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What Are the Different Windows Logon Types?

A logon is an event in Windows that shows a user account being granted some access to a workstation/server/computer. This article will explain the basics of Windows logon types, how authentication plays a role, and then describe the various types of logons built into Windows. As IT pros, we’ve all ‘logged onto computers’, servers, network...

Last Update: Jul 19, 2023

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Windows 11 2022 Update

Microsoft to Block SMB Guest Authentication By Default in Windows 11 Pro

Microsoft is planning to disable insecure SMB (Server Message Block) guest authentication fallbacks by default in Windows 11 Pro. The company has announced that this security improvement is already included in the Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25276 released this month According to Microsoft, the guest authentication method doesn’t provide support for inspection trails and…

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7 Ways to Authenticate Users and Devices in Windows 10

Last Update: Jun 01, 2022

In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll look at all the different ways Windows 10 users and devices can authenticate with Azure AD, Active Directory, Microsoft, and the local security manager.

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Windows Server 4 Hero Approved

Microsoft Releases Out-Of-Band Patches to Fix Windows AD Authentication Issues

Microsoft released new out-of-band (OOB) updates yesterday to address Active Directory (AD) authentication problems caused by the May 2022 Patch Tuesday updates. These emergency patches also include a fix for the bug that previously prevented the installation of apps from the Microsoft Store. The May 2022 security updates that shipped earlier this month included fixes…

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Windows Server 3 Hero Approved

CISA Warns Windows Admins Against Applying May Patch Tuesday Updates on Domain Controllers

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has temporarily removed the security flaw CVE-2022-26925 from its Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog. It has warned that IT admins should not install the May 2021 Patch Tuesday updates on Windows Servers used as domain controllers due to the risk of authentication failures. The security advisory comes amid…

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Windows Server 1 Hero Approved

Microsoft Confirms May 2022 Patch Tuesday Updates Cause AD Authentication Issues

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue that causes authentication failures on the server or client machines for some Windows services. The company has confirmed on the Windows Health Dashboard that it’s actively investigating the bug, and a permanent fix would be available in the upcoming release. The first bug reports started to surface earlier this…

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DevOps code

GitHub to Require All Code Contributors to Enable 2FA by Late 2023

Microsoft is planning to make some changes to the existing authentication policies on its GitHub platform. The company has announced that it will require all developers contributing code to the service to enroll in at least one form of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023. GitHub is a popular cloud-based service that allows…

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Cloud Computing

PSA: Microsoft Exchange Online to Drop Basic Authentication Support in October

Microsoft is getting ready to drop support for Basic Authentication in its Exchange Online e-mail service. The company is reminding customers that it will begin to permanently disable this feature for select protocols in its multi-tenant service worldwide starting October 1, 2022. Essentially, Basic Authentication means that an application provides a user name and password…

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Azure AD Login for Azure Linux VMs

Aidan Finn discusses what Azure Active Directory Authentication for Azure Linux virtual machines is, how to configure it, and how to login.

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Azure Active Directory Connect Makes Cloud Single Sign-On Easy

Russell Smith outlines two new features of Azure Active Directory Connect, Seamless Single Sign-On and Pass-Through Authentication.

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