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Microsoft’s annual IT Pro event is right around the corner. As Microsoft MVPs and MCTs, Raymond Comvalius and Sander Berkouwer are invited as speakers for this event. They’ll be co-hosting two Windows labs throughout the week.   About Microsoft Ignite Ignite is Microsoft’s yearly event for IT Professionals and developers. At Microsoft Ignite they connect […]

Last week, Veeam addressed several vulnerabilities in components of its Backup Enterprise Manager, that allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms and execute arbitrary code.   About Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager is a supplementary management and reporting application that allows admins to manage multiple Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) installations from a […]

Entra Connect Sync v2.3.2.0 includes functional and other changes.   What’s New Entra Connect Sync v2.3.2.0 offers functional and other changes.   Accessibility improvements Application scaling with Windows Accessibility font size setting has been added. Now, when admins make text bigger in the Ease of Access settings, Entra Connect Sync's windows and pop-ups now automatically […]

Microsoft Defender for Identity helps Active Directory admins defend against advanced persistent threats (APTs) targeting their Active Directory Domain Services infrastructures. It is a cloud-based service, where agents on Domain Controllers provide signals to Microsoft's Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to detect and report on attacks. Its dashboard allows Active Directory, AD FS, and Certification Authority […]

Entra ID, previously known as Azure AD 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 Entra ID and through the Microsoft 365 Message Center, Microsoft communicated the following planned, new and changed functionality for Entra ID for August 2023:   […]

I have worked together with ENow software to develop the Active Directory Security Playbook for 2023.   Based on my Cookbook recipes The Playbook includes five of the recipes from my Active Directory Administration Cookbook: Proven Solutions to Everyday Identity and Authentication Challenges for Both On-Premises and the Cloud. It also includes a sixth, brand […]

Two events, 4.600 miles and six time zones apart, and 18 hours to get from one to the other. It's not undoable, but when thunderstorms only allow the use of one runway for both arriving and departing flights at Miami International Airport (MIA), a fellow passenger decides to smoke in the toilet forcing the captain […]

I attended this year's VeeamON event in Miami last month, after being invited as a Veeam Vanguard to speak. I flew in on Miami International airport (MIA) via Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday with KLM and had an uneventful flight (which are the best flights), arriving at the FontaineBleau hotel around four PM. By that […]

This week, on its Patch Tuesday for March 2023, Microsoft released a patch that addresses a highly critical vulnerability (CVE-2023-23392) in the HTTP Protocol Stack.   About the vulnerability CVE-2023-23392 details a remote code execution vulnerability that can be used to attack AD FS servers over the internet. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted packet […]