Category: Azure

Why SMTP Basic Authentication is Dead (And What to Use Instead) (03/10/2025)
From Alert to Action: Using Purview DSI with Entra ID for End‑to‑End Data Breach Response (18/09/2025)
Azure Landing Zone Design Areas—A practical, 2025-ready guide (14/09/2025)
Red Teaming for Generative AI: Microsoft’s Vision for Safer, Trustworthy AI (30/08/2025)
Application Cleanup in Microsoft Entra: A Practical Deep Dive (26/08/2025)
AZ-500 Study guide - Section 4 - Manage identity and access - Manage Microsoft Entra application access (04/08/2025)
Integrating Okta with Entra ID EAM (05/06/2025)
AZ-500 Study guide - Section 3 - Manage identity and access - Manage Microsoft Entra authorization (03/06/2025)
Entra External ID: Deployment Strategy and B2C Transition (03/06/2025)
Modernizing Entra Connect Authentication (28/05/2025)
🛡️ Smarter Access Control in Microsoft Entra ID (25/05/2025)
Mandatory MFA in Microsoft Entra: What You Need to Know (22/05/2025)
SMS Sign-In in Entra ID (10/05/2025)
From B2C to EEID: What You Need to Know? (05/05/2025)
Microsoft Entra ID Security Features and Best Practices (19/04/2025)
Microsoft to Retire Entra Service Principal-Less Authentication (14/04/2025)
Entra ID Workforce vs. Customers tenant - A Technical Comparison (13/04/2025)
Entra ID vs. Okta: Choosing the Right IAM Solution for Your Organization (11/04/2025)
Microsoft Security Copilot: Revolutionizing Data Security Investigations with AI-Powered Deep Content Analysis (07/04/2025)
Subscribe to get access for deep learning (06/04/2025)
Exploring Microsoft Azure’s Security Technical Capabilities (02/04/2025)
Manage guest user lifecycle in Entra ID (02/04/2025)
Identity verification via Persona (27/09/2024)
AZ-500 Study guide - Section 2 - Manage identity and access - Manage Microsoft Entra authentication (21/09/2024)
AZ-500 Study guide - Section 1 - Manage identity and access - Manage Microsoft Entra identities (01/09/2024)
Updated Exam Cram for Exam AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies (06/08/2024)
What is Zero-hour auto purge (ZAP) in MDO and how does it help you? (05/08/2024)
Bring Your Brand to Sign-Ins: Enable Custom Domains for External ID (11/06/2024)
External authentication method (EAM) in Entra (14/05/2024)
Multi-tenant management in Microsoft Defender (03/05/2024)
Section 17 - Implement and manage privacy requirements by using Microsoft Priva (03/05/2024)
Section 16 - Implement and manage Microsoft Purview Information Barriers (IBs) (28/04/2024)
Section 14 - Implement and manage Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance (20/04/2024)
Deep Dive into Conditional Access Policies (19/04/2024)
Section 15 - Implement and manage Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management (13/04/2024)
This is why I think you should join CCPs 💯 (13/04/2024)
Graph activity logs is now generally available (11/04/2024)
Defender for Office 365 and QR-code phishing (10/04/2024)
Section 12 - Plan and manage eDiscovery and Content search (05/04/2024)
Copilot for Security: Your AI Partner 🤖 (05/04/2024)
Unify SIEM and XDR for Enhanced Threat Detection (04/04/2024)
How many Conditional Access policies you can create? (02/04/2024)
SCIMming with PIM for Groups (02/04/2024)
Section 13 - Manage and analyze audit logs and reports in Microsoft Purview (28/03/2024)
Deep dive on Copilots and Security (23/03/2024)
In-browser protection with Microsoft Edge for Business (Preview) (22/03/2024)
Section 11 - Plan and manage regulatory requirements by using Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager (20/03/2024)
Encrypting Data-At-Rest with Customer Managed Keys in M365 (17/03/2024)
Entra ID - Convert external users to internal (Preview) (16/03/2024)
Insider Risks and Conditional Access (14/03/2024)
Section 10 - Implement Microsoft Purview records management (11/03/2024)
My tenant has Security defaults enabled and I want to disable them. What to do? (10/03/2024)
Section 9 - Manage data retention in Microsoft 365 workloads (10/03/2024)
