Azure Active Directory

AzureADPreview Module Gives Insight into Sign-in Data The Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) PowerShell module (now renamed the Azure Active Directory PowerShell for Graph module) comes in two versions. The general availability version is intended for production while the preview version (AzureADPreview) contains the cmdlets from the general availability version plus some…

Before you perform an AAD domain join, you should understand the difference between an AAD domain-joined device and one that is registered with AAD.

Many of you have been using Azure Active Directory Connect to manage your hybrid identities and synchronization of users from Active Directory to Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID). This modern technology is called Azure AD Connect cloud sync. In this article, I’ll walk you through the installation and basic configuration of Azure…

In this article, we’ll be comparing Microsoft’s Azure Directory Premium P1 and P2 plans to help you choose the best suite of identity products for your organization. We’ll help you understand the different features between the Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) Premium P1 and P2 plans, as well as the pricing tiers…

This article will detail the different versions of Microsoft’s Azure AD Connect (AADC) sync software that are going out of support this month (August 2022) and in March 2023. If you’re still using one of these soon-to-be-deprecated Azure AD (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) Connect versions, you’ll want to plan your upgrades/migrations to supported versions…

Microsoft has announced a public preview of Windows LAPS with Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID). The new long-awaited feature enables IT admins to rotate and backup passwords using Azure Active Directory. Windows Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) is a tool that enables IT admins to automatically manage and back up passwords for…

Microsoft has unveiled a couple of security improvements to Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID). The company has released a new access reviews feature in preview that lets organizations remove inactive user accounts that could potentially cause security risks. More specifically, IT administrators can now delete accounts from Azure AD that haven’t logged…

Microsoft has introduced a new Report Suspicious Activity feature in Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID). Suspicious activity reports provide detailed information about unusual sign-in attempts to help organizations detect and respond to potential security threats. According to Microsoft, the new feature enables users to report suspicious activities for unknown authentication requests. Users…

Microsoft has released time-based one-time passcode (TOTP) support for Azure Active Directory (recently renamed Microsoft Entra ID) customers. The new security feature allows end users to validate their identity with temporary one-time passcodes generated by an authenticator app. Time-based password (TOTP) is one of the most popular multi-factor authentication (MFA) methods. It’s a temporary numeric…

As an IT admin, preventing your users from using simple or known-hacked passwords has become critical for the overall security of your enterprise. An excellent step to take is to plan for and deploy Azure AD Password Protection. In this article, I’ll walk you through installing the Proxy service and DC agent in your on-premises…