Azure Active Directory is Microsoft’s Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its Release Notes for Azure Active Directory, Microsoft communicated the following new functionality for Azure Active Directory for January 2018: What’s New New Federated Apps available in Azure AD App gallery … Continue reading "What's New in Azure Active Directory for January 2018"
Month: January 2018
Configuring Geo-Redundancy for AD FS on-premises with Azure Traffic Manager
Last week, I showed you how to perform a simple Hybrid Identity implementation with AD FS on-premises. While this scenario is easy and fast to deploy, it also has a couple of downsides. One of them is the risk of ‘AD FS Unavailability’ and the inability to authenticate to cloud resources when the on-premises environment … Continue reading "Configuring Geo-Redundancy for AD FS on-premises with Azure Traffic Manager"
Windows Server 2016’s January 2018 Quality Update fixes several AD FS issues
Windows Server 2016’s January 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2034, offers several fixes for Secure Token Servers (STSs) running Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS). About Windows Server 2016 Updates Microsoft issues two major updates each month for Windows Server 2016, as outlined in the Patching with Windows Server 2016 … Continue reading "Windows Server 2016’s January 2018 Quality Update fixes several AD FS issues"
Windows Server 2016’s January 2018 Quality Update fixes several AD CS issues
Windows Server 2016’s January 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2034, offers several fixes for Certification Authorities (CAs) running Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS). About Windows Server 2016 Updates Microsoft issues two major updates each month for Windows Server 2016, as outlined in the Patching with Windows Server 2016 blogpost. … Continue reading "Windows Server 2016’s January 2018 Quality Update fixes several AD CS issues"
Performing a simple Hybrid Identity implementation with AD FS on-premises
In this blogpost, I’ll explain how to install and configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Azure AD Connect to achieve Hybrid Identity with Azure Active Directory, based on Windows Server 2016. The implementation outlined in this blogpost is relevant for one on-premises datacenter and an Active Directory Domain Services environment, consisting of one … Continue reading "Performing a simple Hybrid Identity implementation with AD FS on-premises"
I’m speaking at NIC Future Edition
For its seventh edition, the theme for the annual Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NICConf) is Future Edition. Raymond Comvalius and I are delivering sessions again. It’s our fourth edition of this fantastic event and we’re looking forward to it! About the Nordic Infrastructure Conference The Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NICConf) provides IT and business professionals with … Continue reading "I’m speaking at NIC Future Edition"
Starting with Terraform, Windows and Azure Part 2
Installation In the previous post I explained how to setup the Windows environmental variable PATH so you can run the terraform executable from any path. In this post I will explain how I set up my favorite text file editor. In the last year or so I came to fall in love with Microsoft Visual … Continue reading "Starting with Terraform, Windows and Azure Part 2"
Office 365 to enforce TLS 1.2 per October 15, 2020
Update 21 July 2020 Microsoft has set a new date for the deprecation of TLS1.0 and 1.1, after a previous postponement due to the pandemic. You can find it in the Microsoft 365 Message Center message MC218794, which also references this Docs article. From October 15, 2020 onward, Microsoft will gradually enforce TLS1.2 on Office … Continue reading "Office 365 to enforce TLS 1.2 per October 15, 2020"
Installing Multi-Factor Authentication Server with the new Portal Experience
Per this week, Azure Active Directory is no longer available in the ‘Old’ Portal experience. Previously, I’ve shared with you how to download, install and configure Microsoft’s on-premises Multi-Factor Authentication Server, while using the old Portal Experience. Now, let me show you how to download, install and configure it with the ‘New’ Portal. In this … Continue reading "Installing Multi-Factor Authentication Server with the new Portal Experience"
Starting with Terraform, Windows and Azure Part 1
This is a series of blog posts going in to the setup of Terraform and building your first Azure deployment. First we are going to the local installation. Terraform is able to run on a variety of operating systems: MacOS FreeBSD Linux OpenBSD Solaris Windows Since this blog Is mostly about Microsoft, Windows and Azure … Continue reading "Starting with Terraform, Windows and Azure Part 1"