Group Policy as an Attack Pathway
Learn some of the main group policy attack pathways, why they are easily exploited, and how to mitigate them in this article by Darryl Baker.
November 14, 2022
Active Directory is Microsoft’s enterprise directory service for on-premises environments. It can be connected to Azure Active Directory to create a hybrid environment.
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Five ways to Keep Active Directory Secure
Although we live and work in a cloud-first world, on-premises Active Directory (AD) remains a vital component of many companies IT infrastructure. This article goes over five ways to keep Active Directory secure.
November 7, 2022
The Best of TEC 2022 – Now Virtual and Free
TEC is back -100% Virtual & Free - December 6-7! This article recaps the recent in-person event and what to expect from virtual TEC.
October 26, 2022
Heard at TEC: Secure that Active Directory (AD) Migration
This article is a recap of Bryan Patton's and Joe Sharmer's TEC session on key challenges facing today’s Active Directory administrators during consolidation and divestiture projects.
October 19, 2022
Heard at TEC: Hacked and Afraid – dramatic tales from AD disaster recovery scenarios
At TEC 2022, Brian Hymer, Brian Desmond, and Patrick Ancipink conducted an open panel conversation about Active Directory Disaster Recovery.
October 11, 2022
Explaining Azure AD External Identities
Azure AD External Identities should be properly planned, documented, and reviewed regularly to maintain a clean Azure AD environment.
September 19, 2022
Use Exchange Online Management to Update Active Directory Recipient Objects
Microsoft finally introduced the fully-supported capability to remove your last Exchange Server and provided a cut-down set of PowerShell cmdlets that you can use to manage the Exchange Online-related attributes in your local Active Directory.
September 7, 2022
You’ve Migrated… But What Did You Leave Behind?
Migrations in Microsoft 365 are a complex beast. Every shiny new tool Microsoft releases is another consideration for the migration team!
September 6, 2022
Migrating On-Prem Active Directory Computer Accounts to Azure AD
With modern networking and cloud adoption, it only makes sense for our computer accounts to make the move from Active Directory to Azure AD.
September 1, 2022
Kerberos Constrained Delegations Crossing AD Security Boundaries
Kerberos Delegations can be confusing, but it is important to understand how delegations behave when configured across trust boundaries.
August 22, 2022
Azure AD Connect Group Writeback Deep Dive
Dive deep into Azure AD Connect and Azure Group Writeback to understand how it works with the attribute flow and learn some possible use cases for it.
July 28, 2022
Azure AD Group Writeback Launched and Now Available
On July 6, Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure AD Group Writeback. As is usual with announcements of this nature, it created several questions. In this article, I want to explain some higher-level details about the new feature.
July 13, 2022