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A Recap of Identity-related Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2020
Microsoft organized Ignite 2020 as a free digital event between Tuesday September 22nd and Thursday September 24th. Ignite is Microsoft’s yearly event for IT Professionals and developers. At Microsoft...
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I’m speaking at the European SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure Conference...
I’m happy to announce that I am returning as a speaker for the European SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure Conference (ESPC) 2020 on October 14th – 15th, 2020. About ESPC20 The European SharePoint,...
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I have been invited to present at the 2020 Hybrid Identity Protection Conference
This October, I’m joining many of my technical friends at the Hybrid Identity Protection Conference. For those who attended The Experts Conference (TEC) and NetPro’s Directory Experts Conference (DEC)...
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On-premises Identity-related updates and fixes for September 2020
Even though Microsoft’s Identity focus moves towards the cloud, they are not forgetting their on-premises roots. Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 still receive updates. Note: Although much...
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What’s New in Azure Active Directory in September 2020
Azure Active Directory is Microsoft's Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its...
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Ten things you should know about Azure AD Administrative Units
An Administrative Unit (AU) is an Azure AD resource that can be a container for other Azure AD resources. Administrative units allow an organization to grant admin permissions that are restricted to a...
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I’m co-presenting a session at Veeam LIVE
Veeam is organizing a global virtual conference on October 20th under title Veeam LIVE. There´s gonna be free registration for all attendees and agenda will be full of LIVE sessions with Veeam top...
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The videos of Microsoft Ignite Untold are now available for you to view
During Microsoft Ignite 2020, Raymond Comvalius, Barbara Forbes and I presented ‘Ignite Untold’, the Dutch Community live stream supporting Microsoft Ignite 2020 in Dutch. About Microsoft Ignite...
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Mainstream support for Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) ends in...
We’ve helped organizations embrace Microsoft’s Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) solution to protect their Active Directory environments from attacks. On January 12th, 2021, mainstream support for this...
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The video of our Active Directory session at VMware VMworld 2020 is now...
VMworld is a global conference for virtualization and cloud computing, hosted by VMware. It is the largest virtualization-specific event. No wonder, I was pleased to announce my return to this awesome...
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Identity-related new features in Windows 10, version 20H2 build 19042
Yesterday, Microsoft released Windows 10, version 20H2 build 19042 to Visual Studio Subscribers and organizations with access to the Software Download Center and the Volume Licensing Service Center....
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Knowledgebase: Important Issues for Windows 10, version 20H2 build 19042
On October 20th, 2020, Microsoft released Windows 10, version 20H2 build 19042 to Visual Studio Subscribers and organizations with access to the Software Download Center and the Volume Licensing...
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vSphere 7’s vCenter Server Identity Provider Federation feature allows for MFA
In this series on virtualizing Active Directory on VMware vSphere, we’ve discussed earlier how to set up a straight-forward vCenter delegation model for running virtual Domain Controllers safely....
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Five things to know about the Office 365 app in Azure AD Conditional Access
After being in Public Preview since February 2020, Microsoft made the Office 365 app in Azure AD Conditional Access Generally Available. The below image sums up what is in the Office 365 app: The...
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From the Field: The case of the randomly rebooting Domain Controllers
Troubleshooting stories from the field are the best. That’s why I like writing them down. Although, sometimes they might appear as straight cases of schadenfreude, I feel there are lessons to be...
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Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2020-16939, Important)
On Tuesday October 13th 2020, Microsoft released updates for all supported versions of Windows and Windows Server to address an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Group Policy, marked as...
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Getting Started with the Self-service Web Portal for Veeam Backup for...
Microsoft recommends organizations using Office 365 services to create backups of their data in these services outside of the scope of the functionality of replicas and previous versions. Veeam Backup...
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The Azure MFA SDK stops working today
Requiring multi-factor authentication for on-premises Microsoft resources has been a difficult challenge, ever since Microsoft acquired PhoneFactor in 2012 and slowly but steadily turned its...
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Azure AD Connect version 1.3.20.0 and older versions are no longer supported
As announced as part of the Azure AD Connect Version Release History page and shared here earlier, yesterday marked the end of Azure AD Connect version 1.3.20.0 and older versions of Azure AD Connect....
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What's New in Azure Active Directory for October 2020
Azure Active Directory is Microsoft's Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its...
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