Active Directory

Microsoft has detailed its latest efforts to tackle cyber attacks targetting organizations in Ukraine. The Redmond giant revealed that it had successfully disrupted a series of high-profile attacks by a Russian state-sponsored hacking group dubbed “Strontium.” Strontium is one of the most popular APT groups worldwide that works closely with the Russian military intelligence agency…

Okta, an enterprise identity and access management company, has published an extensive update about the recent cyberattack by the LapsuS$ hacking group. The company confirmed that around 2.5 percent of its customers were affected by this security incident. The investigations revealed that the threat actors managed to gain access to the laptop of a third-party…

How can I transfer some or all of the FSMO Roles from one DC to another?Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory domains utilize a Single Operation Master method called FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation), as described in Understanding FSMO Roles in Active Directory. In most cases an administrator can keep the FSMO role holders (all 5 of…

Microsoft has launched a new multi-stage access reviews feature for Azure AD customers. The new capability is currently available in public preview, and it enables organizations to configure access reviews in sequential stages for resource owners and auditors. Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory access reviews feature allows organizations to set up policies to review users’ access…

Microsoft has published its monthly roundup of all the new features and capabilities added to the Microsoft 365 subscription service. This month, the Redmond giant has highlighted several improvements made to the Windows 365 Cloud PC service, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, more. Here is a look at everything you need to know.  Windows 365 Cloud PC…

Microsoft has announced some important updates for Azure Active Directory customers. The company says that the new Azure Active Directory certificate-based authentication (Azure AD CBA) service is now available in public preview for all commercial and US Government cloud customers. Previously, Azure Active Directory customers had to implement a federated certificate-based authentication mechanism. However, some…

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) updates for several Windows Server configurations to fix an Active Directory issue related to Microsoft .NET Framework. The company explained on the Windows health dashboard that the bug surfaced following the release of January 2022 Patch Tuesday updates (via Bleeping Computer).  “After installing updates released January 11, 2022 or later,…

Looking to install Active Directory in Windows Server 2019? Here’s how to accomplish that task with PowerShell.

It was more than a year ago that Microsoft announced its intentions to bring Teams functionality to the consumer. Starting today, several features are now generally available as the company hopes to persuade you to ditch whatever it is you are using today, for Teams. By enabling ‘personal’ features in Teams, Microsoft’s goal is to make…

A few years ago, Blockchain was going to change the world with its distributed database and ledger technology. At the time, cryptocurrencies were taking off and every cloud giant found themselves chasing the technology and trying to shove it into every conversation as well. But the reality is that Blockchain is not a good database…