Windows Azure Active Directory vs. Windows Server Active Directory

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ There’s been a lot of confusion about Windows Azure Active Directory since it was unveiled to the public last year, though it has been running at scale for a while. Over the next few months, I’m going to cover the various combinations of Azure Active Directory and Windows Server Active Directory that you can use to support your company, and talk about the scenarios in which you might…

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Multi Factor Authentication in Office 365 vs Azure

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ On February 10th Microsoft announced the general availability of Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365. Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365, powered by Windows Azure Multi-Factor Authentication, works exclusively with Office 365 applications at no additional cost and is managed  from the Office 365 portal. Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365 offers a subset of Windows Azure Multi-Factor Authentication capabilities as shown in the following table: Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365…

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Enabling and Configuring Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: I am going to show how to enable and configure Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365. Microsoft recently expanded the ability to utilize Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to all users, previous it had only been available for Admin users. You can also review the Multi-Factor Authentication guide to assist with you deployment. To begin with login to the Office 365 Portal with Administrative credentials and navigate to the User and Groups section   Select…

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Windows Server 2012 R2 and Exchange 2013 SP1 Database Availability Groups

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has released, and among other features and improvements, SP1 includes support for Windows Server 2012 R2. This means that a database availability group (DAG) running Exchange 2013 SP1 on Windows Server 2012 R2 automatically takes advantage of the improvements in and changes to Windows Failover Clustering (WFC) in Windows Server 2012 R2. In addition, an administrator can manually take advantage of even…

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Exchange 2013 SP1 : DLP Policy and Mailtips in Outlook Web App

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: One of the new features of Microsoft Exchange SP1 is the support of mailtips in OWA (Outlook Web App). In this article I will show you how to work with DLP Policy and mailtips to prevent your user to send emails outside your organization with Passport number or Credit card number inside their emails. First, if you don’t know what is DLP you should watch this short video done…

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Microsoft Exchange 2013 Service Pack 1 (KB2926248)

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1)   Exchange Team released today long awaited Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013. This update raises Exchange 2013 version number to 15.0.847.32     Service Pack 1 for Exchange 2013 can be downloaded here: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1) And list of changes can be found here: Description of Exchange Server 2013 Service Pack 1 Installation…

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Announcing the release of Service Pack 1 for Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013

Nuno Árias Silva

Body:                                                                          We’re delighted to announce that Service Pack 1 (SP1) for the Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 family of products is available today! In this post, we’ll talk about how to get SP1 and the improvements you can expect in the service pack. How to get SP1 The SP1 updates for the Windows Installer (MSI) versions of the Office 2013 desktop products, and for the SharePoint 2013 server…

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Understanding Hyper-V Networking with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2

Nuno Árias Silva

Body: ​ In most IT environments, there are different types of networks, different ways the networks are used, and different types of connectivity for the different hosts. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 R2 provides the various architectural components (e.g., port profiles, logical networks, logical switches, virtual networks) to enable even highly complex network environments to be configured, which simplifies future administration. However, the initial networking configuration can be…

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Microsoft Announces Windows Azure ExpressRoute

Nuno Árias Silva

Body:       When businesses are evaluating cloud services from different vendors, one of the key points is how you can integrate your existing investment in on-premise infrastructure with the cloud. The vast majority of organizations are running their business critical applications using their own on-premise infrastructure. Related: Introducing Windows Azure Backup However, the cloud has become a viable platform for extending your infrastructure into the cloud for web…

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