Category: Azure

Using Azure File Shares with On-Prem ADDS Authentication and S2S VPN Tunnel

Nowadays, Azure Files supports identity based authentication over SMB through two kind of Domain Services. You can either use Azure Active Directory Domain Services (AADDS) or the old On-Prem Active Directory Domain Services that most of the environments already have….

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Azure Cognitive Services – Speech

Hi all, Last week I was doing something really different (not new because I already knew a little bit of Java and .net) I guess that my mind set is going like Microsoft future plans for certifications. Half hardcore architect…

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Connect to Cloud with or without MFA and replace user licenses with menu.

Made a powershell script to replace or add user licenses based on the same csv that were used for Exchange Hybrid migration. First You need a csv to be like this, but probably You have it if You did a…

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Azure Dynamic Groups and how to use Extended attribute.

I wondered how to automagically add users to an Azure AD group with after their mailboxes have been migrated to the Cloud thru an Exchange Hybrid (Classic or Modern) And I figured out this one. Users get always populated with…

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SQL Server Backup from inside Azure VM

You can backup SQL Server databases and instances running inside Azure VM using Azure Backup. The solution leverages the SQL native APIs to take backup of your SQL databases. When you specify the SQL Server VM that you want to…

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Top 10 actions to secure your environment

Hi, Microsoft has a blog series about securing our environment. The first one came in December 2018. For now there is 8 parts released, hopefully part 9 is coming soon. When almost all functions are out in the open these…

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Office 365 Group and alias email-address.

If You want to archive this You have to use Powershell. Connect to Exchange Online Powershell and use the command below:

Happy Powershelling,

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Getting started with Windows Autopilot

Here is a small guide, on how to get started with Windows Autopilot. First thing that you need to make sure, is that you have the following prerequisites: Devices must be registered to the organization Devices have to be pre-installed…

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Get a Msolusers with License details to seperate CSV-files.

Hi again, Today I found a script export users and licenses to csv-file. This one worked out nicely 🙂 http://sikkepitje.blogspot.fi/2016/10/get-msoluserlicense.html

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Script that assigns Office 365 licenses based on Group membership.

Hi, Again Johan the author at 365lab.net wrote a nice script. It will change user license based on AD Group Membership.

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