Stephanie Kahlam

The Bullet Point differences between Active Directory and Azure AD I came across a Blog that did a really good job at explaining the differences between Active Directory and Azure AD. There is quite a bit of confusion around what the “newer kids on the block” do, or won’t do compared to Active Directory as …

Thinking about moving to a more secure model of User Verification is a great idea especially these days. Office 365 and Azure AD provide the means to increase security for users using either 2-step verification or AzureAD MFA. Multi Factor Authentication. What is it anyway? Typically it is Why is MFA important? The security of …

Where is MS Forms Data stored? Microsoft Forms data is stored on servers in the United States, with the exception of data for European-based tenants. The data for European-based tenants is stored on servers in Europe. Will MS Forms Data be stored in Canada? So far storing Forms Data is not on the Road Map …

Scenario You joined a device to Azure AD then later on renamed it.  The display name is never updated in Azure AD or Intune.  The resolution?  Change the display name using PowerShell of course! Steps If you don’t already have it get the Azure AD PowerShell module here Once the module is installed open PowerShell …

Prevent Users from creating Office 365 Groups – OPTION1 Follow the link and for step 1 “Do not add users to the security group” This will disallow All users from being able to create Office 365 Groups. Only Allow specific Users or Groups to create Office 365 Groups – OPTION2 Follow the link and for …

It only took 3 support requests, 3 Office 365 Concierge techs, 2 Azure techs and finally an Intune Engineer to fill in the gaps for the points below! Point #1 – Groups previously managed in Intune portal are now being managed in Azure Point #2 – Groups that contained devices (mobile) that have MDM policies …

Scenario I had a task to set up and configure Windows Intune. I needed to ensure that domain joined and NON domain joined Windows 10 systems could enroll in Windows Intune. So, I did what I always do and rigorously started researching the various steps required to get this solution set up. I was more …

  The new AADConnect V1.1 has some significant changes this time around – OVERVIEW   I performed a “from scratch” install which was guided by the wizard driven interface in Office 365. Installation of the actual AADConnect software was fairly easy and if you have read any MS KB’s or blog posts most will suggest …

Step 1 – Plan it out Before you begin your mission to start moving your On-Premises Virtual Machines to Windows Azure there are a couple of things you might want to consider. How much will it cost to run your VM in Azure or Park it? Azure has a nice little Cost Estimator Tool that …