Active Directory

Step-by-Step Guide: Active Directory Migration from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2019

As you may already know, Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 products reached End of Extended support on 1/14/2020. So if your Active Directory is running on Windows Server 2008, It is time to look for upgrade options. In this blog post, I am going to demonstrate how to migrate Active Directory from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2019. AD Migration task itself is very straight forward. But…
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Mastering Active Directory – 3rd Edition

Step-by-Step Guide: How to sync Custom Active Directory Attributes to Azure AD?

Azure services

Step-by-Step Guide: How to publish Applications using Windows Virtual Desktop (Spring 2020 Release)

In my previous blog post, I have explained how we can set up Windows Virtual Desktop (Spring 2020 Release) and publish desktops. If you didn’t read it yet, please go ahead and read it before we continue with this article as I am going to use the same system setup. You can access previous blog post using this link. In this blog post, I am going to demonstrate how to publish applications using…
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Step-by-Step Guide: Configure Entra ID lifecycle workflow to trigger mover task on user profile changes

Microsoft Entra Permissions Management – Part 01 – How to onboard Azure Subscription ?

Azure services

Step-by-Step Guide to Windows Virtual Desktop (Spring 2020 Release)

I wrote my first article about Windows Virtual Desktop when it was in the preview stage. There were few releases after that and some of the content of that original post is no longer relevant. So, I thought it is time to release a new article to avoid conflicts. Windows Virtual Desktop is a cloud-based desktop and app virtualization service. If you ever worked with on-premises VDI solutions such…
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Step-by-Step Guide: Configure Entra ID lifecycle workflow to trigger mover task on user profile changes

Microsoft Entra Permissions Management – Part 01 – How to onboard Azure Subscription ?

Azure servicesMicrosoft Entra ID

Step-by-Step Guide: Enable secure LDAP (LDAPS) for an Azure Active Directory Domain Services managed domain

In an on-premises Active Directory environment, there can be application or service which required integration with Active Directory. With AD integration, the application can search for AD users, allow login, assign permissions, etc. This integration part is usually done using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). By default, traffic over LDAP is not encrypted. Due to the…
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Step-by-Step Guide : Process Entra ID Entitlement Management Access Package on-behalf of another user (preview)

Step-by-Step Guide: Configure Entra ID lifecycle workflow to use Custom Security Attributes