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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…

This article explains the most common network devices, their functions, and how they work together in your network topologies. Network devices explained A network device is a hardware component that handles communication, the transfer of data, and connectivity within a computer-based network. These devices ensure that information flows between computers, endpoints, servers, and printers with…

At last year’s Ignite, Microsoft announced a set of Microsoft 365 companion apps for Windows 11. These apps—People, File Search, and Calendar—are designed to live in the taskbar and give business users quick access to their Microsoft 365 data. They’re rolling out this month, though IT administrators will need to enable them; they won’t simply…