PowerShell, Technology

Creating Bulk DNS Records with PowerShell

PowerShell is a great tool for managing your repetitive tasks with DNS records. In this example I will show you how you can bulk import DNS records to Windows DNS servers.     Populate a CSV with your device names and IP’s In PowerShell, import your CSV with the devices and IPs: #Import CSV $devices = Import-Csv “\\ServerPath\devices.csv” 3. Loop…

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PowerShell, Technology

Automating Windows Server Updates with PowerShell

Introduction If you are anything like me, you probably get fed up managing Windows Server updates manually pretty quickly. Logging onto servers, checking for updates, installing them, rebooting them, trying to keep track of which servers have been updated, what updates were installed etc… etc… I wanted to automate the process but still have control over when the updates were…

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Azure, Office 365, Technology

16. Monitoring and maintaining Azure AD

Analysing and investigating sing-in logs to troubleshoot access issues Viewing logs Go to Azure AD -> Sign ins From here view and filter the sign in logs. You can see information like: – IP address – Date time – Applications – Login Status (success/failure) – location If you click on a log entry you get more information such as the…

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Azure, Office 365, Technology

15. Planning, Implementing Privileged Access and Access Reviews

Understanding Privileged Identity Management (PIM) Traditionally we use RBAC to manage administration privileges. We assign privileges to a role, then give a user that role. PIM takes things to another level What is PIM? PIM allow you to manage, control and monitor access to resources in your organisation. These resources include: Azure AD, Azure, O365, Intune etc… PIM allows you…

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Azure, Office 365, Technology

SC-300 Course: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator (Study Notes)

  I am currently studying for my SC-300: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator exam. I am studying the content using John Christophers course on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/course/sc-300-course-microsoft-identity-and-access-administrator/ On the following posts I will be uploading some of my study notes. This keeps me honest with making sure I keep have decent notes and hopefully they will be of help to other…

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Azure, Office 365, Technology

12. Managing Azure AD Protection

Understanding Azure Identity Protection with User and Sign in Risk policies Azure Identity Protection helps with the following tasks: Automate the detection and remediation of identity based risks (compromised accounts, phishing attacks etc…) Investigate risks using easy to find data Export risk data to third part tools for further analysis Identity Risk Detection Engines: Heuristics: the system monitors how the…

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Azure, Office 365, Technology

10. Managing User Authentication

Administering Authentication Methods (FIDO2/Passwordless) Issues with passwords: People get phished People use the same password for many systems Passwordless Based Authentication Passwordless authentication methods are more convenient because the password is removed and replaced with something you have, plus something you are or something you know. Azure and Azure Government offer the following three Passwordless authentication options: Windows Hello for…

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