Azure Active Directory

Microsoft has introduced a new feature that allows customers to configure an app instance property lock for Azure AD enterprise applications. The new capability helps organizations prevent attackers from making any changes to sensitive properties of multi-tenant application objects. OAuth is a security protocol that enables users to share information about their accounts with third-party…

Microsoft has started rolling out a new system-preferred authentication policy in preview for Azure AD customers. The feature enables the system to evaluate which authentication method should be used when a user signs in to Azure AD. With system-preferred authentication, Azure AD will check all authentication methods registered for an account and only show the…

Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to provide access to Windows 10 and Windows 11 desktops and applications virtually anywhere. It’s a solution hosted by Microsoft, which makes it secure by design, even though there is a lot of responsibility on the customer to ensure services are secure. In this article, I will…

Azure Active Directory makes running one of the most commonly used and useful directory services easy to do and with minimal maintenance and overhead

Microsoft has announced that it’s bringing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) support to its Azure Active Directory services. The company plans to roll out IPv6 support to all enterprise customers in a staggered manner on March 31. With this release, users will be able to access Azure Active Directory (AD) services through IPv6, IPv4, or…

Organizations adopting Microsoft’s cloud services need to keep their employees safe, especially when employees need to access these cloud services while being outside of the organization’s network. In this guide, we’ll explain how organizations can set up Conditional Access policies to restrict how their users can access Office 365 and other Microsoft services. What are…

When working in a Microsoft 365 environment, IT pros can use Conditional Access policies to control access to their tenant. In this article, we’ll detail how to create Conditional Access policies using PowerShell instead of the graphical user interface, and why using PowerShell to do that can help you save some time Conditional Access policies…

Microsoft has recently announced that Azure Active Directory authentication support is generally available for organizations using Windows Admin Center in the Azure management console. This feature is designed to make it easier for customers to manage their domain and non-domain joined server infrastructure. Last year, Microsoft announced that Windows Admin Center can now help IT…

Which passwordless authentication method should you use with Windows 10 and Microsoft 365?

Microsoft today announced the release of Azure AD Certificate-based authentication (CBA) on mobile devices. As of today, YubiKey is the only external device that provides CBA support on iOS and Android to protect organizations against phishing attacks. Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure AD certificate-based authentication (CBA) back in February for desktop users. It’s…