Section 8 - Implement data lifecycle and records management - Retain and delete data by using retention labels (28/02/2024)
Section 7 - Implement DLP - Monitor and manage DLP activities (26/11/2023)
Section 6 - Implement DLP - Implement and monitor Endpoint DLP (19/11/2023)
Section 5 - Implement DLP - Create and configure DLP policies (29/10/2023)
Section 3 - Implement information protection - Design and implement encryption for email messages (22/10/2023)
Section 2 - Implement information protection - Rest of sensitivity label content and Design (15/10/2023)
Section 2 - Implement information protection - Implement and manage sensitivity labels (08/10/2023)
Section 1 - Implement information protection - Create and SITs and trainable classifiers (01/10/2023)
Exam cram for SC-400 - Administering Information Protection and Compliance in M365 (24/09/2023)
Section 15 - Hunt for threats using Microsoft Sentinel (24/09/2023)
Microsoft Entra ID Governance (18/09/2023)
Section 14 - Use Microsoft Sentinel workbooks to analyze and interpret data (17/09/2023)
Security Service Edge (SSE) in a secure access service edge Framework (SSA) (14/09/2023)
Section 13 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft Sentinel - Manage Microsoft Sentinel incidents (08/09/2023)
Section 13 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft Sentinel - Configure Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) (11/06/2023)
Proactive migration of legacy MFA and SSPR policy settings to Authentication methods (01/06/2023)
Cross-tenant synchronization is now Generally available (31/05/2023)
Section 12 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft Sentinel - Perform data classification and normalization (28/05/2023)
Microsoft Entra External ID's (Preview) (25/05/2023)
Section 11 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft Sentinel - Manage Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules (21/05/2023)
Section 10 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft Sentinel - Plan and implement the use of data connectors for ingestion of data sources (07/05/2023)
Section 9 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft Sentinel - Design and configure a Microsoft Sentinel workspace (30/04/2023)
Azure AD Application proxy and some previews (26/04/2023)
Section 8.2 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Configure and respond to alerts and incidents in Microsoft Defender for Cloud (23/04/2023)
Section 8.1 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Configure and respond to alerts and incidents in Microsoft Defender for Cloud (16/04/2023)
Azure AD External Identities with SAML IdP part 2 of 2 (12/04/2023)
Section 7 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Plan and implement the use of data connectors for ingestion of data sources in Microsoft Defender for Cloud (09/04/2023)
Azure (AD) recommendations with some explanations (08/04/2023)
Azure Arc with Defender for cloud (07/04/2023)
Microsoft certification changes and study materials (06/04/2023)
Azure AD External Identities with SAML IdP part 1 of 2 (05/04/2023)
Power Platform and customer-managed encryption key (preview) with some HSM (02/04/2023)
Section 6 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Implement and maintain cloud security posture management and workload protection (02/04/2023)
Section 5 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender - Manage extended detection and response (XDR) in Microsoft 365 Defender (26/03/2023)
Azure AD Privileged Identity Management and new features (08/03/2023)
Section 4 - Mitigate identity threats part 2 of 2 (05/03/2023)
Section 4 - Mitigate identity threats part 1 of 2 (26/02/2023)
Section 3 - Mitigate endpoint threats by using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (19/02/2023)
Postponed timeline for Number matching (18/02/2023)
Section 2 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender - Mitigate threats to the productivity environment by using Microsoft 365 Defender (12/02/2023)
