Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory Configuration Tool Now Supports PingFederate
Organizations wanting to enable single sign-on access to Office 365 applications while using Ping Identity’s PingFederate as the federation provider now have a more honed tool to get there.08/03/2018
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Microsoft Previewing Azure Active Directory Admin Roles Improvements
Microsoft on Monday announced a preview of IT roles management improvements in the Azure Portal for organizations using the Azure Active Directory identity and access management service.07/30/2018
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Microsoft Releases Azure Active Directory Activity Logs Preview
Microsoft on Thursday announced a preview release of Azure Active Directory Activity Logs, which show up in Azure Monitor.07/26/2018
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Azure AD Admins To Get Multifactor Authentication by Default
Microsoft is bringing multifactor authentication (MFA) to organizations that manage Azure Active Directory tenancies.06/25/2018
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Password Protection and Smart Lockout Previews Now Available for Azure AD Users
Microsoft this week announced the previews of two password security capabilities for organizations using the Azure Active Directory service or Windows Server Active Directory.06/20/2018
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Microsoft Previews Delegated App Management for Azure Active Directory
Microsoft issued a few Azure Active Directory previews this month, adding role-based access control improvements and the ability to block so-called “legacy” or older authentication approaches.06/15/2018
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Microsoft Previews Azure AD for Linux Virtual Machines Extension
Microsoft this month announced a preview of the ability to log into a Linux-based VM running on its Azure public cloud service using Azure Active Directory credentials.05/30/2018
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Microsoft Adds Azure AD Improvements and PingFederate Preview
Microsoft announced a number of improvements to Azure Active Directory this month.05/17/2018
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Azure Active Directory Login Design Change Coming in June
Microsoft gave advance notice this month that it’s planning to change the user interface for carrying out Azure Active Directory logins, yet again.04/09/2018
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Azure AD Gets Groups Expiration Policies and Managed Browser Controls
Microsoft announced a couple of Azure Active Directory improvements last week.03/19/2018
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Microsoft Outlines Password Best Practices for Azure Active Directory Users
Microsoft this week described best practices for identity security when using Azure Active Directory or Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services.03/05/2018
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Microsoft Announces Intune Integration with Pradeo Security for Mobile Devices
Microsoft Intune now works with Pradeo Security for Mobile Defense, which can add additional security protections for organizations that use Android and iOS mobile devices.02/27/2018
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Azure AD Gets Preview of Office 365 Groups Naming Policy
Microsoft last week announced a preview of new Naming Policy, available with the Azure Active Directory Premium service, that adds some controls over Office 365 groups creation.02/26/2018
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Azure Active Directory Gets Proxy and B2C Improvements
Microsoft made it easier to publish applications using the Azure Active Directory (AD) Application Proxy service, and also added Business to Consumer (B2C) features this week.02/07/2018
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Azure Active Directory Gets Policy, Printing and User Perks
Microsoft recently announced a few Azure Active Directory (AD) improvements, both for end users and IT pros.02/02/2018
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Microsoft Greenlights Exchange and Skype for Business for ‘Hybrid Modern Authentication’
Microsoft announced this week that “hybrid modern authentication” for Exchange and Skype for Business has reached “general availability” status, meaning the capability is ready for commercial use.12/08/2017
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Microsoft Adds macOS Conditional Access Support in Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory now supports the setting of macOS device conditional access policies using Microsoft Intune, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.11/14/2017
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Azure Active Directory and Sync Use Profiled by Microsoft
Microsoft today offered a snapshot of its Azure Active Directory service and how organizations are using it, based on October stats.11/13/2017
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Microsoft Advises Change to Active Directory Federation Server
Organizations using Azure Active Directory with federation should make a configuration change to take advantage of newly added resilience improvements, Microsoft advised late last week.10/30/2017
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Microsoft Adds Migration Help for Older Azure Active Directory Conditional Access Policies
Microsoft issued a reminder today that IT pros should switch Azure Active Directory conditional access policies that were created using the “classic” Azure portal to policies supported by the new Azure Portal.10/23/2017
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Microsoft Previews Azure Active Directory Access Control Features
Microsoft is highlighting three Azure Active Directory previews for controlling user access to network resources.10/09/2017
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Q&A: Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services for DSC Credential Encryption
DSC expert Melissa Januszko offers tips and advice for setting these up ahead of her Live! 360 session on the topic.09/20/2017
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Microsoft Previewing Azure Active Directory User Sign-In Option
Microsoft is currently previewing a new “Keep me signed in” Azure Active Directory sign-in experience for end users.09/19/2017
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Microsoft Ending ‘Classic’ Azure AD Management Portal
