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    Microsoft Intune Company Portal – Everything You Need to Know

    At the device and user level, the Intune Company Portal serves as powerful application that allows end users to install approved apps, securely access resources, and stay compliant with organizations policies.  In the modern workplace, ensuring that company-owned devices remain secure and compliant is essential. Without proper oversight, these endpoints can quickly become a conduit for security…

    Jan 13, 2025 Dean Ellerby profile picture Dean Ellerby
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    What Is Azure Policy?

    Effective governance is essential in today’s multi-cloud, hybrid IT ecosystems. Azure Policy provides a comprehensive framework for defining, enforcing, and automating compliance across Microsoft Azure resources, on-premises workloads, and third-party clouds via Azure Arc. Azure Policy ensures your resources align with business, security, and compliance requirements—without adding operational overhead. By leveraging initiatives, built-in policies, custom…

    Jan 10, 2025 21e88e859695932cc329e60e298438b7?s=32&d=mm&r=g Tim Warner
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    Unlocking the Power of Active Directory Groups: A Comprehensive Guide

    Active Directory groups are essential tools for managing and organizing users, computers, and other resources within a Windows domain. This article will provide an in-depth exploration of Active Directory (AD) groups, including their types, purposes, and best management practices. Whether you’re a seasoned IT professional or just beginning your journey with Active Directory, this guide…

    Jan 8, 2025 Michael Reinders profile picture Michael Reinders
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    What is Microsoft Global Secure Access?

    Microsoft Global Secure Access (GSA) offers an integrated, identity-driven approach to securing remote access to applications, file shares and resources, regardless of location, device, or user identity. I didn’t expect we’d see the beginning of the end of traditional VPNs for at least a decade. The ever-present need for on-premises applications, file shares, and resources to…

    Jan 6, 2025 Dean Ellerby profile picture Dean Ellerby
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    What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud?

    This article explores Microsoft Defender for Cloud features, benefits, integration capabilities, and best practices, offering actionable insights for IT professionals managing multicloud environments. Modern cloud environments demand robust security solutions to tackle ever-evolving cyber threats. Microsoft Defender for Cloud answers this call with a unified security platform that protects resources across Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web…

    Jan 3, 2025 21e88e859695932cc329e60e298438b7?s=32&d=mm&r=g Tim Warner
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    The Pros and Cons of Hybrid Azure AD Join

    What are the benefits of a Hybrid Azure AD (Microsoft Entra ID) Join? I hear this question a lot; especially since I’ve published many videos referring to Hybrid Azure AD joins as a bad idea. Synchronizing existing on-premises Active Directory (AD) devices to Entra ID is beneficial, but for new devices, leveraging the security and…

    Jan 2, 2025 Dean Ellerby profile picture Dean Ellerby
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    Microsoft’s Strategic Layoffs: Innovation and Efficiency in the AI Era

    This Week in IT, Microsoft is set to layoff underperforming employees, website certificates could be set to expire much faster, and Microsoft urges orgs to patch AD domain controllers as a new vulnerability is identified. Episode overview This week’s IT news highlights Microsoft’s plans for layoffs, changes to website certificate expiration, and a new Active…

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    Top 5 IT News Stories of 2024

    This Week in IT, I look at the year in review with stories about new features that came to Microsoft Loop, the beginning of the end for WS Update Services, a new Microsoft app for hybrid teams, how Teams got a Slack-like makeover, and the timeline for phasing out the legacy Outlook client for the…

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