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June 19, 2019 Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Tutorial: Deploy Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations demo to Azure

This tutorial demonstrates how to deploy your very own Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations demo / development environment in your own Azure subscription. Microsoft provides a portal for these kind of deployments, named Lifecycle Services (a.k.a. LCS). Important disclaimer!

June 16, 2019 Hyper-V

Hyper-V Server 2019 now available!

After the initial release of Windows Server 2019 back in October 2018 you’re now able to download the “hypervisor version” of Windows Server, named Hyper-V Server 2019. Hyper-V Server 2019 is based on the free version of the Hyper-V role

June 11, 2019 Azure AD / Office 365

Tutorial: Custom phone greetings in Azure MFA

Did you know you can customize the default phone greetings in Azure MFA? In this quick tutorial I will explain how to use your own corporate greetings. Cool! Steps Sign in to the Azure Portal using a global admin account.

May 28, 2019 Azure AD

Microsoft removes 16-character password limit in Azure AD

Microsoft finally removed the 16-character password limit for user accounts in Azure AD and Office 365! You’re now able to set a password up to 256 characters, based on customer feedback. The only way to bypass the 16-character password limit

May 22, 2019 Azure AD

Deciding between single and multiple Office 365 tenants

I am often involved in scenarios where the IAM architecture is being modernized because of a transition to a hybrid or full Public Cloud model. Particularly during organizational merges or acquisitions, questions arises whether tenants should be merged or not.

May 10, 2019 Azure VM

How to retrieve Azure VM instance metadata without having subscription access

Did you know you can leverage the Azure Instance Metadata Service to retrieve instance-specific details about your Azure VM? It provides information like the SKU, network configuration and tags. Go ahead and try it out on an Azure VM using

May 8, 2019 Office 365 / Teams

Teams and Skype coexistence demystified

Have you ever been struggling with Teams and Skype for Business not cooperating? Or maybe your Teams messages are not being received externally? Maybe you are using Islands mode. Read on! In this post I will introduce you to the

May 1, 2019 Azure AD

Tutorial: Require MFA for B2B guest users in your cloud apps

Let’s say your company uses SaaS software (like Teams, SalesForce, Office 365) which leverages Azure AD as (cloud) identity provider, and your corporate users are collaborating with external users. We all know a password as a single layer of defense

April 17, 2019 Azure VM / SQL Server

Azure Backup for SQL Server in VM

You can now leverage Azure Backup solutions for all of your SQL Server workloads running within Virtual Machines, since Microsoft released this new feature global available since March 18th. A few key propositions of this solutions are: 15 minute RPO,

January 30, 2019 Azure AD

One-time passcode for Azure AD B2B guest users

Microsoft announced the public preview of email one-time passcodes (OTP) for Azure AD B2B (guest user) collaboration. This will enable B2B sharing with anyone with an email account. Email OTP enables any partner which doesn’t have (or doesn’t like to