Make a bot for simple interactions in Teams using a Webhook https://ift.tt/3IexzYO Introduction Have you ever had an idea to ask a bot to perform a simple interaction? Then this article is for you. A simple interaction could be an answer to a question you asked: You: What time is it? Bot: It’s 3.56PM You […]
Recurring Active Directory Checks https://ift.tt/3qwiJFF Q: I just had an Active Directory (AD) or Active Directory Security health assessment from Microsoft, and they found some stuff I didn’t know about, or they found other items I knew to check for but forgot about. While I want to get another assessment done in another year or […]
Maintain your Azure Infrastructure with Terraform https://ift.tt/3ekHEpX Terraform is an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool owned by HashiCorp, which allows you to build, deploy, change, and manage infrastructure using code. It helps you define resources and infrastructure in human-readable, declarative configuration files and manages your infrastructure’s lifecycle. Code is the instruction written in a human-readable […]
Azure AD Connect v2.0.88.0 addresses a security issue in Microsoft.Data.OData and offers new functionality https://ift.tt/3F5NPtS Roughly three months after the release of the last Azure AD Connect version, Microsoft released a security update to Azure AD Connect v2.x. to address a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. Microsoft recommends updating Azure AD Connect to v2.0.88.0 as […]
Deploy Bicep files by using GitHub Actions https://ift.tt/3pPXK0c Recently, I did a live streaming session for the New York City Microsoft Reactor in which I took concepts from the Quickstart: Deploy Bicep files by using GitHub Actions doc and put them into action. In this session I create an Azure Kubernetes (AKS) cluster […]
WIM Witch v3.3.0 – Remote Configuration Manager Integration https://ift.tt/3IHUyw6 Version 3.3.0 of WIM Witch brings independence from the Primary Site Server for those leveraging Configuration Manager integration. This means that WIM Witch isn’t subject to DISM limitations of older versions installed on legacy server operating systems, having to perform the building on the PSS, etc. […]
Deploying Infrastructure in Azure Using ARM Templates https://ift.tt/3rhxjmB I have recently been looking at using Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM) to deploy and redeploy resources in Azure. I haven’t really done a lot with ARM templates so I though it might be helpful to do a few test runs and try figure out how to […]
BgInfo 4.28 workaround: Use a WMI query to report Windows Server 2022 correctly as the OS Version https://ift.tt/3FY7D2h The Windows Sysinternals tool BgInfo, is a free tool from Microsoft which captures system information form a workstation or server (probably where it is the most useful) and displays that relevant data directly on the desktop of that particular machine. In […]
Introducing the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Migration Guide https://ift.tt/30g2hAu Today, we’re pleased to announce the release of the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Migration Guide. If you’re thinking of switching your MX record from another filtering service or on-premises Security Email Gateway, then we hope you’ll find this helpful. Our goal with this guide […]
What’s New in Windows Server 2022 Security! #Winserv #Security #WindowsServer2022 #SecOps https://ift.tt/2YZJSXW Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit 1.0 The Microsoft Security Configuration Toolkit enables enterprise security administrators to effectively manage their enterprise’s Group Policy Objects (GPOs). Using the toolkit, administrators can compare their current GPOs with Microsoft-recommended GPO baselines or other baselines, edit them, store them […]
