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Learn how to harness the power of PowerShell to manage a specific SharePoint Online site with Connect-PnPOnline. This guide walks you through installing the Connect-PnPOnline PowerShell module, connecting to SharePoint Online using the Connect-PnPOnline command, and exploring the capabilities of the SharePoint Online PowerShell module for seamless site administration and automation. What is PnP PowerShell?…

Active Directory (AD) has been around a long time, but it remains the primary target for attackers. Research shows that nine out of ten breaches involve AD or Entra ID. Many environments today are hybrid, which further complicates keeping organizations secure. While free tools give you a quick snapshot of risk, enterprise grade security requires deeper…

Privileged access workstations are used, as the name suggests, with privileged accounts, like users in the Domain Admins group, to manage sensitive resources in your environment such as Active Directory (AD) domain controllers (DCs). If an attacker is able to get access to a privileged account, they can move laterally throughout your network, escalate privileges,…

Terraform is a platform used for provisioning, deploying, and managing various resources and services across public clouds (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure), private clouds, network infrastructures, and more. It allows cloud architects and developers to manage external resources by using the code defined in Terraform configuration files. In this article, I’ll explain everything…

Group Policy security filtering is a helpful feature within Active Directory that allows administrators to fine-tune the application of Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to specific users, groups, and computers. In this article, we go through the fundamentals of Group Policy security filtering, explores its benefits, and provides practical examples and best practices for implementation. Common…

Microsoft Graph Explorer PowerShell code snippets help you quickly adopt the Graph API. Let’s look at how you can generate PowerShell code in Microsoft Graph Explorer. Microsoft Graph Explorer PowerShell code snippets Nowadays, administrators are working more frequently with cloud platforms and difficult APIs to retrieve information. For PowerShell administrators, the change from commands like…

Cloudflare’s CEO, Matthew Prince, has been outspoken about the way artificial intelligence (AI) companies are harvesting content. His argument is simple but important: AI vendors are scraping websites, including those of small publishers like Petri, and using the content to train their models. That same content is then re-served to users in the form of…

This article examines the distinctions between Microsoft Entra Connect vs. Microsoft Entra Cloud Sync, two separate solutions designed to synchronize on-premises Active Directory (AD) with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD). What is Microsoft Entra Connect? Microsoft Entra Connect (formerly Azure AD Connect) is a synchronization tool that copies identities, like user accounts, from on-premises…

Microsoft Active Directory (AD) sits at the heart of most enterprise IT environments. When it goes down, employees can’t log in, applications stop working, and business grinds to a halt. Built‑in tools, like Windows Server Backup, offer only basic system‑state backups. And the AD Recycle Bin can recover deleted objects for a limited time but…

Microsoft’s Active Directory Forest Recovery Guide outlines 29 steps for Active Directory disaster recovery of your environment. But here’s the key takeaway: It’s just a guide. Further, it explicitly states it “doesn’t cover security recommendations for how to recover a forest that has been hacked or compromised”. Following it without prior hands-on experience or preparation is a…