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Understanding Active Directory Organizational Units (OUs)
If you’ve been an IT Pro for many years (OK, decades), you likely know what an Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU) is. But, what if you’re new to the IT field or new to Microsoft Active Directory? No need to fret or get flustered – read my post to find out about OUs, what they are, and…
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SQL Server Essentials: Understanding SQL Server and its Different Editions
SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBM) developed by Microsoft that competes with Oracle, IBM DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other RDBMs. In this article, I’ll explain in detail what is SQL Server and go through its release history over the past three decades. I’ll also detail what are the different SQL Server versions…
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Understanding Multi-Tenant Organizations in Microsoft 365
Multi-tenant organizations (MTOs) are a new feature in Microsoft 365 and Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) that has reached the public preview stage in mid-2023. An MTO is a group of up to five Entra ID tenants linked together to offer your users seamless collaboration and the sharing of resources. In this article, I’ll…
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How to Find and Block Breached Passwords in Active Directory
Cybercriminals love passwords. They’re simple to guess, easy to steal, and can offer unfettered access to a goldmine of data to hold for ransom or sell to other cybercriminals. For those same reasons, compromised passwords are a constant headache for IT teams, who spend far longer than they’d like helping users reset them and fixing…
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Using Microsoft Sentinel to Automate and Reduce Security Alerts
Microsoft 365 Defender, Identity Protection, and Microsoft Sentinel generate an avalanche of security incidents that require attention. In this article, I will give you an overview of what tools are at your disposal, what incidents are useful, and how to make Microsoft Sentinel reduce alerts. Security incidents in a single pane of glass Today’s security…
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Protect Your Organization’s Assets: Disaster Recovery with Azure Backup
Azure Backup can be used to back up not only an organization’s critical cloud workloads but also all types of on-premises resources, even if they are running on Azure Stack HCI or Azure Stack Hub. Before explaining how Azure Backup can be set up and used for disaster recovery (DR), I want to get a…
Sep 11, 2023 Wim Matthyssen
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