2020 Hindsight
It’s that time of the year again. Businesses are finishing off 2020 and people start to reminisce of all the good, the bad and the ugly. This year, I’ll join the people who look back at another trip...
View ArticleKnowledgeBase: Some users receive an "We're sorry, we ran into a problem"...
Today, Raymond and I troubleshooted an issue for several people who received the ‘Sorry, we ran into a problem’ error when trying to register their security information. As is our mutual expectation,...
View ArticleVeeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 version 5a resolves common issues with...
Earlier this month, we saw the release of Veeam Backup for Office 365 v5. The new version now supports Backup and Restore of Teams and offers Architectural Enhancements. These architectural...
View ArticleHOWTO: Check your LAPS Implementation for Proper Security
Recently, several projects, including Akijo’s and n00py’s work, have emerged that exploit misconfigurations of Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) in Active Directory...
View ArticleUsing Azure AD Connect to synchronize Active Directory Lightweight Directory...
An estimated 97% of all organizations with over 50 people use Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) as their on-premises directory service. This, however, leaves a lot of organizations with other...
View ArticleWe’re organizing Six Hybrid Identity webinars in the First Half of 2021
Working for a leading Microsoft partner in the Netherlands means that we owe it to our people, our community fellows and (prospective) customers to enable every person and every organization to...
View ArticleHOWTO: Check if you can use the mS-DS-ConsistencyGUID attribute as source...
In recent versions of Azure AD Connect, you can use the mS-DS-ConsistencyGUID attribute as the source anchor attribute. This provides flexibility in cross-forest migration scenarios. However, if...
View ArticleSpoofing Vulnerability in DNS Resolver (SAD DNS, Important, CVE-2020-25705,...
On December 8th, 2020, Microsoft issued an advisory for a spoofing vulnerability in the DNS Resolver component. Microsoft refers to the advisory as ADV200013. BleepingComputer.com references...
View ArticleWindows Lock Screen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (Important,...
Yesterday, for its December 2020 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an important security update addressing a Windows Lock Screen Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability . About the vulnerability An...
View ArticleKerberos Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (Important, CVE-2020-16996,...
Today, for its December 2020 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an important security update for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). About the vulnerability A Kerberos Security Feature Bypass...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 7.0 Update 1 introduces an interface for advanced time...
Back in July 2019, I wrote a blogpost on managing Active Directory Time Synchronization on VMware vSphere. This blogpost details how to configure time settings for Domain Controllers running as...
View ArticleThe video of my presentation at the 2020 Hybrid Identity Protection...
The Hybrid Identity Protection Conference is Semperis Inc.’s event in the spirit of The Expert Conference (TEC) to bring together the leading experts in the field of Identity and Access Management....
View ArticleVeeam Backup for Office 365 v5 supports Backup and Restore of Teams and...
Today, Veeam released Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 version 5.0.0.1061. This is the Release to Manufacturers (RTM) version of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v5. What’s New Next to...
View ArticleOn-premises Identity-related updates and fixes for November 2020
Even though Microsoft’s Identity focus moves towards the cloud, they are not forgetting their on-premises roots. Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 still receive updates. These are the...
View ArticleWhat's New in Azure Active Directory for November 2020
Azure Active Directory is Microsoft's Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its...
View ArticleThe video of our presentation at Veeam Live is now available
Veeam organized its Veeam Live event on October 20th, 2020. Veeam is defining the future of cloud data solutions and helping today’s businesses securely and reliably protect and easily recover their...
View ArticleKnowledgeBase: The WID Service consumes 100% CPU after transitioning AD FS...
This week, I encountered unexpected behavior with Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) on a Windows Server installation that an organization had recently transitioned to from an AD FS server...
View ArticleTODO: Stream additional logs from Azure AD for optimal visibility
Over the past six months, I’ve shown you ways to get to know the devices that people in your organization use App Passwords on, set an alert to notify when an additional person is assigned the Azure...
View ArticleHOWTO: Get rid of the Conditional Access Baseline Policies in your Azure AD...
In September 2018, Microsoft introduced the concept of Conditional Access baseline policies. Baseline policies were superseded by Security Defaults, and starting February 2020 the Baseline Conditional...
View ArticleTwo vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi may lead to virtual Domain Controller...
Today, VMware released an update that addresses a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller (CVE-2020-4004) and a VMX elevation-of-privilege vulnerability CVE-2020-4005). Together these...
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