Azure Active Directory

Azure AD – You can download the list of Azure AD Devices

It has been a long awaited capability: you can now download the list of your Azure AD devices directly from the Azure AD portal. Before this feature you were able to get the list of your Azure AD devices only using Azure AD PowerShell. To download the list of your Azure AD devices from the […]

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Azure AD – You can now automate actions when reviewing guest/external users access

As you  know, you can invite external users (known as guest) to your organization, leading to the creation of a guest account in your Azure AD. You also know that reviewing such external access is always a complicated tasks. To assist in this process, Microsoft has introduced some time ago already a feature called Azure

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Azure AD – Continuous access evaluation is now in preview to improve Conditional Access evaluation

As you know you can implement Conditional Access on Azure Active Directory to determine conditions of access to applications published through Azure AD. You may also already know that Conditional Access evaluation may be delayed because authentication token obtained previously by the client is not yet expired. This means when a connection condition change it

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Azure AD B2C – New access risk insights and Conditional Access are now available in preview

As you know Microsoft Cloud services identity is based on Azure Active Directory (AAD). You may also know that Azure AD is not only available for corporate authentication for your users or external partners companies but you can leverage Azure AD for you business to consumer (B2C) application with Azure AD B2C. Well, Azure AD

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Azure AD – Conditional Access policies now applied to all client application by default

By now, you should already know the Conditional Access feature provided with Azure AD, helping you defining conditions to authorize access to applications/resources – like requesting multi factor authentication when outside of the corporate network. You should also know that legacy authentication endpoints (like SMTP, POP or IMAP) should be blocked. Well, an important update

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Azure AD Connect – Getting “An error occurred while connecting to the state store” error after updating AAD connect configuration

Recently I had to update the configuration of an existing Azure AD Connect – the directly synchronization tool from Microsoft to synchronize your Active Directory identities to Azure AD – instance. It was running the latest version at that time (1.5.42). The error was: An error occurred while connecting to the state store: Attempted to

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Azure AD – You can now enable cloud groups for administration role assignment (preview)

As you know, all administrative permissions to manage any service or capability should be granted by assigning Azure AD administration roles. Well, until now, it was not possible to grant such administration role to a group of users. Good news, this capability is now available in preview. To start using group to grant administration role,

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Azure AD – Azure AD App Proxy now supports Remote Desktop web client

By now, you may already know the Azure Active Directory App Proxy (AAD App Proxy), the solution integrated with Azure AD to publish internal resources securely without having to configure firewall (open port, define target…) and providing Single Sign On with Azure AD (if the published application support it). You may already using Azure App

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Azure AD – The new version of Azure AD Connect allows you to export your configuration for reuse (preview)

By now, you already know Azure AD Connect, the directory synchronization tool from Microsoft to provision your identities in Azure Active Directory (AAD). Well, a new version has been released (version 1.5.42.0) which allows you to export your configuration and then re use it when installing/configuring a new instance. You may already know the Azure

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Azure AD – You can now add links and formatting to your Company Branding

As you know, you can customize the logon sign-in pages with your company logo, custom image and color (this requires to have at least an Azure AD P1 license). Well, the Company Branding has been updated and you can now add hyperlinks and add simple formatting like bold, underlining or italics. To start customizing your

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