Preparing workstations for the Cloud Journey with Hybrid Azure AD Join

In almost all the cases, the organization is not in a position to get away from the local domain as its tightly connected with other services that are running on-premises and maintaining the on-premises identity is vital. Further, you have the on-premises domain and the workstations are joined to it, GPOs being pushed across and … Continue reading Preparing workstations for the Cloud Journey with Hybrid Azure AD Join

Blocking Basic Auth – Personal Thoughts

Sometime a go I wrote on How to Disable Basic auth to make way to Modern Authentication. The procedure is manageable and with a bit of effort, you can achieve it with less or no noise in your Organization. Either you block Basic Auth via an Azure AD Conditional Access policy or creating an EXO … Continue reading Blocking Basic Auth – Personal Thoughts

Block Sign-in from Shared Mailboxes

I Found something very interesting in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center related to Shared Mailboxes recently and was inquisitive to check more on that. No explanations required for Shared Mailboxes and how it operates and the limitations. As long as a licensed user has got the delegation rights, that said user can open the mailbox … Continue reading Block Sign-in from Shared Mailboxes

Azure AD Connect Cloud Provisioning. The new feature that may come in handy!

Microsoft have finally answered the prayers of the IT admins! Long story short, gone of the days where the IT admins had to make sure 2 AD forests can see each other and the ports are opened, before it adds to the Azure AD Sync tool as another directory, so the users from that directory … Continue reading Azure AD Connect Cloud Provisioning. The new feature that may come in handy!

Microsoft is retiring Basic Authentication, because Modern Authentication is here to stay!

Microsoft have announced that they will retire the Basic Authentication method from Office 365 Exchange Online and make Modern Authentication method the standard way of authenticating going forward.There are continues updates in the M365 Admin Center messages and what admins need to do to prepare for the change. Companies now have to prepare for the … Continue reading Microsoft is retiring Basic Authentication, because Modern Authentication is here to stay!