Last year, at TechDays Netherlands 2015, I participated in Compu’Train’s ‘Battle for TechEd’. As you might recall, I won the battle and earned the title ‘Best Dutch IT Pro’. This year, Ises Computrain organized a similar competition: The LLPA Battle for Ignite. About the LLPA Battle for Ignite Ises Computrain is part of the … Continue reading "Best Dutch IT Pro, for the 2nd time"
Month: June 2015
Nine Years of blogging, sharing and informing
Exactly nine years ago, on June 23, 2006, I posted the first blog post here. Today, 638 posts later, I’m still enjoying blogging, sharing and informing you on Microsoft products, technologies, features and news. This year, It’ll be an interesting year with many new Microsoft technologies in major releases of Windows and Windows Server. My … Continue reading "Nine Years of blogging, sharing and informing"
Choosing the right Azure MFA authentication methods
A couple of weeks ago, I took interest in Azure Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and wrote a series on 4Sysops, detailing the Azure MFA Service and the on-premises Multi-Factor Authentication Server: Azure Multi-Factor Authentication – Part 1: Introduction Azure Multi-Factor Authentication – Part 2: Components Azure Multi-Factor Authentication – Part 3: Configuring Azure Multi-Factor Authentication – … Continue reading "Choosing the right Azure MFA authentication methods"
Pictures of ITPROceed 2015
Yesterday, I presented a session on ITPROceed 2015, the event that was known as the Belgian Community Day and has been renamed to ITPROceed last year. This year, I was invited as a speaker to present a 50-minute session on Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) on Belgium’s largest IT Community event. Today, as I’m … Continue reading "Pictures of ITPROceed 2015"
Vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services could allow elevation of privilege (Important, CVE-2015-1757, MS15-062)
Today, Microsoft released update 3062577 as part of its June 2015 Patch Tuesday to address a cross-site scripting vulnerability that affects Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 and Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.1 installations. Note: This means Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 are affected, but Windows … Continue reading "Vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services could allow elevation of privilege (Important, CVE-2015-1757, MS15-062)"
Checking security protocols and ciphers on your Exchange servers
Microsoft states that Exchange 2010 and 2013 are secure out of the box. With this they mean that every traffic coming in and out of Exchange is one way or another encrypted with security protocols. Whether this is web traffic or specific for SMTP. Even IMAP and POP are enabled with mandatory encryption (although the … Continue reading "Checking security protocols and ciphers on your Exchange servers"
Knowledgebase: How to check if your Azure Active Directory Tenant has a DirSync or AADSync installation syncing to it
Today, I ran into an issue, where the people I was talking to couldn’t tell me if their Azure Active Directory tenant had one or more Directory Synchronization Tool (DirSync) or Azure Active Directory Sync Tool (AADSync) installations associated with it. Additionally, these people showed me an Azure Active Directory Sync Tool (AADSync) installation, but … Continue reading "Knowledgebase: How to check if your Azure Active Directory Tenant has a DirSync or AADSync installation syncing to it"
Exporting from the IdFix Eror Remediation Tool like a pro
This week, I was working with a customer to onboard Azure Active Directory for Office 365. Since this is a rather large customer, I opted to use the IdFix DirSync Error Remediation Tool to scan for possible problems way ahead of time. About IdFix The Office 365 IdFix Error Remediation Tool identifies errors such … Continue reading "Exporting from the IdFix Eror Remediation Tool like a pro"