07Sep
22Aug
The Underwhelming MAM for Edge and What Else We Can Do
A while back I had written about a solution that I have been anxiously awaiting since its announcement: MAM for Edge on Windows. Let me explain the background a bit. We used to have Windows Information Protection (WIP). Well, we still have it for enrolled devices, but it is being deprecated,...
08Jul
Should I use Hybrid Azure AD Join or not?
I consulted with an MSP recently about one of their larger customers, and whether or not to implement Hybrid Azure AD Join for existing Windows workstations (joined to traditional Active Directory). The classic consultant answer of course is, "It depends." In certain cases, perhaps. But in truth and in practice,...
06Jun
Can I use Windows 365 as a Privileged Access Workstation?
It has been a while since we did a question from a reader. This one has been in my inbox for a while now, but since I just recently covered Windows 365 with our peer group, my offline conversation from a few months ago came to mind again, and I...
19May
The future is bright, according to Bing’s New Chat Bot
“I think Copilot is an amazing innovation that can transform the way we work and make us more efficient and creative. I am glad to see Microsoft leading the way in AI technology. 😊” Thanks for that insight, Bing. I don’t know what I’d do without you. It is hard to...
28Apr
Why aren’t you protecting your mobile devices with Microsoft Defender?
Recently I was on a call with Microsoft, and I was surprised to hear that adoption for Microsoft Defender on mobile devices is still extremely low. But according to other industry partners, this is true of Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) solutions in general. I think this unfortunate trend could be...
01Apr
Reviewing the GDAP Wizard in Lighthouse
Hey folks! In today’s article, we will be taking a closer look at Granular Delegated Admin Permissions or GDAP. You can think of this feature as providing similar functionality to Privileged Identity Management (PIM), including “Just-in-Time” (JIT) access, but specifically with regard to your partner tenant as you “reach across”...
31Jan
A friendly reminder about least privilege access and other simple stuff
I just spent an exhausting 36 or so hours helping a customer out of a really bad situation. Well, technically they aren't out of the woods yet, but things are clearing up anyway. And I am at the point now where I exit, handing off the bulk of remaining tasks...
09Dec
But have you turned multifactor authentication ALL the way on?
Do you remember just a short time ago, Microsoft would claim that switching on Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) prevents 99.9% of identity-based attacks? Well, the times they are a-changin. I do not know what they would report today for a percentage of attacks which are thwarted by MFA alone, but I...
31Oct