Author: Shehan Perera

I’m a self driven and passionate individual about Windows Server management, Cloud strategies, Azure, Microsoft 365, Exchange Server, Microsoft Teamwork, Microsoft Infrastructure technologies, ITIL standards, end user support and a passion for troubleshooting. I strongly believe my skills in different layers in IT Infrastructure during the last 10 years has immensely helped me to become the person I am today and I embrace it and loving every second of it.

Mergers, Acquisitions and Day 1 – Azure AD Cross-Tenant Synchronization

I would like to dedicate this post to writing something on a much-needed topic that personally got me to try a lot of methods and to be creative because this is one of the main tasks that an organization/ management is looking to get done from an IT Specialist. The Day 1. More precisely the … Continue reading Mergers, Acquisitions and Day 1 – Azure AD Cross-Tenant Synchronization

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Use Authentication Context with Strong Auth on PIM Role Activation

What is Authentication Context? Authentication Contexts are being used to further secure your application data and actions. You may already have enabled Multi-Factor Authebtaion in your Azure AD tenant and everyone is using the MFA in the same way. However, imagine you have an application where you need to maintain confidential data that only a … Continue reading Use Authentication Context with Strong Auth on PIM Role Activation

New Microsoft Intune Licensing Explained

Microsoft recently announced the new Intune Plans. In this blog post, I want to break down what that is and what it includes. Intune is already enabled in the licenses? Yes. However, the Plans can be separately purchased to help you elevate your device management game. If you are new to Microsoft Intune, a separate … Continue reading New Microsoft Intune Licensing Explained

[Nugget Post] How to Check All Intune Filter Related Associated Assignments?

You implement more and more filters in policies, but how to go back and see all the associated assignments? Rather than remembering or noting down all the filters you have created and checking manually, you can now see this in the Associated Assignments tab in the required filter. To check the created filter, go to … Continue reading [Nugget Post] How to Check All Intune Filter Related Associated Assignments?

BYOD – Part 2 – Manage Your Azure AD Registered Devices

Previously on BYOD... I discussed the restrictions and conditions you can make so the BYOD fleet can be managed well. Read below if you haven’t. My focus was the Azure AD and Intune side of things when it comes to managing the fleet. https://shehanperera.com/2023/01/26/byod-01/ However, part 2 of this series is focusing on the scenario … Continue reading BYOD – Part 2 – Manage Your Azure AD Registered Devices

BYOD – Part 1 – The Love-Hate Relationship

This is a 2 part series and I would like to get to the nitty gritty of BYOD because as IT Pros or leaders who are managing IT in an organization, we have dealt with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) related questions at least once in our career. Not once, but maybe daily or maybe … Continue reading BYOD – Part 1 – The Love-Hate Relationship

It’s 2023. Let’s Talk About Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync

The first post for 2023 and I thought I want to focus on something that will take over the main stage soon (probably). Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync. This has been there for a while and its capabilities (some capabilities) are proven to minimize that admin overhead and if you have dealt with the Azure … Continue reading It’s 2023. Let’s Talk About Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync

Microsoft Intune Bulk Device Actions

This will be a short blog post, but I want to cover something that is important when you have a large device fleet. This is a useful feature if you haven't seen it yet or not tried it yet, because rather than using a CLI, you can use the Intune Portal to perform bulk actions. … Continue reading Microsoft Intune Bulk Device Actions

Azure AD Cross-Tenant Access with B2B Direct Connect

This is my take on the Azure AD Cross-Tenant access settings. This was something I was hoping to configure a while back. However the capabilities weren't available at that time, but the need for some kind of a trust relationship between two Azure AD tenants was bubbling up. Gone of days organizations set up trust … Continue reading Azure AD Cross-Tenant Access with B2B Direct Connect

Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Deep Dive

Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is the frontline defense against all threats. Did I put that right? It truly is the frontline protector in the Windows computer and the Edge browser on any OS platform. I've been dealing with a lot of SmartScreen configuration tasks, and troubleshooting scenarios when working with customers and I wanted to write … Continue reading Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Deep Dive