Category: Identity

Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Migrating from AD FS to Password Hash Synchronization

This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. I started off this Azure AD Connect series by going through the express installation path, where the password hash synchronization (PHS) sign-in option is selected by default. This was followed by the custom installation path where I selected pass-through authentication (PTA) as a user … Continue reading Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Migrating from AD FS to Password Hash Synchronization →

Field Notes: The case of the stopped Azure AD Connect synchronization – stale Internet proxy server

This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. In this blog post, I cover a specific case where an export to Azure AD fails due to stale Internet proxy settings configured on the server running Azure AD Connect. I go through various tools, some of which we have covered in our previous … Continue reading Field Notes: The case of the stopped Azure AD Connect synchronization – stale Internet proxy server →

Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Attribute-based Filtering

This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. I recently covered using domain/OU and group filtering options that are available in Azure AD Connect to help control which objects are synchronized to Azure AD. I also took a closer look in group filtering, which is not recommended for use in production. Another … Continue reading Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Attribute-based Filtering →

Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Group Filtering Gotchas

This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. In the previous blog post, we looked at filtering options that can be used to control which objects are synchronized from on-premises directories to Azure AD - domain, OU and group filtering. I would like take a closer look at group filtering here, and … Continue reading Field Notes: Azure AD Connect – Group Filtering Gotchas →

Field Notes: Azure Active Directory Connect – Domain, OU and Group Filtering

This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. The recently published blog post covers a quick introduction to the troubleshooting task available in Azure AD Connect. This post goes through options that are available in Azure AD Connect to apply filtering on objects that should be synchronized. I provide links to all … Continue reading Field Notes: Azure Active Directory Connect – Domain, OU and Group Filtering →

Azure AD Best Practice: Using Azure AD Connect Standby for Redundancy and Failover

My big focus for Azure at Microsoft is in administration and identity. This includes a lot of heavy Azure AD work. I regularly help customers assess their Azure AD implementations and plans, which puts me in the unique position to hear about customer woes directly. One of the bigger pain points I hear from customers … Continue reading Azure AD Best Practice: Using Azure AD Connect Standby for Redundancy and Failover →

The new way to avoid exposing port 3389 in Azure – Bastion!

Microsoft has released the public preview for Azure Bastion, allowing an additional factor and separate subnet to be your protection from the hordes of hackers who scan the Internet every day looking for open port 3389 with easy passwords or vulnerable patch-level. And things are simpler for you as well - no more unnecessary PIP's … Continue reading The new way to avoid exposing port 3389 in Azure – Bastion! →

Field Notes: Azure Active Directory Connect – Troubleshooting Task Overview

This is a continuation of a series on Azure AD Connect. Previous parts have mostly been focusing on the installation and configuring different user sign-in options for Azure AD. Links to these are provided in the summary section below. Now that we have covered the common setup options for Azure AD Connect, I would like … Continue reading Field Notes: Azure Active Directory Connect – Troubleshooting Task Overview →

Step by step MIM PAM setup and evaluation Guide – Part 3

This is third part of the series. In the previous posts we have prepared test environment for PAM deployment, created and configured all needed service accounts, installed SQL Server and prepared PIM server for further installation. Now we have two forests – prod.contoso.com and priv.contoso.com. In PROD we have set up Certificate services, Exchange server, … Continue reading Step by step MIM PAM setup and evaluation Guide – Part 3 →