Configuring Writeback Permissions in Active Directory for Azure Active...
[Update November 2015 – User Writeback has been pulled from preview, so latest versions of AADConnect do not offer this option – it will probably return, so content about it remains in this blog] Azure...
View ArticlePassword Writeback Errors
I had been struggling with password writeback testing and was coming across the following set of errors, and found that searching for them uncovered nothing online. So I wrote this blog to remind me...
View ArticleConfiguring ExpressRoute With NRP Errors
I had a scenario where when I ran Get-AzureRmExpressRouteServiceProvider in a new Azure tenant I would get the following error in PowerShell. Get-AzureRmExpressRouteServiceProvider : Subscription...
View ArticleInstalling Azure Multi-Factor Authentication and ADFS
I have a requirement to ensure that Office 365 users external to the network of one of my clients need a second factor of authentication when accessing Office 365 resources from outside the corporate...
View ArticleUpgrading Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server
A new version of Azure MFA Server was released at the end of March 2016, version 7.0.0.9. This provides an in place upgrade to the previous version 6.3.1.1. This version is based on .NET 4.5 and not...
View ArticleAzure MFA 503 Error When Authenticating
If you have installed version 7 of Azure MFA Server on-premises (7.0.0.9 or 7.0.2.1 at the time of writing) and have enabled IIS authentication with Forms Based authentication and the Native App, but...
View ArticleSSL Inspection and Office 365
Lots of cloud endpoint URL’s break service flow if you enable SSL Inspection on the network devices between your client and the service. My most recent example of this Enterprise State Routing in...
View ArticleDecommission ADFS When Moving To Azure AD Based Authentication
I am doing a number of ADFS to Azure AD based authentication projects, where authentication is moved to Password Hash Sync + SSO or Pass Through Auth + SSO. Once that part of the project is complete it...
View ArticleMFA and End User Impacts
This article will look at the various different MFA settings found in Azure AD (which controls MFA for Office 365 and other SaaS services) and how those decisions impact users. There is lots on the...
View ArticleInstalling and Updating Microsoft AntiMalware in Azure
The Microsoft AntiMalware agent is a virtual machine extension in Azure that adds support for build in antimalware management within your virtual machines hosted in Azure. The agent can be added easily...
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