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Exploring Microsoft Identity Platform

June 11, 2024
Identity management is crucial for ensuring security, scalability, and seamless user experiences across various platforms and applications. Microsoft offers an identity platform designed to meet these needs. In this article, we will explore the Microsoft Identity Platform. Understanding the Microsoft Identity Platform The Microsoft Identity Platform is a comprehensive identity and access…
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What is Azure Key Vault?

June 11, 2024
In today’s digital landscape, keeping your information secure is a top priority. As organizations transition towards cloud-based solutions, ensuring the protection of secrets such as cryptographic keys, passwords, and certificates has become increasingly challenging. Azure Key Vault acts as a one-stop solution for secrets, key, and certificate management. Why You Should Use Azure Key…
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How to configure device compliance policies in Microsoft Intune

June 11, 2024
Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) offers a range of tools and services for unified security, management, and monitoring of end devices such as laptops, desktops, mobile phones, virtual machines, servers, and more. This endpoint management service operates both on-premises and in the cloud. It provides several advantages such as reduced costs, flexible experiences for employees, and streamlined…
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How to protect confidential data using Azure Information Protection

June 11, 2024
Organizations handle a vast amount of confidential data daily. Ensuring the security and privacy of this data is essential. Azure Information Protection (AIP), a cloud-based solution from Microsoft, empowers organizations to classify, protect documents and emails by applying labels, and control access to sensitive information across various platforms. What is Azure Information Protection? Azure…
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Simplify data classification using Azure Information Protection

June 11, 2024
Organizations across all industries handle sensitive information, making data protection a top priority. With the sheer volume of data created daily, manually labeling each item with an appropriate sensitivity label is impractical. Thankfully, Azure Information Protection (AIP) offers a solution with automatic data classification. This blog will guide you through setting up AIP automatic data…
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How to configure Azure AD Connect for non-routable domains

May 31, 2024
Azure AD Connect is a crucial tool for synchronizing on-premises directories with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). When dealing with non-routable domain names, such as those used in private network environments, additional configuration steps are necessary to ensure successful synchronization. This guide outlines the process of configuring Azure AD Connect to support non-routable domain…
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How to verify DC functionality as a Global Catalog server?

May 31, 2024
Before verifying if a Domain Controller (DC) is a Global Catalog (GC) server, it’s essential to grasp these concepts: What is a Domain Controller ? A Domain Controller is a server in a Microsoft Active Directory environment that authenticates and enforces security policies for users and computers. What is a Global Catalog server ? A Global Catalog server is a DC that contains a…
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Understanding Tombstone Objects in Active Directory

April 27, 2024
The tombstone object: What is it? Imagine accidentally deleting a user account in active directory. A tombstone object steps in, holding significant information like the deleted object’s unique identifier and security details. An object that is deleted from active directory is not eliminated from the database; rather, AD creates an object that is simpler and is referred to as a…
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Before migrating to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) 2022

October 31, 2023
In today’s dynamic IT landscape, the need for organizations to be agile and adaptable is more pronounced than ever. Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) stands as the cornerstone of organizational identity. While the allure of designing a brand-new AD infrastructure can be strong, especially with the ever-evolving features and security enhancements, the reality for most organizations is…
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Azure AD Pass-through - On-premises authentication in the cloud

July 28, 2023
Introduction In today’s business landscape, organizations are increasingly adopting cloud-based solutions to streamline operations and boost productivity. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), a robust cloud-based identity and access management solution by Microsoft, offers various authentication methods. One of these methods is Azure AD Pass-through Authentication, which enables seamless…
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