In my previous blog post, I have explained how we can apply Microsoft security settings to corporate devices using Intune Security Baselines (http://www.rebeladmin.com/2019/08/step-step-guide-apply-security-baselines-windows-10-devices-using-microsoft-intune/). We can apply similar settings to on-premises devices via group policies. Apart from security settings, we use group policies to…
Microsoft is releasing security baselines for on-premises Active Directory connected devices using group policies. These are used by many organizations around the globe for decades. Using these security settings, administrators can control the state of the corporate devices and maintain the standards. When we are moving device management to the cloud, we can't use group policy settings as…
"Azure Files" is a managed, cloud-based file share that can access via SMB protocol. Once you create Azure File share it can be accessed from any ware using Windows, Linux or macOS. It can also map as a shared drive to a system. This can be used as a unified, reliable, simple solution to replace traditional file servers.
In the on-premises Active Directory environment, we use NTFS…
When it comes to hybrid AD setup, we have to work with whole different types of issues than on-premises AD environments. Azure AD is a managed service by Microsoft, so there is nothing we can do to manage its health. Therefore, most of the hybrid AD issues are related to connectivity, Directory sync or authentication methods (password hash, pass-through authentication, federated). The main…