Section 1 - Mitigate threats using Microsoft 365 Defender - Mitigate threats to the productivity environment by using Microsoft 365 Defender (05/02/2023)
Number matching and Authentication methods why you should enable them? (02/02/2023)
Azure Chaos Studio (Preview) (01/02/2023)
Microsoft 365 Defender role-based access control (29/01/2023)
Exam cram series for SC-200 exam (27/01/2023)
The history of Offline files and how to affect the future? (26/01/2023)
Cross-tenant synchronization (Preview) (25/01/2023)
What is IPv6 and why you should use in Azure? (22/01/2023)
Tips and tricks on Securing your Data factory (20/12/2022)
Azure AD Access reviews and the power of Machine learning (11/12/2022)
Conditional Access templates (Preview) and other tips on the side (07/12/2022)
SQL Server 2022 and Azure ARC with Azure subscription model (28/11/2022)
Do's and don'ts concerning security for Identity part 8 (27/11/2022)
Do's and don'ts concerning security for Identity part 7 (20/11/2022)
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Detection Details Report (14/11/2022)
Do's and don'ts concerning security for Identity part 6 (13/11/2022)
What is Azure Key Vault Managed HSM, how to install and eventually remove (if needed) (11/11/2022)
Azure Front Door and Zero-downtime migration now in Public preview! (08/11/2022)
Azure Automation Account and Run as account deprecation (07/11/2022)
Do's and don'ts concerning security for Identity part 5 (06/11/2022)
Cross-tenant User Data Migration is Now Generally Available! (02/11/2022)
Do's and don'ts concerning security for Identity part 4 (30/10/2022)
PowerShell 7.2.7 and Could not load type 'System.Security.Cryptography.SHA256Cng' (28/10/2022)
Accessing Azure SQL with different methods (26/10/2022)
Additional context in Microsoft Authenticator notifications is now generally available! (23/10/2022)
Do's and don'ts concerning security for Identity part 3 (23/10/2022)
ChromeOS Flex and my findings for the security (19/10/2022)
Do's and don'ts concerning security for Identity part 2 (15/10/2022)
Certificate-based authentication is generally available! (12/10/2022)
Tips for studying and passing Microsoft Security exams - Updated (Ignite 2022) version (11/10/2022)
Conditional access and authentication strength (preview) (09/10/2022)
Azure firewall basic in public preview (05/10/2022)
Do's and don't concerning security for Identity part 1 (01/10/2022)
Defender for Cloud security alerts (30/09/2022)
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen in Windows 11 22H2 (27/09/2022)
What's new with Secure score in Microsoft Defender portal (and some other tips) (25/09/2022)
How to use Azure Key Vault with managed identities and generating keys with auto-rotation (18/09/2022)
Microsoft Defender External Attack Surface Management (Defender EASM) (12/09/2022)
Section 7 - Design a strategy for data and applications - Specify security requirements for applications and design a strategy for securing data (07/09/2022)
Microsoft managed Authentication Methods Policy (Preview) (03/09/2022)
Azure MFA migration tool and how to setup MFA NPS extension (01/09/2022)
Automatic assignment policy in Entitlement management (01/09/2022)
Section 6 - Design security for infrastructure - Design a strategy for securing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services (31/08/2022)
Section 5 - Design security for infrastructure - Design a strategy for securing server and client endpoints (24/08/2022)
TOTP globally available for Azure AD B2C (17/08/2022)
Section 4 - Evaluate Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) technical strategies and security operations strategies - Design a regulatory compliance strategy (17/08/2022)
Section 3 - Design a Zero Trust strategy and architecture - Design an identity security strategy (10/08/2022)
Microsoft Entra Verified ID went GA! (09/08/2022)
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps in Microsoft 365 Defender (Preview) (08/08/2022)
Section 2 - Design a Zero Trust strategy and architecture - Design a security operations strategy (03/08/2022)
