Active Directory Security Groups Best Practices – Azure Active Directory Security Groups are powerful tools for administrators to control which Windows servers and network resources individual users have access to. By not properly managing these groups, you may unwittingly provide cybercriminals with a backdoor to enter your network and steal sensitive information. Azure Active Directory […]
How to Find and Export Azure AD Users with PowerShell. Beginning in June 2023, we must use the Get-MgUser cmdlet to retrieve and export Azure AD users. We import the Get-MgUser command in the Microsoft Graph SDK for PowerShell. It enables us to communicate with all Microsoft Services via a single endpoint. We store all […]
How to Check Active Directory Replication Status Health. Active Directory (AD) replication is an essential process that ensures data consistency across all domain controllers (DC) in an organization. If replication is not functioning correctly, it leads to various issues, including authentication failures and data inconsistencies. In this article, we discuss and test how to check […]
Find Active Directory Users with Expired Password (PowerShell). Are you responsible for managing passwords in your Active Directory (AD) environment? One crucial task is to identify users whose passwords have expired, as these users will no longer be able to log into their accounts until they reset their passwords. This article shows you how to […]
Active Directory Nested Groups – (Best Practices). Azure Active Directory groups are useful tools for Azure users when it comes to controlling the active directory access of various users. Often, you may need to enforce similar permissions and management practices across several groups in Azure. This can be tiresome and time consuming and here is […]
How to Join Computer to Domain using PowerShell. Active Directory (AD) is a technology that thousands of businesses rely on daily. We must join computers to an AD domain to take advantage of AD. However, we need to realize there are many ways to do that, some better than others. This article teaches us how […]
Setup Azure Conditional Access + Multi Factor Authentication MFA. Today’s cyberthreat environment is ever evolving. A while back, it was safe to assume that your account was safe with a password. Not anymore. Cybercrime has evolved and cybercriminals have devised new, sophisticated methods to steal passwords, render their use insufficient, and companies have taken notice. […]
Azure AD Group Types Explained – Security / Microsoft 365 Groups. Microsoft’s current iterations of Azure and Microsoft 365 are the result of years of technological development aimed at providing a seamless experience for their customers. Hence, Microsoft created the groups feature in order to give users the ability to manage resources. However, this has led to […]
Create Active Directory Exchange Reports with PowerShell. Microsoft Exchange is a popular email server software used by businesses and organizations worldwide. One of the key features of Exchange is the ability to generate reports on various aspects of the server and its usage. These reports provide valuable insights into the performance and health of the […]
Create Active Directory Security Reports with PowerShell . Firstly, securing an Active Directory (AD) environment is essential for several reasons. First and foremost, Active Directory is a central component of many organizations’ networks and contains a wealth of sensitive information about users, computers, and other network resources. If this information were to fall into the […]