User names and passwords are the most common way of controlling access to applications. Nowadays we use more and more applications. These applications can be from on-premises or cloud. Unless there is a central identity...
Read MoreAs we know, passwords are no longer strong. In Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (2017), it says, 81% of hacking-related breaches used either stolen or weak passwords. Multi-factor authentication can provide an extra...
Read MoreIn order to manage Azure AD, we use Azure Active Directory option in https://portal.azure.com. By default, any user under Azure AD can access this option event they do not have a Directory role. In my demo setup, I have a user...
Read MoreI am sure every engineer knows how “Local Administrators” works in a device. If it’s a device in on-premise Active Directory environment, either domain admin or enterprise will need to add it to Administrators...
Read MoreIn this series of articles, it which will explain how to use PowerShell to manage your Azure Active Directory instance. In Part 01, I am going to show how to connect with Azure AD using PowerShell and show actions of some day to...
Read MoreAzure active directory is responsible for providing identity service for Microsoft online service’s needs. When I talk to people about azure AD one of most common problem they ask is what version I should buy? my existing...
Read MoreOrganizational unit in active directory is a container where you can place users, computers, groups and other organization units even. OU are helps to create logical structure of the AD. You can use it to assign group policies...
Read MoreIn active directory environment, LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is responsible for read and write data from AD. By default LDAP traffic transmitted un-secure. You can make this secured transmit based on SSL. In...
Read MoreAzure AD, Azure AD Domain Services, On-premises Active Directory, AD-sync ….. All these terms are now start to appear on most of now a days infrastructure projects. Based on the questions I get from the blog also...
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I am Dishan Francis. I’m a Cyber Security Consultant at Microsoft. I’m a dedicated and enthusiastic information technology expert who enjoys professional recognition and accreditation from several respected institutions. I am maintaining this blog for last 11 years. This includes more than 400 articles already. These are mainly about Microsoft Active Directory Service and Azure Active Directory Service. I also blog about different Azure services. If you need further help on subject matters, feel free to contact me on rebeladm@live.com. Also to get latest updates, follow me on twitter @rebeladm
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