This site aims to give insights, best practices and tips & tricks into the Microsoft stack with a particular focus on Identity, although I will no doubt drift into Entra ID, On-Premises, Microsoft 365, Google and Azure. Having been in the Microsoft stack for a long time and with a development background in my early years, you will see PowerShell, Graph and perhaps even some C# code. I have collated the blogs into Categories (which are shown in the menu on the left)(which are shown in the hamburger menu above) and Tags (which are shown in the tag cloud in the bottom left)(which are shown in the tag cloud at the bottom) I hope you enjoy the site, please feel free to comment on any post. If you want a regular update sent to you summarising the recently added posts, then please subscribe to the newsletter.
Here is a list of the most recent blogs:
Migrating mailbox data with BitTitan’s MigrationWiz is something that I have done many times, and I’m sure many others have as well. It works well, is reliable (as of date of writing this anyway :)), and it pretty fast. However if the mapping is wrong, it seems to migrate data...
Read MoreIn today’s enterprise landscape, identity management is key to ensuring secure and efficient access to resources. Three widely-used directory services that address these needs are Active Directory (AD), AWS Managed Domain, and Azure AD Directory Services. In this blog, we will explore the pros and cons of each service, including...
Read MoreIn Active Directory we are used to seeing Security Identifiers (SIDs) in Access Control Lists (ACLs) and they are made up of S-1-5-12-- where the RID for non system objects is a number above 1000. Now in Azure AD that wouldn't work as the RID part would quickly exhaust and...
Read MoreIn the world of Microsoft 365 (M365) and Azure Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), managing user access and roles is crucial for both security and collaboration. Two important terms you’ll often come across are “guest” and “User.” These terms have specific meanings both as a user type value in...
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