Avoid strings in passwords with Azure AD
In this article you will learn how to avoid strings in passwords with Azure AD password protection. By default, the Windows operating system, via the password policies, offers to specify...
O365 Hybrid – Exchange Federation Trust
Today’s article explores a part of the O365 Hybrid Configuration called Exchange Federation Trust. The Exchange Federation Trust is automatically created when the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) is used. (more…)
Active Directory: Temporary Permissions
The installation of an application requires elevated rights. At first, the administrator might try to decline the request. But quite often colleagues return with an “approval” by their management. If...
Changing the Notation of a Dynamic DNS Host Entry
Changing upper and lower case of a dynamic DNS host entry is not easily possible in case the DNS is integrated into the Active Directory. The entry is created as...
NTFS: Users can see folders without “Read” permissions
Sometimes Read and Write permissions that users get through authorization groups do not work properly on the file servers: – Users without “Read” permissions can see folders – Users without...
Microsoft Azure: Change Static IP Address of a Virtual Machine
Sometimes it can be necessary to change the network structure of the virtual machines in Azure, e.g. to move VMs into a virtual network for the setting up of VPNs....
Exchange: Distribution Lists with Multiple Managers
It is common knowledge that by setting the configuration “Managed By” and “Manager can update membership list”, users can be authorized to administrate members of a mailing list in Microsoft...
Novell Client 2 for Windows 7: disable or remove?
There are a lot of reasons why customers want to migrate from Novell eDirectory to Microsoft Active Directory. I would like to use this article to explain one of the...
Group Managed Service Accounts
As already explained in the article about ADFS 3.0, Windows Server 2010 supports Group Managed Service Accounts (GMSA) are supported under Windows Server 2012. The passwords of these accounts are...
Automated Group Memberships in Active Directory
In Microsoft’s Active Directory groups are used to manage permissions and access to shares and apps. But with a big number of users accounts the group management becomes time-consuming for...
Dynamic AD Groups
Dynamic Entra ID Groups
