Azure AD Cross-Tenant Access with B2B Direct Connect

This is my take on the Azure AD Cross-Tenant access settings. This was something I was hoping to configure a while back. However the capabilities weren't available at that time, but the need for some kind of a trust relationship between two Azure AD tenants was bubbling up. Gone of days organizations set up trust … Continue reading Azure AD Cross-Tenant Access with B2B Direct Connect

Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Deep Dive

Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is the frontline defense against all threats. Did I put that right? It truly is the frontline protector in the Windows computer and the Edge browser on any OS platform. I've been dealing with a lot of SmartScreen configuration tasks, and troubleshooting scenarios when working with customers and I wanted to write … Continue reading Microsoft Defender SmartScreen Deep Dive

How to Plan for a Windows 365 Cloud PC Deployment?

In my 1st blog post related to Windows 365, I discussed how to get started with the product. This is post #2 of the series and in this, I want to discuss what to think when planning for your Windows 365 deployment and especially how to set up RBAC. Before jumping into the technical side … Continue reading How to Plan for a Windows 365 Cloud PC Deployment?

Microsoft Entra Identity Governance – Connecting the Dots

Been working on this blog post for a while as this talks about an important service in Azure AD. In a standard organization environment, how many resources will a user access from the point where they have Onboard to the day that they are offboarded from all the systems? Are you able to keep a … Continue reading Microsoft Entra Identity Governance – Connecting the Dots

How to Get Started with Windows 365?

Windows 365/ Cloud PCs have got very popular very soon and also came a long way in a very short period of time. I wanted to write a blog about Windows 365 and its capabilities for a while now mainly because the reason it being how closely connected Microsoft Intune and Azure AD. This is … Continue reading How to Get Started with Windows 365?

My First Speaking Session and the First Microsoft EM+S Community Live Event

So last week I finally did my very 1st speaking session. This is the very 1st community event held by the Discord Group Microsoft EM+S Community. Microsoft EM+S Community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxr61C4g7iQ Shout out to the other speakers as they've all done a great job in presenting their sessions as well as continuously sharing their knowledge on … Continue reading My First Speaking Session and the First Microsoft EM+S Community Live Event

How to Configure Azure AD Connect Sync and Cloud Sync Tools to Prevent Accidental Object Deletions

This blog post is a combination of old and new features of Azure AD Connect Sync and Azure AD Cloud Sync tools. AAD Connect Sync feature was there already and what's new is the Sync Client's feature of preventing accidental deletion. There can be many reasons for this kind of mishap to take place Intentional … Continue reading How to Configure Azure AD Connect Sync and Cloud Sync Tools to Prevent Accidental Object Deletions

Enrolling Linux Devices and Setting Compiance Policies in Intune

My morning coffee hit me in a very different way this morning. I've been sitting on the whole Linux enrollment feature introduced a few weeks ago and this morning I thought I need to do it. This is an early look at the Linux Enrollment and what Compliance Policies are available from Intune. What I … Continue reading Enrolling Linux Devices and Setting Compiance Policies in Intune

Intune to Configure and Lock DFCI for Autopilot Devices

How handy it will be to manage the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) settings of the enrolled devices? That's exactly what I'm going to explore in this article. What I will be covering 👇🏾 What is DFCI? (Device Firmware Configuration Interface)Use CasesDFCI LifecycleRequirements and OEM Vendor SupportOEM Vendor SupportIntune to Manage DFCI?Intune Device Configueration ProfileWrapping … Continue reading Intune to Configure and Lock DFCI for Autopilot Devices

Latest Microsoft Authenticator App/ MFA Improvements

Exciting new improvements in the Microsoft Authenticator front. This is a step towards phishing attacks that can lead to accidental MFA approvals. We all know about MFA fatigue by now and how much damage a bad actor can make when an account holder makes one wrong move. This will trend will not stop, but this … Continue reading Latest Microsoft Authenticator App/ MFA Improvements

The Calm After the Storm. Microsoft Ignite 2022 All Endpoint Management and Identity and Access Announcements