Mover.io retirement (27/07/2022)
Section 1 - Design a Zero Trust strategy and architecture - Build an overall security strategy and architecture (27/07/2022)
Exam cram for Cybersecurity Architect exam (20/07/2022)
Azure Enterprise-scale or Resource groups? (20/07/2022)
Microsoft Entra Permissions Management (08/06/2022)
Section 15 - Secure data and applications - Configure and manage Azure Key Vault (29/05/2022)
What's new with Cross-tenant access with Azure AD External Identities (27/05/2022)
Section 14 - Secure data and applications - Configure security for databases (22/05/2022)
Section 13 - Secure data and applications - Configure security for storage (15/05/2022)
Section 12 - Manage security operations - Configure and manage security monitoring solutions (11/05/2022)
Section 11 - Manage security operations - Configure and manage threat protection - Defender for SQL and Threat Model Tool (09/05/2022)
Microsoft authenticator password generator and couple of other new features (06/05/2022)
Section 10 - Manage security operations - Configure and manage threat protection (04/05/2022)
Section 9 - Manage security operations - Configure centralized policy management (01/05/2022)
Key auto-rotation in Azure Key Vault now GA! (29/04/2022)
Section 8 - Implement platform protection - Configure advanced security for compute - Serverless, App service and encryption (27/04/2022)
Section 7 - Implement platform protection - Configure advanced security for compute - Security and access for container services (24/04/2022)
How handle security in a Power BI environment? (22/04/2022)
2022 H1 Cumulative Updates for Exchange Server (21/04/2022)
Microsoft Compliance rebranded as Microsoft Purview (20/04/2022)
Section 6 - Configure advanced security for compute - Endpoint protection and security updates for VMs (20/04/2022)
Old PowerShell modules vs Microsoft Graph SDK and MSAL vs ADAL (13/04/2022)
Section 17 – Plan and Implement an Identity Governance Strategy – Monitor and maintain Azure Active Directory (13/04/2022)
Section 16 – Plan and Implement an Identity Governance Strategy - Plan and implement privileged access (10/04/2022)
Section 15 – Plan and Implement an Identity Governance Strategy - Plan, implement and manage access reviews (08/04/2022)
Section 14 – Plan and Implement an Identity Governance Strategy - Plan and implement entitlement management (06/04/2022)
Section 13 - Implement Access Management for Apps - Implement app registrations (03/04/2022)
Section 12 – Implement Access Management for Apps – Plan, implement, and monitor the integration of Enterprise Apps for SSO – Custom SaaS and gallery apps and user provisioning (01/04/2022)
What is Azure B2C and how to use custom policies? (30/03/2022)
Section 11 – Implement Access Management for Apps – Plan, implement, and monitor the integration of Enterprise Apps for SSO – Monitoring, AAD App proxy and SSO (30/03/2022)
Azure AD connect version 2.1.1.0 released with bugfixes (29/03/2022)
Administrative units in AAD and some preview features (28/03/2022)
Section 10 - Implement Access Management for Apps - Plan, implement, and monitor the integration of Enterprise Apps for SSO - Defender for Cloud Apps and App management (27/03/2022)
Section 9 - Implement an Authentication and Access Management Solution - Manage Azure AD Identity Protection (25/03/2022)
Some of my personal favorites for auditing Microsoft environments (24/03/2022)
Section 9 - Implement an Authentication and Access Management Solution - Plan, implement and administer conditional access (23/03/2022)
Cross-tenant access settings and Teams connect shared channels (22/03/2022)
Recovering accidentally deleted service principal objects (21/03/2022)
Section 8 - Implement an Authentication and Access Management Solution - Manage user authentication (20/03/2022)
Enablement of combined security information registration for Azure Active Directory, Beginning on 1st of October 2022 (18/03/2022)
Section 7 - Implement an Authentication and Access Management Solution - Plan and implement Azure MFA (17/03/2022)
