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Enable Zero Touch Enrollment of MDE on macOS devices managed by Microsoft Intune

Arnab Mitra on May 17 2024 07:27 AM
A guide for IT administrators to Zero Touch (silently) deploy and activate Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Intune man...
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Microsoft will require MFA for all Azure users

Erin Chapple (BOURKE-DUNPHY) on May 14 2024 03:47 PM
Multi-factor authentication makes you, your company and your cloud investments safer
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Revisiting Enterprise Policy as Code v10

Heinrich_Gantenbein on May 01 2024 08:47 AM
As EPAC has reached version 10, it is time to revisit Enterprise Policy as Code (EPAC for short). We look into Release F...
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Building Your Own Copilot for Credit Card Selection

fbinotto on Apr 28 2024 11:45 PM
Let's create a personalized Copilot to guide us through the sea of credit card offerings.
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Controlling AKS egress using an HTTP Proxy

HoussemDellai on Apr 22 2024 09:00 AM
This is how to put your AKS cluster behind a proxy.  
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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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Archive MDE Data to Event Hubs to ADX

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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WorkingHardInIT
in Microsoft will require MFA for all Azure users on May 19 2024 08:49 AM
So how can I after MFA is enforced for all users run my Azure DevOps PAT management automation in an AzureDevOps pipeline? The documentation states that when MFA is enabled I need to follow the Authorization Code flow, but that entails interactive login and will enforce MFA? Using an entraID account...
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Ivan195
in Microsoft will require MFA for all Azure users on May 17 2024 11:22 PM
This kind of announcements without technical details on how this will be implemented are really bad. Are you aware that Entra ID is used by 80% of companies worldwide and a small change, if not well managed, can have impact on the whole world economy? Please share more details thanks.
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Tony Redmond
in Microsoft will require MFA for all Azure users on May 17 2024 02:07 PM
My take on this topic: https://office365itpros.com/2024/05/17/azure-mfa-july-2024/
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David Gorman
in Microsoft will require MFA for all Azure users on May 17 2024 01:40 PM
Also, is there going to be an easier way to disable stuff like Azure Powershell for staff. It's a frequent target
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ajc196
in Microsoft will require MFA for all Azure users on May 17 2024 07:43 AM
Yep, that's the main takeaway here -- We need more detailed announcements in the first place to avoid the confusion we see in the comments here. This is the Tech Community, we know what MFA is and why it's important. But that's 80% of this "announcement", rather than explicit details about the chang...
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