Active Directory

Exchange / AD – Heads up Exchange and Active Directory administrators, AD extension issue

Well, even if it has been generally available for months, seems Windows Server 2025 is in fact still not yet ready for production use. After multiple core services issues, from DHCP services to authentication with Windows Hello, we now have a new issue which is impacting another system, in this case Exchange server on-premises. As […]

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Windows – LDAP signing going to be mandatory in March 2020

In March 2020, Microsoft is going to release a security update for Windows which will require that all LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) request to be signed, meaning all unsigned (and as such unsecure) LDAP request will be rejected by Windows Active Directory servers (AD DS or AD LDS). You need to act now to

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Azure – Use Azure AD Password Protection with your on-premises Active Directory

You may already know that Azure AD is using advanced technologies to protect your credentials, especially your password. It even detects if the password you are trying to use (when you have to change it due to expiration) has been used too much or has been compromised (or banned). This is a huge security feature

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