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Active Directory Hardening Series - Part 4 – Enforcing AES for Kerberos

Jerry Devore on Apr 15 2024 03:01 PM
Disabling Kerberos RC4 is a top priority for many organizations today but identifying devices that don't support AES has...
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Proxies, proxies everywhere but still no Internet. Overview of the Windows Proxies

WillAftring on Apr 08 2024 06:41 AM
Howdy everyone, a quick tangent from our regularly scheduled Introduction to Network Trace Analysis series to talk about...
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Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (February AND March 2024)

BrandonWilson on Apr 06 2024 07:24 PM
Welcome to the February AND March 2024 Check This Out! (CTO!) guide: Helping you to expand your horizons!
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ConfigMgr: Avoiding Remote Management Point Pitfalls

PavelYurenev on Apr 04 2024 09:00 AM
ConfigMgr architect advice: do not install Management Points in the remote locations!
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Get Azure Reservations and Savings Plans Insights with the Azure Optimization Engine

hspinto on Apr 01 2024 12:00 AM
When adopting Azure commitments, customers face typically two types of challenges: 1) Estimating the quantities or amoun...
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Securing Monitoring Services

khgandhi on Mar 28 2024 09:46 AM
Howdy Readers!
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Azure Monitor: Create Dedicated Clusters Using Any Commitment Tier

Bruno Gabrielli on Mar 21 2024 01:00 AM
Looking for an easy way to create an Azure Monitor Logs Dedicated Cluster using any pricing tier? Here we go with a simp...
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How To Export Data from Defender for Endpoint to Azure Data Explorer

Paul Bergson on Mar 19 2024 04:30 AM
Embark on a journey through the digital landscape as we uncover the secrets of exporting data from Defender for Endpoint...
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Mastering Azure Cost Optimization - A Comprehensive Guide

fbinotto on Mar 14 2024 01:30 AM
A comprehensive guide to Azure cost optimization.
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Azure PowerShell Tips and Tricks

PaulHarrison on Mar 11 2024 03:00 AM
Tips and tricks for using PowerShell and REST APIs in Azure.
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Optimize Your Azure Costs

sairashaik on Mar 06 2024 06:01 PM
This article will provide guidance to the customers who wants to Optimize their Azure costs by providing tools and resou...
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Active Directory Hardening Series - Part 3 – Enforcing LDAP Signing

Jerry Devore on Mar 04 2024 06:38 AM
In this series my goal is to help you understand how to move forward with confidence by better understanding the changes...
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Zero Trust: Rapid Offboarding with Intune and Microsoft Entra ID

Jason Cody on Feb 29 2024 07:12 AM
A guide for using Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Intune to prevent user authentication on Entra ID joined devices, whi...
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ConfigMgr Windows Update Compliance Reporting FAQ

jonasoh on Feb 26 2024 03:35 AM
ConfigMgr Windows update compliance reporting FAQ for high patch compliance percentage
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Quick, Check It Out Before It's Too Late! Azure Cost Optimization At It's Finest!

BrandonWilson on Feb 21 2024 08:22 PM
Hi everyone...a bit late to the party, but here are some sessions to help you save more on your Azure costs!
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Protecting Tier 0 the Modern Way

DagmarHeidecker on Feb 19 2024 04:15 AM
Almost every attack on Active Directory you hear about today – no matter if ransomware is involved or not – (ab)uses cre...
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Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (January 2024)

BrandonWilson on Feb 18 2024 04:35 PM
Welcome to the January 2024 Check This Out! (CTO!) guide: Helping you to expand your horizons!
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Protect unmanaged or 3rd party MDM managed iOS/Android devices with MDE

Arnab Mitra on Feb 15 2024 11:59 AM
A guide to using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint as a mobile threat defense solution for Unmanaged (personal) and 3rd pa...
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Test your Patches! A Staged Patching Solution with Azure Update Manager

hspinto on Feb 12 2024 12:00 AM
A common challenge faced by most enterprise organizations who, hopefully, automate their operating systems patching cycl...
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Monitoring for an Azure Server Going Offline