Section 6 – Implement an Identity Management Solution – Implement and manage hybrid identity – AADC health, sync errors (13/03/2022)
Announcing mentoring for the community! (10/03/2022)
Section 5 – Implement an Identity Management Solution – Implement and manage hybrid identity - PTA, SSO and ADFS (10/03/2022)
Section 4 – Implement an Identity Management Solution – Implement and manage hybrid identity - AADC, Cloud Sync and PHS (07/03/2022)
Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) and Microsoft Graph (06/03/2022)
Section 3 - Implement an Identity Management Solution - Implement and manage external identities - Azure AD and IdP (04/03/2022)
Azure GitHub Export and Visual studio code (02/03/2022)
Multi-stage access review (preview) (01/03/2022)
Section 5 – Implement platform protection – Implement advanced network security – Implement Azure DDoS and Private Links (01/03/2022)
Section 2 - Implement an Identity Management Solution - Create, configure, and manage identities - User, groups and licenses (27/02/2022)
Section 5 – Implement platform protection – Implement advanced network security – Configure a resource firewall and network isolation (25/02/2022)
Do You know about Azure Service tags? (23/02/2022)
Section 5 – Implement platform protection – Implement advanced network security – Create and configure a Web Application Firewall (WAF) (23/02/2022)
Section 1 - Implement an Identity Management Solution - Implement initial configuration of Azure Active Directory (22/02/2022)
Section 5 – Implement platform protection - Implement advanced network security - Create and configure Azure Front Door (21/02/2022)
SC-300 exam preparation series (20/02/2022)
Section 5 – Implement platform protection – Implement advanced network security – Create and configure Azure Application Gateway (20/02/2022)
Section 5 - Implement platform protection - Implement advanced network security - Azure Firewall (18/02/2022)
Azure AD Verifiable Credentials (PowerShell version) (18/02/2022)
AAD Connect multi-tenant sync now available (17/02/2022)
Section 5 - Implement platform protection - Implement advanced network security - Hybrid and virtual networks (16/02/2022)
Azure AD certificate-based authentication (Preview) + Publishing CRL with Application Proxy (15/02/2022)
Section 4 - Manage access control (13/02/2022)
Cross-tenant access settings (Preview) (10/02/2022)
Section 3 - Manage application access (08/02/2022)
Section 3 - Manage application access - Integrate single sign-on (SSO) and identity providers for authentication (04/02/2022)
Information barriers, the GUI experience (Public preview) (02/02/2022)
Section 3 - Manage application access - App Registrations (01/02/2022)
Multi-tenant App registration and user (Admin) consent (31/01/2022)
Section 2 - Secure access by using Azure AD - Configure access reviews (26/01/2022)
Section 2- Secure access by using Azure AD - Implement passwordless authentication (24/01/2022)
Running PowerShell scripts under Azure Automation Accounts (21/01/2022)
Section 2 – Secure access by using Azure AD – Implement Azure AD Identity Protection (19/01/2022)
Section 2 - Secure access by using Azure AD - Implement Conditional Access policies, including multifactor authentication (17/01/2022)
Section 2 - Secure access by using Azure AD - How to Configure Azure AD Privileged Identity Management (PIM) (16/01/2022)
Section 1 - Manage Azure Active Directory identities (13/01/2022)
AZ-500 exam preparation series (13/01/2022)
Azure storage accounts and how to secure them? (10/01/2022)
Azure B2C with AFD and custom domain(s) (05/01/2022)
Storage accounts and the differences between SAS keys and Access keys. (03/01/2022)
Insider risk management continued, device onboarding and protection (30/12/2021)
Key auto-rotation in Azure Key Vault (preview) (27/12/2021)
Azure AD Connect 2.0.89.0 - How to un-break your Exchange Hybrid (23/12/2021)
AAD Connect - Multiple Azure AD tenants (Public preview) (20/12/2021)
