During the virtual Microsoft Ignite 2020, the Exchange Product Group announced the general availability of plus address support in Exchange Online. This has been a long request feature; I blogged about this in 2014 and Microsoft already announced it during Microsoft Ignite 2019. But now it's here! Considering enabling Plus Addressing And if your re-read … Continue reading "Exchange Online finally has plus addressing!"
Month: September 2020
The Azure MFA SDK stops working today
Requiring multi-factor authentication for on-premises Microsoft resources has been a difficult challenge, ever since Microsoft acquired PhoneFactor in 2012 and slowly but steadily turned its technologies into Azure MFA. Today, we’re reaching the end of the line for one of the intermediate multi-factor authentication solutions: the Azure MFA SDK. About the Azure MFA SDK The … Continue reading "The Azure MFA SDK stops working today"
I’m speaking at the European SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure Conference (ESPC20)
I’m happy to announce that I am returning as a speaker for the European SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure Conference (ESPC) 2020 on October 14th – 15th, 2020. About ESPC20 The European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Conference (ESPC) is Europe’s leading online community, providing educational resources and encouraging collaboration. The European SharePoint, Office 365 … Continue reading "I’m speaking at the European SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure Conference (ESPC20)"
A Recap of Identity-related Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2020
Microsoft organized Ignite 2020 as a free digital event between Tuesday September 22nd and Thursday September 24th. Ignite is Microsoft’s yearly event for IT Professionals and developers. At Microsoft Ignite they connect with IT leaders from around the world. They hear from industry thought-leaders on the changing landscape of IT, they find new technology partners … Continue reading "A Recap of Identity-related Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2020"
Active Directory-related sessions at VMware VMworld 2020
VMware’s VMworld 2020 event kicks off in one week. For 2020, VMworld is organized differently to align with the new reality. Instead of multiple VMworld events, one virtual VMworld event is organized. This VMworld 2020 ‘Online Around the Globe’ event is held from September 29th to October 1st, 2020. The big advantage for you, is … Continue reading "Active Directory-related sessions at VMware VMworld 2020"
We’re presenting ‘Ignite Untold’, the Dutch Community live stream supporting Microsoft Ignite 2020
Next to offering answers to your questions in seven Ask the Experts sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2020, Raymond Comvalius, Barbara Forbes and I will also present the Dutch Community live stream for Microsoft Ignite 2020. About Microsoft Ignite Ignite is Microsoft’s yearly event for IT Professionals and developers. At Microsoft Ignite they connect with … Continue reading "We’re presenting ‘Ignite Untold’, the Dutch Community live stream supporting Microsoft Ignite 2020"
HOWTO: Attach a previously sync’ed Azure AD Tenant to a new AD Forest
This week, I was contacted by an organization who were in the process of starting anew with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). The old Active Directory forest was too … old, basically. It showed signs of problems around attribute integrity, schema extension bloat and delegation defaults from the 00’s. The challenge I assisted with, … Continue reading "HOWTO: Attach a previously sync’ed Azure AD Tenant to a new AD Forest"
TODO: Migrate off the ‘Skip multi-factor authentication for requests from federated users on my intranet’ settings
Trying to get rid of the PhoneFactor remnants in my Azure AD tenant, I’ve already shown hot to move from per-user MFA to Conditional Access, Move from MFA Trusted IPs to Conditional Access Named Locations and to move from the ‘Allow users to remember multi-factor authentication on devices they trust’ option to Conditional Access. Today … Continue reading "TODO: Migrate off the ‘Skip multi-factor authentication for requests from federated users on my intranet’ settings"
Identity-related sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2020
Microsoft’s Ignite 2020 event kicks off in one week. For 2020, Ignite is organized differently to align with the new reality. Microsoft has announced that they will organize virtual events only until July 2021. Instead of an in-person event in New Orleans, LA, a virtual Ignite event is organized from September 22nd to September 24th, … Continue reading "Identity-related sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2020"
I’m speaking at VMware VMworld 2020
I’m pleased to announce that I will be delivering a 1-hour break-out session with Deji Akomolafe, Staff Solutions Architect at VMware and Matt Liebowitz, Staff Architect at VMware, at VMware VMworld 2020 on September 29th – October 1st, 2020. About VMware VMworld VMworld is a global conference for virtualization and cloud computing, hosted by … Continue reading "I’m speaking at VMware VMworld 2020"