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

Test read rights for user-assigned managed identity on a Linux VM in Azure Gov

I recently came across an issue where a user-assigned managed identity on a VM was not able to read the properties of the resource group where the VM object it was assigned to resided. As our deployment relied on these permissions being set it would fail until the permissions were added. Normally, you could easily … Continue reading Test read rights for user-assigned managed identity on a Linux VM in Azure Gov