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How to Migrate Your Certification Authority Hashing Algorithm From SHA-1 To SHA-2

Last updated Sep 21, 2019 | Published on Apr 19, 2018 | PKI, Security | 8 |

A practical guide on how to migrate your certification authority hashing algorithm from SHA-1 to SHA-2, and guidance on cryptographic providers, what makes your CA SHA-2 capable, and step by step guide with screenshots.

Get Configuration Manager Update Size Before Deploying

Last updated Sep 21, 2019 | Published on Apr 16, 2018 | Infrastructure | 9 |

Have you ever wondered why you cannot see the size of updates inside configuration manager software update console? In this blog post, we will get a configuration manager update size report, and unlock the mystery behind that.

Configuration Manager Report (Most Amazing Hardware Inventory SQL Report)

Last updated May 16, 2018 | Published on Apr 16, 2018 | Infrastructure | 49 |

This configuration manager report is considered one of the top reports as it helps remove duplicate records, and filter orphan records based on last time seen online. Provided also the SQL query powering this report, along with some tips to help you add more information.

What is Strict KDC Validation?

Last updated Apr 15, 2018 | Published on Apr 15, 2018 | PKI, Security | 1 |

What is Strict KDC Validation and what risks does it mitigate? In this blog post, we will uncover how smart cards and digital certificates work with domain controllers (KDC), and how life looks like before introducing Strict KDC validation.

Azure AD GUID to Azure AD ImmutableID converter

Published on Feb 14, 2018 | Azure, Enterprise Mobility & Security | 2 |

This tool will help you convert Object GUID from your Active Directory to the corresponding ImmutablieID in Azure Active Directory.

EOP Exchange Online Protection Architecture

Last updated Jul 4, 2019 | Published on Feb 13, 2018 | Exchange, Office 365, Security | 15 |

Deep dive into EOP Exchange Online Protection Architecture and discover how it works behind the scene, and how messages are being filtered and assigned SCL.

Hybrid Email moderation and Remote Domains

Last updated Feb 12, 2018 | Published on Feb 12, 2018 | Exchange, Office 365 | 1 |

Email moderation and Remote Domains are very important to understand and configure to ensure proper email moderation on hybrid exchange environment.

Hybrid Email Moderation in Office 365

Last updated Jun 11, 2018 | Published on Feb 12, 2018 | Exchange, Office 365 | 12 |

Hybrid Email Moderation in Office 365 is when moderators are mix of on-premises and hosted mailboxes. Discover how to solve all conflicts in this post.

Microsoft Cloud Security Approach & Architecture

Last updated Sep 2, 2018 | Published on Jan 31, 2018 | Enterprise Mobility & Security, Office 365, Security | 0 |

Microsoft Cloud Security Approach & Architecture During your plan to implement the modern...

Office 365 Groups Policy Settings

Published on Dec 24, 2017 | Office 365, PowerShell | 0 |

Learn how to govern the use of Office 365 Groups inside your company, by configuring Office 365 Groups Policy Settings.

My TEDTalks – Digital Transformation

Last updated Sep 1, 2021 | Published on Nov 10, 2017 | Digital Transformation | 0 |

It was my honor to be nominated to speak in Microsoft Dubai TedTalks about the new revolution upon us & how this changes everything in a digital transformation era.

What is Azure Key Vault?

Last updated Nov 1, 2017 | Published on Oct 26, 2017 | Azure, Security | 0 |

In this blog post, we will be talking about Azure Key Vault, a cloud solution from Microsoft that...

How to use Azure key vault with PowerShell to encrypt data

Last updated Oct 26, 2017 | Published on Oct 26, 2017 | Azure, PowerShell, Security | 5 |

Learn how to interact with Azure key vault with PowerShell, by fetching an access token from AzureAD and use it to encrypt “Hello World” string.

Hosted voice mail in Office 365 Part 2/2

Last updated Sep 17, 2017 | Published on Sep 17, 2017 | Exchange, Office 365 | 1 |

Learn how hosted voice mail in Office 365 works, and explore in great details how Skype for Business can discover and connect to Exchange Online UM.

Exchange SCL and EOP headers

Last updated Feb 13, 2018 | Published on Aug 19, 2017 | Exchange, Office 365 | 0 |

Exchange SCL and EOP headers are essential to understand how Exchange Online Protection or EOP really works. Analyzing such headers is the key to master EOP

Email Message P1 and P2 headers

Last updated Feb 13, 2018 | Published on Aug 19, 2017 | Exchange, Office 365, Security | 8 |

Learn the difference between Email Message P1 and P2 headers, and how they play a big role in message routing and Exchange Online Protection EOP filtering.

Modern workplace tip of the iceberg

Last updated Sep 1, 2021 | Published on Aug 2, 2017 | Digital Transformation, Enterprise Mobility & Security, Office 365 | 0 |

Modern Workplace tip of iceberg shows how people think of modern workplace from their experience side, while they miss a lot of work done behind the scenes.

The Modern Workplace – Trends & solutions

Last updated Mar 4, 2019 | Published on Aug 2, 2017 | Azure, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Mobility & Security, Office 365 | 0 |

What is the modern workplace? Why it is becoming something everyone is talking about? What are the needs of your employees when it comes to their workplace?

Hosted voice mail in Office 365 Part 1/2

Last updated Sep 17, 2017 | Published on Aug 1, 2017 | Exchange, Office 365 | 0 |

Learn how hosted voice mail works in hybrid environment where the user mailbox is in Office 365, and his Skype extension is using on-premises Skype infra.