Active Directory

12th May 2021, ahead of RSA 2021, Microsoft announces improvements to its security products for better-protecting organizations in a post-pandemic world. The future of work is hybrid Hybrid work refers to a post-pandemic work pattern where employees spend more time working from home but some time working in the office. Employees will move between home…

SQL Server’s T-SQL query language has a plethora of data retrieval options. That includes the ability to query a SQL database, as well as providing a sum function, a count aggregate function, and grouping columns. The SQL GROUP BY clause can make use of all of these capabilities. In this article, I’ll show you how…

Microsoft has announced that Conditional Access for protected actions support is now generally available for Entra ID (Azure AD) customers. The new security feature enables IT admins to use Conditional Access policies to protect critical administrative operations. In Microsoft Entra ID (previously known as Azure AD), the Protected Actions feature provides additional protection by assigning…

Last month, Microsoft launched its new Bing Chat Enterprise service in preview for commercial customers. The company has announced on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center that the Bing Chat Enterprise service plan will be available for Microsoft 365 subscribers next month. Bing Chat Enterprise is an AI-powered chatbot that offers business-focused data privacy and governance…

PowerShell is a powerful scripting language for many reasons. One such reason is its support for conditional logic, which can help you supercharge your PowerShell scripts to make them even more efficient and effective. In this article, I’m going to teach you how to use If, Else, and Elseif conditional logic and explain how this…

Search for and remove inactive users and computer accounts and query Active Directory – all by using PowerShell. Find out how in this handy post!

Microsoft has announced the general availability of cross-tenant synchronization for Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) customers. The new feature allows IT admins to automate the creation of user accounts across tenants in their organization. Microsoft launched the public preview of cross-tenant synchronization for Azure AD back in January. Cross-tenant synchronization helps to…

In this guide, I’ll provide information on where to download Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) Connect V2 and walk you through the installation and configuration of it. Microsoft states that the most common topology is a single on-premises forest, with one or multiple domains, and a single Azure AD tenant. My guide will…

I recently spoke to Sean Deuby, who is Principal Technologist at Semperis and an Identity expert. Sean told me about the importance of protecting identities in the current landscape and how Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) is a critical component of the Zero Trust security model. The emergence of cloud computing and the shift…

Active Directory is an essential part of Windows Server. It allows IT pros to manage computer resources on the network. In this guide, we’ll show you how to install Active Directory Users and Computers and the basics of working with it so you can manage Active Directory. Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is built…