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Brian Desmond

Brian is a principal at Ravenswood Technology Group where he leads a team of professionals focused on delivering best-in-breed consulting services for the Microsoft security and identity management ecosystem. Brian has been recognized annually as a Microsoft MVP since 2003 and is the author of the fourth and fifth editions of Active Directory from O'Reilly.

Three Things to Plan for When You Add Single Sign-On

Enabling single sign-on (SSO) for SaaS applications adds convenience for end users, as well as reduces security risks and enables you to better meet compliance requirements. Using Azure Active Directory [...]

Secure Anywhere Access to Business Applications without a VPN

With the Azure AD Application Proxy, you can provide remote access to web applications and Remote Desktop Services (RDS) farms without opening any inbound holes in your firewall. You also [...]

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) [...]

Active Directory Maintenance Schedule

[INFOGRAPHIC] Active Directory Maintenance Schedule Keep your organization’s Active Directory secure with our maintenance schedule. It contains specific advice on when – and how often – to conduct essential maintenance [...]

The Top 10 Actions Every Organization Should Take to Protect their AD from Attacks

[WEBINAR] The Top 10 Actions Every Organization Should Take to Protect their AD from Attacks You know that cyber-attacks are coming. Maybe you’ve already been hit. Almost every attack is [...]

10 Quick Identity Wins with Entra ID

[WEBINAR] 10 Quick Identity Wins with Entra ID Whether you’ve already purchased Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) Premium, or you’re thinking about it, you should have a plan to start [...]

Sidebar: Using the Security Descriptor Editor in LDP to Remove the Abstraction from the ACL

[ARTICLE] Sidebar: Using the Security Descriptor Editor in LDP to Remove the Abstraction from the ACL In this article for ITPro Today, Brian Desmond from Ravenswood Technology Group gives 4 [...]

Protecting Office 365 Data in a Modern World

[PRESENTATION] Protecting Office 365 Data in a Modern World This information in this presentation deck by Brian Desmond from Ravenswood Technology Group includes the following key takeaways: The traditional firewall [...]

Kerberos Delegation and Troubleshooting

[ARTICLE] Kerberos Delegation and Troubleshooting When things go wrong with Active Directory’s (AD’s) Kerberos implementation, troubleshooting can be a daunting task. Ninety-nine percent of the time, everything just works—so opportunities [...]

Active Directory: Designing, Deploying, and Running Active Directory, 4th Edition

[BOOK] Active Directory, 4th Edition To help you take full advantage of Active Directory, this fourth edition of this bestselling book by Brian Desmond from Ravenswood Technology Group gives you [...]