Category: Powershell

How many Conditional Access policies you can create?

Is there a reason for this article? There is always a reason to write on Conditional Access but for this specific topic, decided to write when I got results from a Poll I created out of the blue, asking the…

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SQL Server 2022 and Azure ARC with Azure subscription model

SQL 2022 has arrived and in this post I will try out the new setup that should have Azure ARC install embedded. Why to use Azure ARC with SQL 2022? One reason could be security, you will get these features…

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Cross-tenant User Data Migration is Now Generally Available!

Microsoft has announced that Cross-tenant user data migration is now generally available. What means User data and how the Identity will move between the organizations with the mailbox move? Read the announcement here. Let’s see what this solutions is about….

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PowerShell 7.2.7 and Could not load type ‘System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Cng’

The error is described in the title but what leads to this error? Generating the problem with Connect-AzureAD module When you have PowerShell 7.* installed and you want to install Azure AD module and connect to Azure AD, the install…

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Accessing Azure SQL with different methods

I decided to write about Azure SQL as inspired by an question from the community. The ask was “How to do I access Azure SQL with MFA enabled user, should I remove the MFA and create a normal user?” In…

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Microsoft Defender SmartScreen in Windows 11 22H2

Have you noticed that there is a really handy security feature that came to Windows 11 in version 22H2 But It’s not enabled by default and it also requires you to log into Windows with your password instead of Windows…

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How to use Azure Key Vault with managed identities and generating keys with auto-rotation

Data-planes First you have to understand the different URLs that you can use for different types of resources Resource type Key protection methods Data-plane endpoint base URL Vaults Software-protected and HSM-protected (with Premium SKU) https://{vault-name}.vault.azure.net Managed HSMs HSM-protected https://{hsm-name}.managedhsm.azure.net When…

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TOTP globally available for Azure AD B2C

I wrote before a post about B2C in general, how to use our own custom domain thru Azure Front door and how to use custom policies. I prefer that you read these out to get clearer picture of B2C functionality….

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2022 H1 Cumulative Updates for Exchange Server

What was released? With 2022 H1 there came some significant update to how You manage and license your Exchange-servers in a Hybrid setup. Exchange Management Tools Update You don’t anymore need Exchange Server for management purposes (Management Hybrid) you can…

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Old PowerShell modules vs Microsoft Graph SDK and MSAL vs ADAL

Two main thigs that I want to concentrate in this post are ADAL deprecation and Graph PowerShell but also little bit about tokens. Microsoft is deprecating ADAL and Azure AD Graph Just as a reminder to all who it concerns….

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