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

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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

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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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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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Azure AD – Start moving from ADAL and Azure Graph API to use MSAL

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If you develop applications with identities capabilities (like authentication or self service registration or profile management) and have been using the Microsoft Azure Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) or Azure Graph API, it is now time for you to update your code to start using the new Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL). Both ADAL and Azure

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Azure AD – The Trusted/Named Locations blade has a new experience (preview)

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If you work with Azure Active Directory (AAD, Azure AD), you should already know the Named Locations (also known as Trusted Locations) settings which allows you to define a list of IP addresses or ranges to be marked as trusted or not and then can be used with Conditional Access. Well, the administration experience for

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