Manage Continues Access Evaluation behaviour via Conditional Access Polices
When I first had a play with CAE for the 1st time, I wrote about on the importance of this setting and how to enable… More
Azure AD Break Glass Account: What to consider when creating one and how to monitor sign ins
With the growing threats around the world everyday, bad actors are targeting Microsoft 365 ecosystem like never before. Attacks are taking place everyday and if… More
Azure AD Hidden Gems. Azure AD Temporary Access Pass
Temporary Access Pass or TAP, is a cool Azure AD feature which is still in Preview, but I see huge wins if Microsoft put this… More
How to Assign Admin Roles to Azure AD Groups with Access Reviews and Just in Time Access?
As of July 31 2021, this feature in Generally Available and was notified in the M365 Admin Center with the message MC274516 This approach is… More
How to analyze Conditional Access Policies with ‘Report Only’ Mode?
Conditional Access Polices can be setup in 3 main modes. On/ Off/ Report Only. On and Off modes are self explanatory where “Report Only” mode… More
Why Azure AD Continues Access Evaluation is Important?
Continues Access Evaluation or CAE is still in preview, but it has proven to refresh the near-real time refresh for Conditional Access Policies. Ideally this… More
Automate Cross Tenant Resource Access With Azure AD Entitlement Management
With the Azure AD Identity Governance feature “Entitle Management” it is easier to automate the access requests, set expiry dates, justify why a user needs… More
3 Ways to Enforce Azure AD MFA Registration in Azure AD/ M365 Tenant
Requirement of having MFA on Azure AD accounts are top priority at the moment and basically it has become a basic requirement. There are couple… More
Azure AD Passwordless Authentication with Yubico FIDO2 key
Lately I got the opportunity to test the latest Identity Authentication method with Azure AD. None other than the Passwordless Authentication. I will post few… More
Cool and a Powerful feature to stop bulk accidental/ intentional deletion exports in an Azure AD Hybrid Environment
This is a hidden gem for Azure AD Sync connect configurations and I was looking for a feature like this for sometime now. Noticed this… More
Effective use of Azure AD Administrative Units [Azure AD AUs]
I look at the Azure AD portal with curiosity to see what are the new features and then want to play around with them to… More
How to federate Google (Gmail) accounts with Azure AD to access resources without a Microsoft account
My DIY project for this weekend is to try and implement a method to set Google as an identity provider for Azure AD resource access… More
Microsoft 365 Groups Cheat Sheet
This is my compilation of the something out of everything you need to know about the M365 Groups. Over the course of time Microsoft brought… More
Azure AD User Automation For Better Identity And Access Management
Why automate such a workload? Few reasons though Better Identity and access management Not having to update too many locations for these type of requestsMeet… More
Blocking Basic Auth – Personal Thoughts
Sometime a go I wrote on How to Disable Basic auth to make way to Modern Authentication. The procedure is manageable and with a bit… More
Azure AD Connect Cloud Provisioning. The new feature that may come in handy!
Microsoft have finally answered the prayers of the IT admins! Long story short, gone of the days where the IT admins had to make sure… More
Microsoft is retiring Basic Authentication, because Modern Authentication is here to stay!
Microsoft have announced that they will retire the Basic Authentication method from Office 365 Exchange Online and make Modern Authentication method the standard way of… More
Azure AD Group Based Licensing
As opposed to adding cloud based licenses per user basis or via PowerShell to automate license assignment with a security group, Azure’s group based licensing… More
TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 End is Near!
If you are an Office 365 admin like myself, you may have received many notifications from Microsoft regarding the TLS 1.0 being deprecated in their… More
Sync Now, Consolidate Later
Companies acquiring other companies as they grow. For IT, it’s a never ending nightmare to bring the systems in-line. Projects that involves setting up new… More
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