What is Microsoft Azure?
The Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform allows businesses to deploy, manage, and build applications and services with a wide range of services that can be accessed from anywhere you have an internet connection. It is a public cloud platform that offers businesses a scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure for hosting their applications and data. With…
An Exchange server is Microsoft’s on-premises mail and calendar offering that allows organizations to streamline effective communication amongst employees. You will be required to remove Exchange Server Mailbox for the below reasons:
When an organization is updating their existing Exchange server with a new oneWhen the Exchange server is migrated from on-premises/hybrid to cloud…
Despite the proliferation of cloud architecture, organizations cannot entirely shift from their existing on-premise environments due to the presence of important legacy solutions that do not support the migration. Besides, certain sensitive data and applications can only be locally hosted to avoid security and compliance issues.
In such cases that involve a hybrid infrastructure, it can be…
How to set up self-service group management in Azure AD
February 10, 2023
Self-service group management is a feature of Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) that allows users to create and manage groups within your organization’s directory. This can be a useful way to delegate group management tasks and reduce the workload of your IT team. In this article, we’ll take a look at how to set up self-service group management in Azure AD.
Step 1: Enable…
How to use Azure AD groups to manage role assignments
February 10, 2023
Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management service that helps organizations manage user access to on-premises and cloud resources. One of the key features of Azure AD is the ability to create and manage groups, which can be used to assign roles and permissions to users within your organization.
In this article, we’ll take a look at how to use Azure…
How groups work in Azure AD
February 10, 2023
The straightforward way to provide users with resources is directly assigning the relevant resources to a user, but doing this for hundreds and thousands of users can be quite taxing. This is where the concept of Groups enters the fray in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).
Groups are a way of assigning resources to users, only this time, users are added to a group and the group is allotted with…
How access management works in Azure AD
February 8, 2023
The process of authenticating, authorising, and auditing access to IT systems, applications and services is known as access management. Access management is usually coupled with identity management resulting in identity and access management (IAM).Via rigid and strong control over access from on-premises to cloud-based services and infrastructure, access management aids with enhancing security and…
How to change the IP address of a domain controller
January 19, 2023
The domain controller (DC) is an integral part of your IT infrastructure. Due to its role within the domain, it’s crucial that any change to its IP is done correctly.
The DC’s address is statically assigned to the server. However, you might be required to change the DC’s IP address at times—when there’s a change of the IP addressing scheme on the local subnet, for…
Active Directory LDAP Field - Attribute Mappings
January 19, 2023
While accessing Active Directory users and computers (ADUC), it can be observed that Microsoft has used user-friendly names for the input fields. These fields are mapped to the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) attributes. You can access the hidden tab within the ADUC which will list all the attributes and their respective values.
The reason for understanding and learning about these…
Desktop shortcuts using AD Group Policy: The complete guide
January 19, 2023
Active Directory (AD) Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are used to centrally manage user account settings, system configurations, and access to network resources. Here are some of the important benefits of using GPOs to configure shortcuts on user desktops:
Deploy shortcuts to apps, links, file objects, and shell objects.Target specific user systems based on IP address range, MAC address range…
