New free VMware tool: Virtual Machine Desired State Configuration (VMDSC) https://ift.tt/3nnjY8H The new free VMware tool, Virtual Machine Desired State Configuration (VMDSC), allows you to optimize the performance of your virtual infrastructure without impacting business-critical VMs. You can modify the configuration of VMs that need vCPU or memory changes without rebooting them. The changes are […]
NDES Security Best Practices https://ift.tt/3iRJYYd Hi, I am Dagmar, working for the Microsoft Compromise Recovery Security Practice team. As NDES (Network Device Enrollment Server) – if misconfigured or not secured and hardened properly – can be a door opener for the compromise of an Active Directory, I decided to collect and write down security best practices. A brief History of SCEP and NDES The Network Device Enrollment […]
Three Active Directory vulnerabilities were addressed in the October 2021 Updates https://ift.tt/3lzouBa When looking at the October 12th, 2021 updates today, I noticed three updates that specifically address vulnerabilities in Active Directory Domain Services and DNS. These vulnerabilities affect domain controllers at the heart of many networking infrastructure environments. About the vulnerabilities Three vulnerabilities were […]
Identity-related sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2021 Fall Edition https://ift.tt/2Z3bYSe Microsoft’s Ignite 2021 Fall event kicks off in two weeks. Exactly eight months after Microsoft Ignite 2021 Spring Edition (organized from Tuesday March 2nd to Thursday March 4th, 2021), Microsoft’s Ignite 2021 Fall event takes place from Tuesday November 2nd to Thursday November 4th, 2021) This […]
Microsoft 365 Password Expiration Notification Email Solution for On-Premises AD Accounts https://ift.tt/2Xl7aGL "Hello Again World!" Hi there! Mike Kullish, here. I’m a Microsoft Customer Engineer (CE) based just off the Gulf Coast of Florida with a focus on AD, Hyper-V and DFS, but I try to help customers with anything on the Windows Desktop and/or Server platforms. (Also, this whole […]
Support for vSphere 6.5 and vSphere 6.7 ends in one year https://ift.tt/3n1pptC On October 18th, 2016, VMware announced vSphere 6.5 focusing on a simplified experience and improving security features. Today, we’re seeing one year of support left for this great product that has served so many organizations well. vSphere 6.5 To me, vSphere 6.5 […]
DevOps Lab | Hashicorp Series | Episode 1 | Terraform 1.0 https://ift.tt/3msdvc9 DevOps Lab | Hashicorp Series | Episode 1 | Terraform 1.0 In this first episode of our Hashicorp series, Kyle Ruddy joins April to show how you can use terraform to manage both Azure and Github with code. While many people only use […]
Windows 11: How to check Secure Boot Configuration https://ift.tt/3iCc6yq This is a quick and dirty blog post about checking Secure Boot via registry. UEFI Secure Boot is a requirement for running Windows 11. Graphical User Interface Press CTRL + R. Type regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ SecureBoot \ […]
Migrating roles and features to Windows Server 2022 using WSMT https://ift.tt/3FqsuM8 The Windows Server Migration Tools (WSMT) have shipped with Windows Server since version 2003. Admins can use them to transfer roles and features to a newer version of the operating system. Since Microsoft hasn’t updated these tools for quite some time, they show some […]
Azure AD Connect v2.0.28.0 addresses four issues https://ift.tt/2WE0fbu The lost two months have been a bonanza for Azure AD Connect releases. Today, Microsoft released version 2.0.28.0 of Azure AD Connect as a maintenance update for it’s free solution to synchronize objects from Active Directory and LDAPv3-compatible identity stores to Azure AD. What’s Fixed Installation […]
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