Azure Active Directory

Azure AD Connect – A new version of the directory synchronization tool is available

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A new version (1.2.65.0) of Azure AD Connect has been released. You can get it from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=615771 You need to know that this version is going to overwrite your setting for autoupgrade if you have it set to not automatically update. Before Update After Update If you want to keep the autoupgrade disabled you will […]

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Azure MFA – Support for hardware OAth token and multiple MFA devices coming on Azure MFA

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You may be already aware of the Azure Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) solution which has been available for quite some time. Well, good news as Azure MFA is now going to support hardware tokens (OATH-TOTP SHA-1). As you may already know Azure MFA requires end-user to have a phone available (either mobile or desk phone)

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Azure AD – You can now send your Azure AD logs to Log Analytics

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You may already know that you can have Azure AD Diagnostic logs; but do you know you can now send these logs to Log Analytics for consolidation and better analysis? To do so, just logon to your Azure AD administration portal (https://aad.portal.azure.com) or Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com) and reach out the Azure AD configuration blade. From

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Azure AD – New capabilities for identity governance on Azure AD

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You can now define policies to let your end-users requesting access to your corporate resources – from group membership to role permissions – either with automated or manual approval. At this stage, this is currently available only through private preview. You can register your interest here https://aka.ms/azureadidentitygovernancepreview

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Intune – Display an enrollment status page

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With the latest Intune update, you can now display an enrollment status page after a Windows 10 device has been registered. The page will let your end-users know what is happening while their device is finalizing the registration process. To do so, you first need to enable the feature in Intune Connect to your Azure

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Exchange Online – Implement ‘Limited Access’ Conditional Access

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You may already know that you can implement a ‘limited access’ conditional access for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business, allowing end-users to access content on SharePoint Online but not authorizing to download anything while accessing using non compliant devices. Now, you can do the same for Exchange Online to allow your end-users accessing their

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Azure AD – New SSO setup experience

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An updated and refreshed experience is now available when setting up Single Sign On (SSO) when publishing application on Azure Active Directory (AAD). After adding a new application in Azure AD you need to setup how the authentication is going to be proceed and most of the time you are going to setup SSO. The

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Azure/Windows 10 – You can use your Authenticator App to sign in

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Going the same way than Windows Hello for Business, you can now use your Microsoft Authenticator app to sign in to your corporate resources protected by Azure AD (Azure, Office 365, Azure published apps…) You need off course few prerequisites: Running Windows 10, registered to your Azure AD tenant Have setup an authentication policy on

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Azure – Azure AD authentication available in preview for Azure Files

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You may already know Azure Files service allowing you to use Azure as files ‘server’ and off course Azure AD to manage authentication to your Microsoft cloud services (Azure and/or Office 365). Well, good news, you can use Azure AD to leverage authentication to access Azure Files; meaning you can set NTFS like permissions on

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Azure AD – New location to manage guest and organizational relationship

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Azure AD has been updated with a new configuration blade called Organizational Relationships.This new configuration blade is the new location to manage guest users permissions and invitations   You now have access to a comprehensive list of users from external organizations (guest) with the option (as you already from the users list) to create a

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