Microsoft Ignite 2022 just finished and it was a blast! So many new product updates and announcements. It was truly exciting to see all the Ignite related news. Because obviously it was a lot and probably the LinkedIn feeds are flooded with the updates and reposts and what not, I thought to give it a … Continue reading The Calm After the Storm. Microsoft Ignite 2022 All Endpoint Management and Identity and Access Announcements

Get Started with Microsoft Graph Intune PowerShell Module for Endpoint Manager Tasks

This is my very first blog post after being awarded as a Microsoft MVP and during the past few days it was all about processing this new avenue that just opened up in my life and was mentally getting ready for it. I will be writing a separate article about that later. But for now, … Continue reading Get Started with Microsoft Graph Intune PowerShell Module for Endpoint Manager Tasks

Configure “Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen” in Windows 11 22H2 via Endpoint Manager

Windows 11 22H2 update brought a lot of good stuff and as a tech enthusiast I really appreciate what Microsoft is doing to ensure the end user devices are protected. Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft defender SmartScreen is one of them. While the features are available to the standard Windows Home user, I tested these … Continue reading Configure “Enhanced Phishing Protection in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen” in Windows 11 22H2 via Endpoint Manager

How to Use Endpoint Manager Import ADMX Function to Map Shared Drives

Earlier this year I wrote the same but more of a manual method to map drives using Endpoint Manager OMA-URI function and by ingesting the ADMX files in raw form to configure the drives. https://shehanperera.com/2022/04/01/network_shares_with_mem/ After Microsoft announced the Preview of the Import ADMX function, I was thrilled as I wanted to test out a … Continue reading How to Use Endpoint Manager Import ADMX Function to Map Shared Drives

Azure AD Device Registration – Part 1 – How to Fix the Pending Registration State Issue?

Firstly I must say, during your cloud journey you may have seen this error many times and fixed this many times. Also there can be engineers who are yet to see this error (among other errors) and want to fix this. In a Hybrid AAD Joined (HAADJ) environment, ideally what you want the device registration … Continue reading Azure AD Device Registration – Part 1 – How to Fix the Pending Registration State Issue?

Device Control Polices with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Endpoint Manager

Device Control is one of the core components of any Device Management solution. This identifies what devices the user can install in their system or plug and play. While there are devices that need to be installed on user computers such as printers, specific computer peripherals, and USB keys, you don't want to allow the … Continue reading Device Control Polices with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Endpoint Manager

[Product Feature] Passwordless Authentication with FEITIAN BioPass FIDO2 Security Key K49

FEITIAN Technologies recently reached me out via LinkedIn to request if I can review one of their latest Passwordless key products - K49. This is not a paid review and only contains my independent opinion as a technologist as well as an avid Identity and Access Management enthusiast. I'm always a big fan of going … Continue reading [Product Feature] Passwordless Authentication with FEITIAN BioPass FIDO2 Security Key K49

A Closer Look At The Azure AD Joined Device Local Administrator Role And Endpoint Manager Account Protection Policy

Local Admin is a must needed account/ access that requires in a domain setup for so many reasons. Over the years Microsoft brought many options to manage these accounts in a secure manner. Restricted groups/ LAPS etc. With Azure AD and Endpoint Manager in the scene, many devices are moved to cloud managed rather than … Continue reading A Closer Look At The Azure AD Joined Device Local Administrator Role And Endpoint Manager Account Protection Policy

An Attempt to Configure Defender for Endpoint and Endpoint Manager With the Same Device Tag

Most often the device tagging requirements are simple or you do have a set of tags for the devices that are enrolled in Intune and a set of tags for the devices onboarded in Defender for Endpoint. However there can be situations where you need both services to have the same device tagging setup. This … Continue reading An Attempt to Configure Defender for Endpoint and Endpoint Manager With the Same Device Tag

Get Notified When You Have Group Based License Assignment Issues

I'm considered as a citizen developer and I know the ways to get some automation happening when it needed the most. This is one of them. This has been in my head for a while and I've seen this happening many times. SO thought to do some findings, playing around with the tools to come … Continue reading Get Notified When You Have Group Based License Assignment Issues