec 04 2023 04:09 PM
Hilde - great job as always, and love the Blog-mas series!
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Michael Hildebrand
in The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No.4 - Sync Cloud Groups from AAD/Entra ID back to Active Directory on Dec 03 2023 03:29 PM
I just tested and I see what you're referring to ... there is an option in the M365 Admin Center to create a "Distribution List" - and it appears that these 'groups' are NOT in scope for group writeback to AD. I'll see if I can find out if that's planned or not.
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Michael Hildebrand
in The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No.4 - Sync Cloud Groups from AAD/Entra ID back to Active Directory on Dec 03 2023 03:06 PM
Take a look at this blurb from the docs - Microsoft Entra Connect: Group writeback - Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft Learn It seems like we might have what you need: The original [Group writeback] version is in general availability and is limited to writing back Microsoft 365 groups to your on-premis...
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