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How Azure RMS Works?

Azure RMS is the protection technology behind Azure Information Protection (AIP). I have written many articles about Azure RMS & Azure information protection features before but how it really works? what is the technology behind it? In high-level, I can explain the Azure RMS data protection process as following, • When a user protects data, Azure RMS will encrypt the content…
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Step-by-Step: Enabling MFA for Azure Administrative Portals via Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access

Microsoft Entra Permissions Management – Part 01 – Azure Subscription Onboarding

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Step-by-Step guide: Privileged access management in office 365

In any identity infrastructure attack, attackers are going after the "privileges". The more privileged account they own, the more damage they can do. There can be privileged accounts in a system that only used once a month to do a privileged task. In any IT system, we used to believe administrators are trustworthy people. Therefore, most of the time we do not really worry about what they…
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Step-by-Step: Enabling MFA for Azure Administrative Portals via Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access

Microsoft Entra Permissions Management – Part 01 – Azure Subscription Onboarding

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Step-by-Step Guide to Restrict Azure AD Administration portal

In order to manage Azure AD, we use Azure Active Directory option in https://portal.azure.com. By default, any user under Azure AD can access this option event they do not have a Directory role. In my demo setup, I have a user called "Emily Braun". She doesn't have any Directory role assigned. Then I log in to Azure portal https://portal.azure.com as the user and then go to…
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Step-by-Step: Enabling MFA for Azure Administrative Portals via Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access

Microsoft Entra Permissions Management – Part 01 – Azure Subscription Onboarding

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Step-by-Step Guide : Serial Console for Azure VM

Azure VM now have serial console access via Azure portal. It is not depending on the virtual machine’s network or operating system state. This is ideal for recover machines/data, modify system configurations & troubleshooting. Azure serial console access is only available via Azure portal. It is using COM1 port of the virtual machine. This works for both Windows & Linux VMs. In my…
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Microsoft Entra Permissions Management – Part 01 – Azure Subscription Onboarding

Step-by-Step Guide : Automate JML(Joiners/Movers/Leavers) process with Microsoft Entra lifecycle workflows