Azure Active Directory

Microsoft has confirmed a new issue that causes Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory (AAD) sign-in issues on ARM-based Windows devices. The problem happens after installing the June Patch Tuesday updates, and it affects Windows 11 21H2, Windows 10 21H2, Windows 10 21H1, and Windows 10 20H2. “After installing KB5014697 on a Windows Arm-based devices,…

Azure Conditional Access policies can be used with Azure Information Protection (AIP) to secure protected documents against unauthorized access. If you have already decided to use AIP as part of your Office 365 data protection strategy, adding a conditional access policy is a quick way to frustrate people who try to access documents when they shouldn’t.

Microsoft has released a hotfix today to address data logging issues in Azure Active Directory and several other cloud services. The company initially said that the bug impacted Azure AD customers in the US and Europe, but Microsoft later indicated in a status update that it was affecting users globally. According to the update on…

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.

Microsoft launched a new Azure Active Directory Verifiable Credentials (VC) solution in public preview last year. The company has now announced that it’s expanding this service to all Azure AD customers. Azure AD’s Verifiable Credentials solution is a decentralized identity scheme that lets organizations to create cryptographically secure digital attestations to an individual’s identity without…

Microsoft has announced some important changes regarding its Update Compliance service. The company says that Update Compliance will require the use of the cloud-based Azure AD service starting October 15, 2022. For those unfamiliar, Update Compliance is a Windows Analytics service hosted in Microsoft Azure. It enables IT Admins to monitor the deployment status of…

Last year, Microsoft unveiled its plans to create a fully-managed version of Grafana that runs natively on its Azure cloud platform. Now, the Redmond giant has announced that the new Azure Managed Grafana service is now available in public preview. Grafana is basically an open-source platform that enables organizations to visualize multiple types of reliability…

Microsoft has announced the public preview of dynamic administrative units with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The new feature lets organizations configure rules for adding or deleting users and devices in administrative units (AUs). Azure AD administrative units launched in public preview back in 2020. The feature lets enterprise admins logically divide Azure AD into…

Microsoft has released updated guidance to help enterprise customers protect domain controllers (DCs) against cyber attacks. The company urges IT admins to deploy Azure Active Directory (AAD) in their organizations to prevent security breaches. For those unfamiliar, a domain controller is a type of server that responds to security authentication requests from network endpoints (such…

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…