Author: Harri Jaakkonen

Section 8 – Implement an Authentication and Access Management Solution – Manage user authentication

administer authentication methods (FIDO2 / Passwordless) implement an authentication solution based on Windows Hello for Business configure and deploy self-service password reset deploy and manage password protection configure smart lockout thresholds implement and manage tenant restrictions What is passwordless? Passwordless…

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Enablement of combined security information registration for Azure Active Directory, Beginning on 1st of October 2022

Microsoft release Combined security registration in April 2020 as optional and it was enabled by default for tenants created after 15th August 2020 but not for tenants in the China region. Why? Before combined registration, users registered authentication methods for…

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Section 7 – Implement an Authentication and Access Management Solution – Plan and implement Azure MFA

Time for section 7 in my SC-300 study guide. The topics for today are: plan Azure MFA deployment (excluding MFA Server) implement and manage Azure MFA settings manage MFA settings for users What is Multi-factor Authentication? Azure AD Multi-Factor Authentication…

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Section 6 – Implement an Identity Management Solution – Implement and manage hybrid identity – AADC health, sync errors

This is the last section inside Implement and manage hybrid identity and ending with: implement and manage Azure Active Directory Connect Health troubleshoot synchronization errors Azure AD Connect upgrade First Your should obtain the newest version of Azure AD connect….

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Announcing mentoring for the community!

Community raised me and like I promised I will be giving back to the community. And for this reason I will be giving my time for You all. I planned mentoring sessions that will last for 30 mins each and…

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Section 5 – Implement an Identity Management Solution – Implement and manage hybrid identity – PTA, SSO and ADFS

In this section I will cover: implement and manage Pass-Through Authentication (PTA) implement and manage seamless Single Sign-On (SSO) implement and manage Federation (excluding manual ADFS deployments) What is PTA? Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Pass-through Authentication allows your users…

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Section 4 – Implement an Identity Management Solution – Implement and manage hybrid identity – AADC, Cloud Sync and PHS

And to the next section from SC-300 study guide, now covering: implement and manage Azure Active Directory Connect (AADC) implement and manage Azure AD Connect cloud sync implement and manage Password Hash Synchronization (PHS) Implement and manage Azure Active Directory…

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Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) and Microsoft Graph

Just as a reminder to all who it concerns. Microsoft is deprecating ADAL and Azure AD Graph in June 2022. The notification all over the portals. Installing MS Graph modules Connecting to Graph with PowerShell First you need to connect…

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Section 3 – Implement an Identity Management Solution – Implement and manage external identities – Azure AD and IdP

And we reached section 3 on my Study guide, in this section I will cover the following: manage external collaboration settings in Azure Active Directory invite external users (individually or in bulk) manage external user accounts in Azure Active Directory…

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Azure GitHub Export and Visual studio code

GitHub policy-as-a-code Manage your policy definitions and assignments as code, control the lifecycle of modifying those definitions, and automate the validation of compliance results with an Azure Policy as Code workflow. GitHub is a great place to store policy definitions…

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