As you know, for the past few years, Microsoft has been working to remove the need of passwords to access Microsoft Cloud services through Azure Active Directory – also known as password less. Well, there was still a problem as an end user needed to know his password at some point. This now answered with […]
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As you know you can add extensions (small applications that provide post-deployment configuration and automation tasks) to your virtual machine running on Azure. Well, you can now get these extensions automatically upgrade when there is a new version. This is a preview capability which means there is no SLA associated with it in case of
As you know Azure Security Center and Secure Score are your one-stop shop regarding your security posture on Azure; helping you staying secure while running your workloads on Azure. Well, you can now view your Secure Score at the management group level and not only the subscription level. You can turn on the Group by
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As you know, you can use access keys to access Azure Storage Account content (Blob, Table, File…). While this is helpful this also implies some security risk when using public endpoints. Well, good news, you can now disable account access keys on storage account to use Azure AD authentication instead. IMPORTANT if you disable account
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This has been a major feature missing on the Azure Information Protection Unified Labelling client; the ability to track and revoke access to protected documents. If you have been using Azure RMS/Azure Information Protection (the ‘classic’ one), you already know this feature has been available for quite some time. Well, the new version of the
As you know, Office 365 comes with compliance capabilities (from retention policies to investigation). Well, you can now use Office 365 Compliance Configuration Analyzer to generate a report which is going to help you to understand your compliance usage and provides recommendations to improve your use of Office 365 compliance capabilities. This is a PowerShell
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As you know, Key Vault lets you save secrets, certificates or keys in a secure way to then allows you to use it either with automation or simply as a ‘user vault’. You also know that access to the Key Vault is managed by assigning access policies, defining who can access and do what. Well,
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A new feature is now available in preview to help you manage and service your Office 365 clients. This feature is going to give you more insights about your clients and better manage servicing and updates. The feature includes the following capabilities: Office Apps & Add-in Inventory Security Currency report Servicing Profile To enable it,
As you know, IT administration has a lot of every day management tasks. Well, if you are running your workloads in Azure you can now reduce these day-to-day tasks by using Azure Automanage: a new capability for your virtual machines management tasks on Azure. Azure Automanage will automatically implements VM management best practices as defined
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As you know, you have the capability to backup your workloads (either from on-premises or Azure) to an Azure Recovery Vaults. Well, as you may have multiple backup vaults (or you are a CSP managing Azure services for your customers), it may be difficult to easily manage backup tasks and reports. Good news, a new
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