You may already Azure Active Directory which used (at least) by Office 365 to manage users and groups – either synchronized from your own On Premises AD or directly from the cloud. Now, Microsoft has announced Azure Active Directory Domain Services to deliver a more complete AD services from the cloud – meaning you do …
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I have been playing with the Mobile Device Management feature for Office 365 for some time already – since it has been in technical preview. I registered many devices running on different OS (Windows, Windows Phone, Windows 10 Tech Preview, Android..) but recently I discovered a rogue/phantom device in the Office 365 Mobile Device Management …
If you are using Microsoft Intune as client and/or device management solution, you have to be aware that Microsoft will make the Azure Authenticator app a requirements for Android devices in September 2015. You can opt out this requirements using the Intune management portal through the Mobile Device Management\Android If you opt out you need …
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Following my previous post about the upgrade process from DirSync to AAD Connect (which failed), I decided to go ahead and uninstall DirSync to do a fresh install of AAD Connect. So let start a fresh install by accepting the license agreement Then you have the choice to do an Express configuration – which …
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Following the announcement of the new AAD Connect (Azure Active Directory Connect), I decided to upgrade my DirSync instance (version 1.0.7020). So the first thing is off course to get the AAD Connect tool either from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=615771 Then let start the upgrade…. Some details about my current DirSync configuration: Use OU’s filtering to define where …
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The long waited new version (and unique tool) to synchronize your On Premises Active Directory with Azure Active Directory (and so Office 365 too) is now available This new version offers more options for the synchronization such as multi AD Forest support, simpler attributes selection for synchronization, richer identity scenario… And the icing on the …
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In case of you missed it, Microsoft proposes a speed test for Azure too – as for Office 365. http://azurespeedtest.azurewebsites.net/ it will help you to determine which datacentre or CDN to use for your Azure services, and it getting updated live so you can see the evolution in real time too
It has been announced during the Ignite conference currently at Chicago. Azure RMS is being updated to include a tracking feature allowing user to track access attempt to an RMS protected file, either successful or not. This new feature is currently under preview and is available to any Office 365 or EMS customers, after the …
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Following the announcement of the availability of a new AAD Connect preview build (March 2015 build), here is the some details regarding the installation and configuration steps for this build. I may not have covered everything here yet but will do new post if needed. As quick reminder, if you already had the previous build …
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As you may already know since some time, Azure Active Directory Connect (AAD Connect) will be the only tool to synchronize On Premises Active Directory with Azure Active Directory (so replacing DirSync for Office 365) as well as providing more features. So, a new preview build has been delivered for testing today. There is no …