Organizations using the Microsoft Azure Active Directory identity and access service soon only will have one main software management interface.09/18/2017
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Microsoft Previews Azure Confidential Computing and Managed Service Identity Security Protections
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Microsoft Adds Guest Access to Microsoft Teams
Microsoft today added the ability to invite external guests into Microsoft Teams for organizations using Office 365 services.09/11/2017
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Microsoft Alters Azure Active Directory Refresh Token Settings
Microsoft has changed the default settings for Azure Active Directory refresh tokens, but just for new tenancies.08/31/2017
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Azure Active Directory Domain Services Gets Preview Support for Resource Manager Virtual Networks
Microsoft today announced a public preview of new Azure Active Directory Domain Services support for virtual networks using Azure Resource Manager.08/29/2017
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Microsoft Previewing macOS Conditional Access Using Azure Active Directory and Intune
Microsoft is previewing the ability to impose “conditional access” restrictions on devices running the Apple macOS operating system.08/23/2017
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Google Targets Businesses with Chrome Enterprise Offering and VMware Management Partnership
Google this week announced a new Chrome Enterprise license, its latest effort to bring the Chrome OS operating system and Chromebook laptops into the business world.08/23/2017
How To Edit the Active Directory Using ADSI Edit
While catastrophic if done incorrectly (always back up!), the editing the registry is the only solution to problems that Active Directory tools can’t fix.08/22/2017
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Microsoft Intune Gets Role-Based Access Control
Role-based access control capabilities are now available for the Intune mobile management service, Microsoft announced today.08/15/2017
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Microsoft Previewing Azure Active Directory Sign-In Changes Coming Next Month
Microsoft is previewing yet another sign-in experience for Azure Active Directory and Microsoft account users, giving organizations notice of changes that will get established this fall.08/02/2017
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Give Anyone Credentials with Azure Active Directory
The new Azure Active Directory B2B aims to simplify how administrators offer controlled access to partners, suppliers and customers.07/21/2017
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Quest On Demand Service Now Available To Ease Office 365 and Azure Active Directory Management Woes
Quest today rolled out the first three additions to its new cloud-based solutions for managing Office 365 applications and Azure Active Directory implementations.07/11/2017
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Microsoft Intune in Azure Portal Now Commercially Available
Microsoft Intune, as managed through the Azure Portal, has reached “general availability” status and now supports conditional access settings, Microsoft announced today.06/08/2017
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Microsoft Extends Azure Active Directory Conditional Access Policies
Azure Active Directory now supports conditional access policies when used with Microsoft Teams, as well as the Azure Portal.06/06/2017
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Microsoft Graph 101: Build Intelligence with Microsoft Graph
One API to access all of your data in the Microsoft Cloud? We’re remarkably close to that reality. Here’s what you need to know to start building applications with the Microsoft Graph API.06/05/2017
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Microsoft Improves Azure Active Directory Proxy Service and Adds Work Folders Support
Microsoft this week announced various Azure Active Directory improvements.06/01/2017
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Microsoft Previews Workflow Enhancements to Azure Active Directory Privileged ID Management Service
Microsoft is previewing two improvements to its Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management service.05/24/2017
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Microsoft Goes Live with Azure Active Directory Portal
The Azure Portal now includes Azure Active Directory capabilities at the “general availability” stage.05/15/2017
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Microsoft Previews Azure Active Directory B2C Dev Tools
Microsoft this week announced new Azure Active Directory Business-to-Consumer previews, a new library for developers and some associated Microsoft Flow tools.05/12/2017
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Microsoft Advises Developers To Stop Using Azure Active Directory Graph
Microsoft clarified earlier this month that it really wants developers to use Microsoft Graph over Azure Active Directory Graph, going forward.05/11/2017
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Microsoft Updates Preview of Azure Active Directory Pass-Through Authentication
Microsoft this week announced that it has updated its preview of Azure Active Directory Pass-Through Authentication.04/28/2017
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Microsoft Rescinds New Login Behavior for Azure Active Directory Portal
Microsoft has temporarily rolled back an Azure Active Directory login portal change that it had instituted earlier this month.04/26/2017
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How To Connect Azure AD to Office 365
Learn how to use Azure Active Directory with Microsoft Office 365 and understand the benefits of integrating them.04/26/2017
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Synchronize Directories with Azure AD Connect
Learn how to deploy Azure AD Connect, the best way to synchronize on-premises Active Directory instances with the cloud-based Azure AD.04/14/2017
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Azure Active Directory B2B Service Now Globally Available
Microsoft announced the “general availability” of its Azure Active Directory Business-to-Business service today, along with the GA rollout of the Azure AD Business-to-Consumer service in Europe.04/12/2017
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Microsoft Warns of Dying Azure Active Directory Sync Tools
Microsoft is pounding the nails into the coffins of its deprecated Windows Azure Active Directory Sync and Azure AD Sync tools