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I recently sat down with Danny Abdo, Chief Operations and Product Officer, and Corey Hynes, Executive Chairman and Founder of Skillable, a hands-on learning platform designed to help organizations build and validate real-world technical skills. We discussed how the platform came to be and why practice-based learning is essential in the AI era. As AI…

Active Directory (AD) sits at the center of most on-premises Windows environments, powering identity, authentication, authorization, and access control. Because AD effectively governs who can do what across the estate, it’s also one of the first places attackers try to gain a foothold. Active Directory auditing won’t replace good security hygiene, but it can give…

Enterprise-scale Active Directory management now involves Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and cloud workloads, making native tools insufficient and increasing operational risks. Organizations use advanced AD management platforms to boost efficiency, delegation, and auditing while maintaining security. This article reviews the five most widely used enterprise Active Directory management tools, highlighting how they improve efficiency…

For a brief moment, it looked like generic AI assistants might become the universal interface for work. Ask anything. Generate everything. Bolt intelligence onto every problem and figure out governance later. That moment is over. Enterprises haven’t rejected AI. They rejected ungovernable AI: systems that make decisions without accountability, touch sensitive data without clear boundaries,…

According to Microsoft’s latest Digital Defense Report, 97% of identity attacks are password spray attacks. This statistic shows that most attackers aren’t using sophisticated cracking techniques. Instead, they rely on a straightforward but effective approach: testing a handful of common or previously exposed passwords across many accounts. In 2026, the biggest password risks are not…

As organizations move from on-premises Active Directory to cloud management, many admins need to Import Group Policy Objects to Microsoft Intune, and GPOs often become the last big roadblock. Traditional Group Policy only applies to domain-joined Windows devices, while Microsoft Intune can manage Windows, macOS, iOS/iPadOS, and Android, making it the natural destination for modern…

On March 18, 2026, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an alert urging organizations to harden Microsoft Intune and other endpoint management systems after a cyberattack used legitimate management features, rather than malware, to cause widespread disruption. That should change how we classify Intune. When a single control plane can push code,…

Windows file sharing allows any Windows PC to host a file share, making files available to other computers on the same network. Better still, files located within the shared folder are not solely accessible to Windows devices. Apple devices running MacOS can also access the shared folder, as can Linux devices, so long as those…

Identity governance has rapidly evolved from a compliance checkbox into a cornerstone of modern Zero Trust security, especially as organizations adopt cloud-first architectures and AI-driven workflows. I recently sat down with Ramiro Calderon, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft; Jef Kazimer, Principal Product Manager on the Microsoft Security Entra Identity Platform; and Tee Earls, Product Area…

The Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) is an essential administrative tool that Windows admins can use to centrally configure and manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs). GPMC is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in used by administrators to centrally create, manage, and deploy GPOs in Active Directory. Accessing the Group Policy Management Console There are several…