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Performing a simple Hybrid Identity implementation with AD FS on-premises
In this blogpost, I’ll explain how to install and configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Azure AD Connect to achieve Hybrid Identity with Azure Active Directory, based on Windows...
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Windows Server 2016’s January 2018 Quality Update fixes several AD CS issues
Windows Server 2016’s January 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2034, offers several fixes for Certification Authorities (CAs) running Active Directory Certificate...
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Windows Server 2016’s January 2018 Quality Update fixes several AD FS issues
Windows Server 2016’s January 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2034, offers several fixes for Secure Token Servers (STSs) running Active Directory Federation Services...
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Configuring Geo-Redundancy for AD FS on-premises with Azure Traffic Manager
Last week, I showed you how to perform a simple Hybrid Identity implementation with AD FS on-premises. While this scenario is easy and fast to deploy, it also has a couple of downsides. One of them is...
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What’s New in Azure Active Directory for January 2018
Azure Active Directory is Microsoft’s Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its...
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Pictures of NIC Future Edition
Last week, Crayon organized the 7th Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NIC), labeled the Future Edition. Raymond Comvalius and I presented two sessions. In this blogpost I share our pictures and most...
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Configuring the Azure AD Connect Health Agent for AD FS on Server Core
When you get serious about security in Hybrid Identity implementations, you would opt to implement AD FS servers and Web Application Proxies as Server Core installations. However, this poses a slight...
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Hybrid Identity features per Active Directory Domain Services Domain...
Most Microsoft-based Hybrid Identity implementations use Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) Servers, Web Application Proxies and Azure AD Connect installations. These components have...
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In-place upgrading an Active Directory Domain Controller to Windows Server...
Last week, Microsoft announced the latest Windows Server Insider Preview build, nicknamed Build 17093, referencing its 10.0.17093.1000 version number. This Windows Server version was released to...
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Windows Server 2016’s February 2018 Quality Update fixes empty Attribute...
Windows Server 2016’s February 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2097, offers a fix you might be experiencing with empty values for Attribute in EventID 5136 for...
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Windows Server 2016’s February 2018 Quality Update comes highly recommended...
Windows Server 2016’s February 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2097, offers several fixes for Secure Token Servers (STSs) running Active Directory Federation...
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What’s New in Azure Active Directory for February 2018
Azure Active Directory is Microsoft’s Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its...
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Azure AD Connect v1.1.749.0 adds Privacy and Security Controls
Last week, Microsoft released version 1.1.749.0 of Azure AD Connect, its free Hybrid Identity bridge product to synchronize objects and their attributes from on-premises Active Directory Domain...
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I am a 2018 Veeam Vanguard
This morning, I received an e-mail from Rick Vanover from Veeam congratulating me with being selected for the 2018 Veeam Vanguard Program by the Veeam Vanguard team. For me, it means I successfully...
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I’m speaking at the Amsterdam Microsoft Tech Summit
As part of a global series of events, on Wednesday March 28 and Thursday March 30, Microsoft hosts the Tech Summit in the Amsterdam RAI. Since, from a global point of view, this event takes place in...
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Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 Update 3 offers great functionality
In many organizations, when a vendor releases an update to their product, no one bats an eye. However, when a new version is released, suddenly, everything must change. On one hand we’re seeing...
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KnowledgeBase: You receive error 801c0003 when you try to Azure AD Join a...
Sometimes, error codes for Microsoft products and technologies are really straightforward. Especially in situations where you have limited to no troubleshooting options, like the Windows Out-of-the-Box...
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Pro Tip! Use the claim rules from ADFSHelp for your ‘Office 365 Identity...
Whenever I talk about the claim rules in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) for the ‘Office 365 Identity Platform’ Relying Party Trust (RPT), between the on-premises AD FS implementation and...
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Azure AD Connect Custom Settings vs Express Settings
Azure AD Connect is Microsoft’s free Hybrid Identity bridge product to synchronize objects and their attributes from on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environments and LDAPv3-based...
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Azure AD Connect version 1.1.750.0 is now available for download
While Microsoft was steadily rolling out Azure AD Connect throughout the first half of March to organizations with automatically upgrading Azure AD Connect installations, an issue was discovered. The...
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