Azure AD

Microsoft has introduced a new feature into public preview to allow Office 365 tenants to manage license allocations to users via membership of security or Office 365 Groups. It is not a full-blown license management system by any means, but it will help small to medium companies get more from their Office 365 licenses.

Ignite is two weeks gone, but there’s still lots of work to reveal all the sessions that I missed. The OneDrive roadmap was one such session, and it included some interesting figures for OneDrive usage. The Grand Exchange on-premises or cloud debate is also online and I also listened to how the dedicated team at Microsoft has lovingly assembled a profanity list for you to use. Finally, some reflections on transforming distribution groups to Office 365 Groups and what this means for mail contacts.

Find out more about the recent launch of a preview Azure AD administration experience in the Azure Portal.

Aidan Finn shows you how to delegate administrative access of an Azure subscription to users in an external Azure Active Directory (AD) Domain.

Microsoft recently announced that Azure RemoteApp can be used with Azure AD Domain Services (still in preview) for domain authentication, without running domain controllers as virtual machines in Azure.

Microsoft has announced the release of Enterprise State Roaming for Windows 10 business customers and we dive into what this feature offers.

There’s lots of talk about cloud and what it can do for your business. But with so many offerings, even from one vendor such as Microsoft, it can be confusing to determine what’s the best way forward.

Aidan Finn shares his thoughts on what he believes to be essential learning for IT pros in 2016 in the Microsoft ecosystem.

Learn how to delegate admin rights in Azure with some helpful tips on how to implement role-based access control (RBAC).

What is Azure Active Directory, and what are the features? Here’s a feature comparison for the free, basic, and premium editions of Active Directory in the cloud.