Paul Bergson on Feb 05 2024 04:13 AM
Azure Monitor is a beneficial tool that has low costs for logs that are already in the tool. The main expenses for Azure...
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Migrating from the Azure MMA to AMA Agent

Paul Bergson on Jan 29 2024 05:20 AM
I have another conversation about the sunset of the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA). Back on November 13, 2023 I posted...
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Collect Event Ids using Azure Monitor Agent

Bindusar on Jan 23 2024 08:27 AM
In this guide we will configure Azure Monitor Agent and Log Analytics workspace to collect event ID from Windows devices...
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Zero Touch Enrollment of MDE on iOS/iPadOS devices managed by Intune

Arnab Mitra on Jan 18 2024 08:50 AM
A guide for IT administrators to Zero Touch (silently) deploy and activate Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Intune man...
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ConfigMgr CMG Least Privilege Setup Approach

jonasoh on Jan 15 2024 03:31 AM
Setup guide for ConfigMgr CMG without Global Admin permissions used in ConfigMgr console
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Intune iOS/iPadOS Management In a Nutshell

jonasoh on Jan 08 2024 05:18 AM
A brief overview of how to manage iOS and iPadOS devices with Microsoft Intune and how to get started
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Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (December 2023)

BrandonWilson on Jan 07 2024 10:40 AM
Welcome to the December 2023 Check This Out! (CTO!) guide: Helping you to expand your horizons!
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Onboarding Intune Managed iOS User Enrollment Devices to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Arnab Mitra on Jan 03 2024 01:39 PM
A guide for administrators to configure and deploy Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Intune managed iOS devices that ar...
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Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (November 2023)

BrandonWilson on Dec 22 2023 02:13 PM
Welcome to the November 2023 Check This Out! (CTO!) guide: Helping you to expand your horizons!
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Designing Cloud Architecture: Creating Professional Azure Diagrams with PowerPoint

wernerrall on Dec 17 2023 11:00 PM
Discover how to use PowerPoint and official Azure icons for professional cloud architecture diagrams. Transform simple p...
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The Twelve Days of Blog-mas: No.12 - Copilot(s) - Your AI Assistant(s)

Michael Hildebrand on Dec 15 2023 04:00 AM
Enjoy the twelfth of twelve or so blog posts from Hilde for the Holidays of 2023 ...

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in Azure Monitor - Alert Notification via Teams on Apr 19 2024 07:50 AM
Thank you very much for the info. it is very helpful. One question: how to chance my name in the messages posted in MS teams to a service principle name or managed identity name. I created logic app, action group, alert rules by login Azure using my personal names. however I don't want to show my na...
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bretzeli
in Basic CRL checking with certutil on Apr 19 2024 05:43 AM
Hello Carsten, Thank you for helping others. with this post. If only customers would understand the impact the CRL (Certificate Revocation List) Certificate Revocation Check has on the start-up delay and performance of applications.Especially if endpoints/clients are behind a proxy or web filter and...
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MSch85
in Tagging Azure Resources with a Creator on Apr 19 2024 04:49 AM
@PierLucPoirier Our Caller id is also null @Anthony_W is here a problem with azure lighthouse?this only happens when the ressource creater becomes his permissions via lighthouse
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Jerry Devore
in Decrypting the Selection of Supported Kerberos Encryption Types on Apr 18 2024 10:32 AM
Hi @Lee Dandridge - First enable msDS-SupportedEncryptionType to support AES on all accounts with a SPN then monitor 4769 events for any use of RC4. Additionally you should capture and analyze 4768 events for RC4 use which will identify RC4 using when requesting a TGT. My lasted blog post explains w...
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Lee Dandridge
in Decrypting the Selection of Supported Kerberos Encryption Types on Apr 18 2024 08:58 AM
Great information in the article and the comments; great to know there are such complete references out there. One question @Jerry Devore , we are trying to update all the supported ciphers on our internal domain and want to know which should come first, Remove the RC4 ciphers 1st, or set the msDS-S...
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