Security

5 Things to Watch for When Migrating SaaS Applications from AD FS to Entra ID

Migrating your Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) integrated SaaS applications to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) provides many benefits. For example, Azure AD B2B lets you give your business partners and customers access to your organization’s applications without creating a user account in AD or Azure AD.

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Use Privileged Access Workstations to Mitigate Security Threats in Your Active Directory

The workstation an administrator uses to perform privileged tasks such as managing Active Directory (AD) is a high-value target for a potential adversary. By providing administrators with a clean keyboard, PAWs isolate privileged accounts from the risks of a compromised workstation.

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What Is Azure Multi-Factor Authentication?

Passwords are an insecure authentication mechanism. They are often easily guessed, and the computing power necessary to crack passwords is readily available. Although many organizations have the goal of switching to an entirely password-less authentication system, most companies cannot do so immediately. Legacy applications, user behavior, hardware, and more must be transformed in order to support a password-less model.  Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a solution that mitigates the risk of

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Microsoft Intune Compliance Notifications

We’re frequently asked how to enable compliance notifications for devices enrolled in Microsoft Intune. Although this task isn’t difficult, there are numerous ways to easily misconfigure it. The basic requirements are straightforward. You’ll need an Entra (formerly Azure AD) tenant with users that are licensed for Intune (either directly or as part of another license

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Automated Office 365 License Assignment with Entra ID Premium

Without a license, end users will not be able to use Office 365 services like Exchange Online or OneDrive for Business, so it’s critical that users have the right license(s) assigned to them. Historically, automating the assignment of licenses has required the development of custom PowerShell scripts or purchasing a third-party solution.

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