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 February 2018: What’s New Availability of sign-ins and audit reports in Azure in China … Continue reading "What’s New in Azure Active Directory for February 2018"
Month: February 2018
DirTeam at the Microsoft Global MVP Summit
Microsoft organizes the global Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Summit from March 4, 2018 to March 9, 2018 on its Redmond campus. All current MVPs are invited to join the product teams in an interactive exploration of the current products, technologies, roadmap and strategy. About Microsoft MVPs Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals )MVPs) are technology … Continue reading "DirTeam at the Microsoft Global MVP Summit"
Windows Server 2016’s February 2018 Quality Update comes highly recommended for AD FS Servers and Web Application Proxies
Windows Server 2016’s February 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2097, offers several fixes for Secure Token Servers (STSs) running Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Web Application Proxies. About Windows Server 2016 Updates Microsoft issues two major updates each month for Windows Server 2016, as outlined in the Patching … Continue reading "Windows Server 2016’s February 2018 Quality Update comes highly recommended for AD FS Servers and Web Application Proxies"
Windows Server 2016’s February 2018 Quality Update fixes empty Attribute value in EventID 5136 for Directory Services Changes
Windows Server 2016’s February 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2097, offers a fix you might be experiencing with empty values for Attribute in EventID 5136 for Directory Services Changes on Windows Server 2016-based Active Directory Domain Controllers. About Windows Server 2016 Updates Microsoft issues two major updates each month for … Continue reading "Windows Server 2016’s February 2018 Quality Update fixes empty Attribute value in EventID 5136 for Directory Services Changes"
Free community event in Maarssen (NL) this Thursday evening
What? A free community event in a first collaboration between Dutch and Belgian Exchange, Skype and Office 365 experts. There will be two sessions, but before and after sessions you are free to talk with any of them about Exchange, Skype for Business/Teams and Office 365. When? This Thursday evening starting at 18:00. Where? Maarssen … Continue reading "Free community event in Maarssen (NL) this Thursday evening"
In-place upgrading an Active Directory Domain Controller to Windows Server build 17093 might fail
Last week, Microsoft announced the latest Windows Server Insider Preview build, nicknamed Build 17093, referencing its 10.0.17093.1000 version number. This Windows Server version was released to Windows Server Insiders on February 13, 2018. About Windows Server Preview Build 17093 This build is a preview build of the next Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) release of Windows … Continue reading "In-place upgrading an Active Directory Domain Controller to Windows Server build 17093 might fail"
Hybrid Identity features per Active Directory Domain Services Domain Controller Operating System, Domain Functional Level, Forest Functional Level and Schema version
Most Microsoft-based Hybrid Identity implementations use Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Servers, Web Application Proxies and Azure AD Connect installations. These components have requirements of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in terms of the schema, the Windows Server versions on the Domain Controllers an organization runs, the Domain Functional Level (DFL) and the … Continue reading "Hybrid Identity features per Active Directory Domain Services Domain Controller Operating System, Domain Functional Level, Forest Functional Level and Schema version"
Configuring the Azure AD Connect Health Agent for AD FS on Server Core
When you get serious about security in Hybrid Identity implementations, you would opt to implement AD FS servers and Web Application Proxies as Server Core installations. However, this poses a slight problem with the Azure AD Connect Health Agent for AD FS, because at first glance, you can’t configure it on Server Core installations of … Continue reading "Configuring the Azure AD Connect Health Agent for AD FS on Server Core"
Pictures of NIC Future Edition
Last week, Crayon organized the 7th Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NIC), labeled the Future Edition. Raymond Comvalius and I presented two sessions. In this blogpost I share our pictures and most memorable moments. On Thursday February 2, Raymond and I were scheduled for the early flight from Amsterdam Schiphol airport to Oslo Gardermoen airport. It meant … Continue reading "Pictures of NIC Future Edition"