Month: June 2018

What’s New in Azure Active Directory for June 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 June 2018:   What’s Planned Security fix to the delegated authorization flow for apps … Continue reading "What’s New in Azure Active Directory for June 2018"

Configuring Account Lockout throughout a Hybrid Identity Environment

Denial of Service attacks on identity and access systems are common place. When you think you’re done when you’ve covered all the bases with account lock-out in your on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment, you’re wrong. Hybrid Identity requires more effort and Microsoft only made the tools you need generally available this month. … Continue reading "Configuring Account Lockout throughout a Hybrid Identity Environment"

Pictures of aOS Journée Aix-en-Provence

After having volunteered as a speaker for the aOS Community, I finally had the chance to present with them. Last Thursday, I was scheduled to present between 1:30PM and 2:15PM in Aix-en-Provence in the South of France. I started early in the KLM Lounge at Schiphol airport. Although KLM offers a selection of drinks, I … Continue reading "Pictures of aOS Journée Aix-en-Provence"

I’m co-presenting a Webinar on Picking the Right Backup and Restore Solution for your Active Directory Domain Services needs

Next week, on June 27th, I’m presenting a webinar with Darren Mar-Elia, titled ‘Picking the right type of solution for Active Directory Backup and Restore’. This free webinar, hosted by Semperis, aims to help you determine the right solution for your needs, whether its reverting changes, undeleting objects, restoring Domain Controllers after ransomware attacks, recovering … Continue reading "I’m co-presenting a Webinar on Picking the Right Backup and Restore Solution for your Active Directory Domain Services needs"

KnowledgeBase: High CPU Usage for Azure AD Connect Health Sync Monitor with .NET Framework 4.7.2 Installed

Today, there is an issue in a component of Azure AD Connect version 1.1.819.0, Microsoft free Hybrid Identity bridge product, that enables you to synchronize objects and their attributes between your on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environment(s) and Azure Active Directory. The Azure AD Connect Health Sync Monitor Service consumes lots of CPU. … Continue reading "KnowledgeBase: High CPU Usage for Azure AD Connect Health Sync Monitor with .NET Framework 4.7.2 Installed"

I’m speaking at Journée aOS Aix-en-Provence

Some opportunities are too much fun to pass up on. So, when the aOS Community asked me if I’d be willing to help them out by speaking at their Aix-en-Provence event, of course, I said “Yes”.     About aOS aOS Community (which stand for Azure, Office 365, SharePoint) is an international non-profit gathering of professionals … Continue reading "I’m speaking at Journée aOS Aix-en-Provence"

I’m speaking at Experts Live Netherlands 2018

Advertised as the biggest Microsoft IT Pro event in the Netherlands, Experts Live Netherlands will take place Tuesday June 19th, 2018 at Pathé Ede. As at previous Experts Live Netherlands editions, you’ll find several DirTeam bloggers presenting at this event. About Experts Live Experts Live is an independent platform for IT Professionals on Microsoft solutions. … Continue reading "I’m speaking at Experts Live Netherlands 2018"