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 April 2018: What’s New New federated apps available in Azure AD App gallery Service … Continue reading "What’s New in Azure Active Directory for April 2018"
Month: April 2018
I’m speaking at the 2018 Heliview IAM Congress
On May 17, 2018, Heliview Congresses and Training organizes an Identity and Access Management Congress. I’m delivering a 25-minute session on the password-less future, using Microsoft technologies. About Heliview Congresses and Training Heliview Congresses and Training Dutch offers managers and senior specialists a stage to share and consume knowledge in their field of expertise. … Continue reading "I’m speaking at the 2018 Heliview IAM Congress"
Pictures of WAZUG.nl Meetup 47
Yesterday, I presented on devices in the context of Azure Active Directory for the Dutch Azure User Group (WAZUG.nl) at Centric’s headquarters in Gouda, the Netherlands. After working hours, we gathered at the dinner buffet, consisting of Chinese food from Restaurant Hong Kong. Straight after I arrived, I hooked up my device and showed the … Continue reading "Pictures of WAZUG.nl Meetup 47"
Windows Server 2016's April 2018 Quality Update brings three Active Directory Domain Services fixes
Windows Server 2016’s April 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2214, offers three fixes for issues you might be experiencing on Windows Server 2016-based Active Directory Domain Controllers. About Windows Server 2016 Updates Microsoft issues two major updates each month for Windows Server 2016, as outlined in the Patching with Windows … Continue reading "Windows Server 2016's April 2018 Quality Update brings three Active Directory Domain Services fixes"
Azure AD Connect version 1.1.751.0 was released as a hotfix last week
Last week, Microsoft released Azure AD Connect version 1.1.751.0. This release of Microsoft’s free Hybrid Identity bridge product to synchronize objects and their attributes from on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environments to Azure Active Directory is a HotFix release. This means it is not offered to organization running Azure AD Connect using the … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect version 1.1.751.0 was released as a hotfix last week"
An update to our privacy posture
Over five years ago, we defined our privacy posture on this blog. Today, as many organizations are (finally) getting ready for the European Union (EU)’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), privacy is a hot topic. Today, I want to dive a bit deeper on what GDPR means to us at the DirTeam.com and ActiveDir.org Weblogs (dirteam.com). … Continue reading "An update to our privacy posture"
Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server 8.0.0.3 is here
When looking back, I realized we’ve been working with Microsoft’s on-premises Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Server version 7.3.0.3 for a year. This week, Microsoft released a new version of it’s on-premises authentication security product: version 8.0.0.3. What’s New Registration experience improvements on mobile Using MFA Server’s mobile portal, end-users may register the authenticator app … Continue reading "Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server 8.0.0.3 is here"
I’m speaking at WAZUG.nl 47
On Thursday evening April 19, 2018 I’ll deliver a 55-minute presentation for the Dutch Windows Azure User Group (WAZUG) on Azure Active Directory device management. About WAZUG.nl The Dutch Windows Azure User Group (WAZUG) was founded in 2010 by a group of enthusiasts to inform and inspire developers, architects and consultants for Microsoft’s cloud application … Continue reading "I’m speaking at WAZUG.nl 47"
Pictures of the 2018 Amsterdam Microsoft Tech Summit last week
Last Wednesday and Thursday, Microsoft organized a Tech Summit event in the Amsterdam RAI. I was invited as a booth expert and a speaker. As one of the last Tech Summit events in a long row of events, my experience with the organization for the Tech Summit was top notch. It started on Tuesday already. … Continue reading "Pictures of the 2018 Amsterdam Microsoft Tech Summit last week"
What’s New in Azure Active Directory for March 2018
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 March 2018: What’s New Twitter and GitHub identity providers in Azure AD B2C … Continue reading "What’s New in Azure Active Directory for March 2018"