Identity GovernanceIdentity Protection & RiskMicrosoft Entra ID

Using access reviews to reduce privilege creep

March 1, 2026
Privilege creep is what happens when access accumulates faster than it is removed. A contractor is added to a “temporary” admin group. A developer gets an exception role “just for this sprint.” A helpdesk tech inherits access from a past incident. Months later, nobody remembers why those permissions still exist. In security terms, this is not a “bad admin” problem. It is a systems…
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Authentication MethodsMicrosoft Entra ID

How Entra handles token lifetimes

March 1, 2026
and why “expiry time” is the wrong mental model… If you’ve ever tried to “set Entra token lifetime to 8 hours” and walked away confused, you’re not alone. Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) absolutely issues tokens with expiry timestamps. But in real-world Entra, “how long a user stays signed in” is governed by a stack of mechanisms: OAuth token lifetimes, refresh token…
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External IdentitiesMicrosoft Entra ID

Integrating Entra with third-party apps

February 20, 2026
At 9:07 AM, your helpdesk phone lights up. “Users can’t log into the CRM anymore. It says something about SAML.” The CRM vendor insists nothing changed. Your network team swears the firewall is fine. Meanwhile, executives can’t access customer data. In most modern Windows environments, this failure sits at the intersection of Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), third-party SaaS apps…
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Identity GovernanceIdentity Protection & RiskMicrosoft Entra ID

Understanding Microsoft Entra Verified ID for real-world identity engineering

February 20, 2026
Picture a familiar Windows/AD problem, just wearing 2026 clothes. You hire a contractor in a different country. They need access to a handful of internal apps, maybe a helpdesk portal, maybe a privileged request workflow. You don’t want to create a full AD account yet. You don’t want a permanent Entra B2B guest either. HR wants “proof of employment” and “proof of training completion.”…
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Identity GovernanceMicrosoft Entra ID

Creating Automation Workflows Using Entra ID

February 20, 2026
Automation is the difference between an identity platform that scales and one that collapses under its own operational weight. In most environments, identity changes outpace everything else. Users join, move, leave. Devices enroll and retire. Applications appear, proliferate, and demand access. Compliance rules evolve. If each of these events requires a ticket and a human click path through the…
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AD OperationsFree AD ToolsManagement

AD LDS object management

February 19, 2026
For IT admins, managing Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) objects is a time-consuming and complex task. The AD LDS Object Management tool from ADManager Plus simplifies this task by letting you effortlessly manage AD LDS users and groups. Download and connect it to an LDS instance, and the AD LDS Object Management tool will do the rest! Launching the tool Run this in either…
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AD OperationsFree AD ToolsManagement

PST Migration Tool

February 19, 2026
Personal Storage Table (PST) is a Microsoft Outlook file format used for saving users’ mailbox data—such as emails, address books, calendars, notes, and tasks—on a local computer. PST files can help you archive mailboxes, back up critical data and restore it later, meet security requirements of compliance mandates, and migrate mailboxes from one Exchange server to another or…
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Free AD ToolsSecuritySecurity & Health

Weak Password Users Reporter

February 19, 2026
The ideal password is over 14 characters long, with a mixture of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters. But many users are allowed to use weak passwords based on the weak password policy. The IT admin’s job is to ensure that every user account in Active Directory is secured with a strong password. Unfortunately, the default domain password policy, which admins use to…
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AD OperationsFree AD ToolsManagement

Service Accounts Management Tool

February 19, 2026
Managed service accounts (MSAs) – introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 — are a godsend for Active Directory admins. An MSA can be assigned to a computer, and any Windows service running on that computer can be set to run as that MSA. Unlike service accounts, which require regular maintenance, the MSA password is set during creation and the password is then automatically updated by Active…
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Free AD ToolsHealthSecurity & Health

DNS Reporter Tool

February 19, 2026
DNS Reporter is a powerful tool designed to simplify and ensure the proper configuration of your DNS server, providing information related to your network’s DNS infrastructure. You can view the details of the available DNS records, their corresponding record types, IP addresses, and the servers’ service details simply by entering the Domain Name. How to use the DNS Reporter…
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