Using Conditional Access Policies to Enhance Microsoft 365 Security. Organizations adopting Microsoft’s cloud services must keep their employees safe, especially when accessing these cloud services outside the organization’s network. In this article, we cover the setting up of conditional use policies by enterprises to control how their users use Office 365 and other Microsoft services. […]
How to Find Active Directory Users Last Logon Time (Using ADUC). Active Directory is a central component of many Windows based networks and serves as a database of users, groups, and computers that system administrators manage. One crucial task for system admins is to identify inactive user accounts in Active Directory and remove them to […]
Using Group Policy to Enhance Active Directory Security. Do you want to learn how to use Group Policy to enhance the security of your Active Directory network? This article discusses various policies you can configure to help improve the safety of your AD environment. Moreover, I also cover best practices for implementing these security group […]
How to Enable SMTP Authentication in Office 365. In order to ensure that outgoing emails are secure and prevent unauthorized access please read this article that guides you through enabling “Authenticated SMTP” via the Microsoft Admin Center and PowerShell. When you perform this task in the Microsoft Admin Center, you only enable SMTP authentication for […]
How to Enable Password Writeback on Azure AD Connect. Do you manage a hybrid on-premises and Azure AD and wish to enable password reset writeback from Azure AD to the on-prem environment? This article is about how to Enable Password Writeback on Azure AD Connect (self service password reset SSPR). Primarily, SSPR enables users to […]
Active Directory Security Best Practices: Protect Your Environment. Active Directory (AD) is a vital and critical component of most enterprise IT environments, providing authentication, authorization, and access control services to a wide range of applications and services. As such, ensuring the security of the Active Directory environment is paramount to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and […]
Top 5 Active Directory Powershell Scripts for Active Directory (Users / Groups). Are you a Windows SysAdmin looking to automate routine Active Directory (AD) management tasks and simplify your AD administration tasks? PowerShell scripts help you accomplish this quickly and efficiently. This article explores top 5 Active Directory PowerShell commands for managing users, groups and […]
ADSI Edit: How To Edit Active Directory Using ADSI Edit. Firstly, ADSI (Active Directory Service Interface Editor) Edit allows access and modifies the underlying and unexposed directory service data through ADUC (Active Directory Users and Computers). In this article, we discuss the usage of ADSI Edit, including how to access the tool, primary navigation, and […]
Get-ADUser Filter OU – List Users from a Specific OU. Do you need a quick and efficient way to list all the users that belong to a specific Organizational Unit (OU) in Active Directory (AD)? Look no further than the Get-ADUser commandlet. This versatile PowerShell cmdlet has a Filter parameter that determines which users in an […]
Get-MgUser – Find Azure AD Users and Filter using PowerShell Script. Are you tired of manually sifting through the Azure portal to find the necessary user information? Look no further than the Get-MgUser cmdlet. This powerful cmdlet (part of the Microsoft.Graph.Users module) lets you quickly locate and filter Azure AD users based on specific criteria, […]