Azure AD Connect v. 2.0.88.0 released (16/12/2021)
SSPR writeback to disconnected forests using AAD cloud sync (Public preview) (16/12/2021)
Log4j explanation and Microsoft services (Mostly) (14/12/2021)
Insider risk management, what, why and how (13/12/2021)
What is Azure B2C and how to use it? (07/12/2021)
Mandatory one-time password is coming, are you ready? (03/12/2021)
Microsoft's *new* certification tests and study material (01/12/2021)
Temporary Access Pass what and the how (30/11/2021)
Firewall Manager | DDoS Protection Plans (Preview) (27/11/2021)
Azure Container Apps (Still in Preview?) (26/11/2021)
Sign-in to Azure AD with email as an alternate login ID (still in Preview) (23/11/2021)
Whats new with conditional access and Microsoft authenticator (19/11/2021)
Azure SQL Database pricing and security features (18/11/2021)
Moving from SfB Hybrid to Teams-only (14/11/2021)
Access reviews for External Guest users (11/11/2021)
SharePoint tenant rename, why and how? (03/11/2021)
Renaming Defender family and new security features (03/11/2021)
Conditional Access - CAE and Resilience defaults (02/11/2021)
Three tiers of protection explained with use cases (31/10/2021)
AIP Scanner and how to dig your content (21/10/2021)
(D)ata (L)oss (P)revention, content escapes your hands (20/10/2021)
Tips for studying and passing Microsoft certificate exams - Updated (Ignite) version (17/10/2021)
(A)zure (I)nformation (P)rotection why and how? (15/10/2021)
Azure AD guest users and how to manage them? (09/10/2021)
AAD Identity protection and Hybrid Identity (08/10/2021)
Continuous Access Evaluation and working with tokens (05/10/2021)
Kali Linux in Azure VM (02/10/2021)
Defender for Identity deep dive part 1 of 3 (29/09/2021)
Azure MFA Extensions and Network Policy Server (27/09/2021)
What's new with AAD Connect V2 and why to migrate? (25/09/2021)
Autodiscover redirect leakage (23/09/2021)
How integrate Azure defender with Azure ARC to multiple environments (23/09/2021)
Office 365 ORCA and Configuration analyzer (20/09/2021)
Azure Defender for container registries (20/09/2021)
Hybrid identity best practices (17/09/2021)
Modernize your 0ldSk00l VPN and legacy shares (15/09/2021)
Identity protection in the cloud and of the cloud part2 (13/09/2021)
Identity protection in the cloud and of the cloud. (10/09/2021)
Journey into Azure DevOps - Part 1 (08/09/2021)
Enterprise applications SSO with custom manifest configuration (08/09/2021)
Why to use Compliance Manager for assessments and attack simulator to educate users. (06/09/2021)
Why to go passwordless and how get there? (03/09/2021)
SQL history and migration to Azure with security of Defender. (02/09/2021)
Azure AD Entitlement Management (31/08/2021)
Azure AD Connect family version 1.x deprecation On 31 August 2022. (29/08/2021)
ChaosDB vulnerability and Azure Blob storage. (29/08/2021)
Exchange and hybrid identity (28/08/2021)
AAD Connect compared to new Azure Cloud sync (26/08/2021)
Identity is the new perimeter and why information protection matters. (25/08/2021)
Using Azure File Shares with On-Prem ADDS Authentication and S2S VPN Tunnel (13/04/2021)
Azure Cognitive Services - Speech (13/04/2021)
Connect to Cloud with or without MFA and replace user licenses with menu. (29/03/2021)
Azure Dynamic Groups and how to use Extended attribute. (29/03/2021)
SQL Server Backup from inside Azure VM (10/04/2019)
Top 10 actions to secure your environment (10/04/2019)
Office 365 Group and alias email-address. (23/11/2017)
Getting started with Windows Autopilot (26/10/2017)
Get a Msolusers with License details to seperate CSV-files. (06/04/2017)
Script that assigns Office 365 licenses based on Group membership. (06/04/2017)
Migrate from Cloud identities to Azure AD Connect. (31/03/2017)
Java and Shibboleth authentication with Azure REST API and ADFS. (31/03/2017)
Enable or Disable Trace Logging in Dirsync and Azure AD Connect. (21/01/2016)
Create UserPrincipalName attribute filter in AAD Connect. (01/01/2016)
The Enterprise Mobility Suite Portal Survival Guide. (13/08/2015)