Category: Azure AD

  • As a AAD-Ninja – Phase out changes with dynamic groups!

    As a AAD-Ninja – Phase out changes with dynamic groups!

    Another quick post. So from time to time you need to phase out changes in your environment to random users in your organisation. You can for sure create a script and add people according to your criteria and requirements, but I have another idea for you! Use Azure AD dynamic groups to create a growing…

  • Don’t wrap DsRegCmd with PowerShell – Use this to get Azure AD information from the local computer

    Don’t wrap DsRegCmd with PowerShell – Use this to get Azure AD information from the local computer

    I don’t know how many times I’ve seen scripts that is trying to wrap dsregcmd /status output to get information such as tenant Id, check if the computer is joined to Azure AD and more But isn’t there a better way? So started looking, for sure, some information are found in registry, but that’s a…

  • Some Azure AD groups for Intune management

    Quick post on some Azure AD dynamic groups that I use for manage parts of Intune, push apps, send configuration, create Intune roles and such AZ-MDM-ANE-All Android for Work Devices (All Android Enterprise Work Profile Devices)(device.deviceOSType -eq “AndroidForWork”) AZ-MDM-ANE-All Android Enterprise (All other Android enterprise devices, kiosk)(device.deviceOSType -contains “AndroidEnterprise”) AZ-MDM-ANE-All Samsung devices (All Samsung devices)(device.deviceManufacturer…

  • Experience a password-less sign-in with YubiKey

    Experience a password-less sign-in with YubiKey

    Just a quick post how it looks like when you enroll a security key in the form of Yubikey from Yubico. I have a YubiKey 5, with support for USB-A and NFC, there are a multiple other key option depending on your needs, you should try their Quiz to find the right key for you:…

  • How to deploy My Apps sign-in experience with Intune

    How to deploy My Apps sign-in experience with Intune

    Scenario Microsoft recently released an extension to Edge, Chrome and Firefox to simplify the use of Azure AD connected applications, Office 365, Enterprise apps etc. This is a one-stop place for your users to launch the Azure AD connected applications from their favorite web browser. Solution To make this available to your users with your…

  • Azure AD Join: What happens behind the scenes?

    Originally posted on Devices, Security and Identity in #Microsoft365 by Jairo Cadena: In a previous post we discussed about the three ways to setup Windows 10 devices for work with Azure AD. I later covered in detail how Windows 10 domain joined devices are registered in Azure AD. In this post I want to provide some…

  • Password synchronization has not been activated after AAD Connect upgrade

    Recently, 16th of February, the Azure Active Directory Connect was updated to version 1.1.105.0, with some nice features like device writeback, OU filtering during wizard and a new default sync interval. Read more about the features at the AAD Connect Version Release History. Regarding the scheduler for AAD Connect, there is a new default sync…

  • Upgrade from Azure AD Sync to Azure AD Connect

    After the release of Azure Active Directory Connect tool (http://blogs.technet.com/b/ad/archive/2015/06/24/azure-ad-connect-amp-connect-health-is-now-ga.aspx?linkId=15101770) I upgraded a customer without any big issues, but we saw some things I would like to share. The upgrade process is very simple wizard, just click Next, Next, Finish. No issues here But after the upgrade we had an issue with some performance counters…