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I’m a 2020 Veeam Vanguard
Today, I received an e-mail from Nikola Pejková from Veeam congratulating me with being selected for the 2020 Veeam Vanguard Program by the Veeam Vanguard team. For me, it means I successfully renewed...
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I’m awarded VMworld 2019 Distinguished Speaker
This morning, I received an e-mail message from Maryam Scoble: VMworld 2019 Distinguished Speaker Dear Sander, Congratulations on being named a VMworld 2019 Distinguished Speaker. This new program...
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KnowledgeBase: You receive error AADSTS50052 when you sign into Azure AD and...
Azure Active Directory is the identity platform to many of today's organizational applications and services. When you can't sign in, then this poses a big challenge to achieve productivity, either as...
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Azure AD Connect v1.5.18.0 brings mS-DS-ConsistencyGUID as source anchor for...
Yesterday, a new version of Azure AD Connect was released: version 1.5.18.0. This is the first release in the 1.5.x branch of Azure AD Connect. Azure AD Connect is Microsoft's free Hybrid Identity...
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What’s New in Azure Active Directory in March 2020
Azure Active Directory is Microsoft's Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its...
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Veeam now provides a stand-alone VBK Extract Utility
When working with Veeam products, you'll be familiar with the *.vbk extension. Veeam uses this file extension to store back-ups, made with Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR). Based on the popular...
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On-premises Microsoft Identity-related updates and fixes for March 2020
Even though Microsoft's Identity focus moves towards the cloud, they are not forgetting their on-premises roots. Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 still receive updates. These are the...
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Improvements for (Hybrid) Azure AD-joined Windows 10 devices in the March...
Just like every month, Microsoft released cumulative quality updates to its supported Operating Systems in March 2020. This month's updates, however, show a particular focus on several fixes for Azure...
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Knowledgebase: You receive error ‘Unable to download’ when you try to install...
For many organizations, the reality is that their on-premises systems need to communicate to Microsoft cloud services. Whether it is for Azure AD Connect, Azure AD Connect Health, Azure AD Password...
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Azure AD Connect version 1.5.20.0 fixes an issue with Group Filtering
Hot on the heels of Azure AD Connect version 1.5.18.0, Microsoft is releasing a new version of Azure AD Connect to fix an issue introduced in that first version of this 1.5.x.x branch of Azure AD...
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I’m presenting three webinars with Netwrix focusing again on the best recipes...
On April 22nd, 28th and 30th, 2020, I'll present three 1-hour webinars with Netwrix. Tune in to get the best in Active Directory security, Hybrid Identity and Azure AD Hardening demonstrated from me...
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Configuring Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 with Modern Authentication
With Security Defaults being the norm in newly created Azure AD tenants and their respective Office 365 tenants, it's a good time to look at how Veeam Backup for Office 365 offers modern...
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KnowledgeBase: App Passwords are only available to users with a...
Multi-factor authentication is the current solution to the problem of inadequate information security in today's world of user names and passwords. When you have enabled multi-factor authentication in...
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A Real-world tested Approach for Transitioning AD FS Servers
We've migrated many Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) implementations from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016 and beyond. This blogpost intends to share our experiences during...
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A Real-world tested Approach for Transitioning Web Application Proxy Servers
We've migrated many AD FS implementations from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016 and beyond. This blogpost intends to share our experiences during these migrations, so you can take...
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Azure AD Connect fixes an issue when you’ve cloned the ‘In from AD–Group...
Azure AD Connect version 1.5.18.0 introduced a new feature: mS-DS-ConsistencyGUID as the source anchor for groups. Now, as organizations are upgrading to the new version, some overlooked scenarios...
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HOWTO: Encrypt traffic between AD FS Servers, servers running Azure AD...
Most Microsoft-based Hybrid Identity implementations use Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Servers, Web Application Proxies and Azure AD Connect installations. In this series, labeled...
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Azure AD Connect v1.5.29.0 fixes an issue with enabling Seamless Single Sign-on
After every fresh major release of Azure AD Connect by Microsoft, several smaller hotfix releases update the functionality to prevent issues where administrators are not able to perform certain...
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TODO: Enable the new My Apps and My Profile Experiences
Microsoft will be updating the current Azure AD Apps and Profile experiences on July 20th 2020. This means that from that data onward your colleagues will be automatically switched over to the updated...
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Choosing the right Passwordless sign-in method for your colleagues
Passwordless is Microsoft's strategy to improve enterprise security and enable end-user convenience at the same time. The era of passwords is slowly coming to an end and Microsoft offers...
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