You would expect that a service that is responsible for the naming of objects within a namespace should prohibit the creation of objects with the same leaf name and fully qualified name. Put simply you should not be able to have two files in the same directory with the exact same name in your file …
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How to configure SAML SSO with the Cisco Meraki Dashboard and Azure Active Directory
Introduction The fine people at Cisco Meraki have recently enabled SAML SSO support to their Meraki Dashboard service. For those of you who don’t know Meraki is Cisco’s cloud managed networking solution. Basically you manage all your networking equipment from a web portal. For more information about Meraki, go here. Whenever I start using a …
How to find the GUID of your Azure AD tenant
All Azure AD tenants are named as sub-domains of the root onmicrosoft.com. For example yourcompany.onmicrosoft.com. Some very early adopters of eg. Office 365 might also have tenant names that look like this emea.microsoftonline.com, but AFAIK all new tenants will inherit the onmicrosoft.com domain. But names are fickle, so every Azure AD tenant also has a …
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Azure AD Sync/Connect Events
Here is a table of Azure AD Sync/Connect related entries that you will find in the Application log of your sync server. Use this table to quickly create filers and find what you are looking for. This is not a complete list! [table id=1 /]
New preview version of Azure AD PowerShell available (Yes, it now supports ADAL!)
I guess the title says it all! Here is the link to the Microsoft Connect site to download: http://connect.microsoft.com/site1164/ Connect-MSOLService now brings up the familiar ADAL prompt with MFA and ADFS support etc. Make sure to read the release notes included, and you should probably uninstall the Microsoft Online Sign In assistant. Here are the …
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Manage Azure Active Directory without an Azure subscription (sort of)
Introduction to Azure Active Directory Azure Active Directory is Microsoft’s cloud identity platform and the identity provider for all the services in the Microsoft Cloud ecosystem. It is a multi tenant global identity platform, available in all the Azure regions. If you have Office 365, Windows Intune or Microsoft Azure; you also have Azure Active …
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Quick and dirty DirSync install automation
Here are the steps required to do an automated vanilla install of the latest DirSync tool: Download the DirSync bits using BITS (the URL always points to the latest version): Start-BitsTransfer -Source http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=278924 -Destination c:Tempdirsync.exe Install the required .NET 3.5 bits: Add-WindowsFeature -Name NET-Framework-Core Install DirSync unattended: .DirSync.exe /quiet UPDATE: Regarding AADSync Unfortunately this does not …
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New PowerShell module for Windows Azure Active Directory
A new version of the PowerShell module for Windows Azure Active Directory is available. This module was previously know as the Microsoft Online PowerShell module. The cmdlets all have the word MSOL in them, and the modules are called MSOnline and MSOnlineExtended. The version is still 1.0.0 as were the previous module. New in this …
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Norwegian content: How to integrate your on-premise Active Directory with Windows Azure Active Directory
I have published a 5 part blog series on the Norwegian Microsoft TechNet Blog, with step by step instructions for setting up integration between your on-premise Window Server Active Directory Directory Service and Windows Azure Active Directory. It covers concepts, single-sign on with ADFS, Directory Synchronization with the DirSync Tool and troubleshooting. So if you …
More free stuff in Windows Azure Active Directory
Microsoft announced today that they will offer two features in Windows Azure Active Directory free of charge; Access Control and Core Directory and Authentication. Access Control provides centralized authentication and authorization by integrating with consumer identity providers such as Facebook or by using an on-premises deployment of the Windows Server Active Directory service. With Access …
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