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This is a follow up list to the top 200 worst passwords which we have HERE. This list shows the top 25 most common worst passwords used in the United States. This list was compiled by looking at recently hacked website information and filtering it by country; in this case Read more…
The title of this article might seem a bit convoluted but this article will explain how to troubleshoot Azure AD Sync failures. In our case we have a client that was making a lot of changes on their on premise active directory and then found that new accounts created on-prem Read more…
Today we had a good question from a frustrated client. One of their users had their laptop stolen so the administrator logged into Microsoft 365 / Azure and disabled their account. About an hour or later the user came into the office picked up a loner laptop and was able Read more…
Have you seen this Microsoft Privacy screen a few times and just clicked past it? Well we have seen these literally thousands of times and decided to spend a few minutes to understand what we’re actually agreeing to. To get into your privacy settings: What is Required Diagnostic Data? The Read more…
UPDATED: Aug 17 2023 We had a client with a server that did not have updated information in Azure Sentinel side, but passed all of the validation and communication tests on the Azure Arc client side (i.e. on the clients file server). NOTE: If you want to know how to Read more…
You may receive, “Your Account Was Not Setup On This Device Because Device Management Could Not Be Enabled” After trying to setup a Microsoft Office 365 service (like OneDrive or Outlook) or in our case the user was trying to ADD ACCOUNT to her existing accounts. You might be surprised Read more…
Over the last couple of years we have been playing with several different scripts to create Snapshots of virtual machines (VM) in Azure and none of them have had us completely happy. Our most recent Azure Snapshot script from about a year ago, did work and was easy to understand Read more…
We just had a client inquire as to exactly what happens when they remove a license from a Microsoft Office 365 user because that user has left the company and we thought you might be interested to know too so here’s the answer. What Happens To Email & OneDrive Data Read more…
In the last 6 months we have seen an ever increasing number of successful ransomware attacks and you NEED to think about it before your company is attacked. Ransomware attacks are becoming more common and sophisticated than ever before. A ransomware attack can occur at any time, and it can Read more…
Azure Code Signing is a service provided by Microsoft that enables software developers to securely “sign” their code using digital certificates. When code is signed with a digital certificate, it provides an assurance that the code (any code – Windows executables, PowerShell scripts, and Java code…) has not been tampered Read more…
We explain step by step how to configure Microsoft 365 to send recipients of quarantined emails an alert email. A Microsoft 365 Quarantine alert can be sent out every four hours, once a day, or once a week. In the past the Microsoft 365 Quarantine Notifications Alert used to be Read more…
In this video we explain how to set up and how to use azure backup to protect your virtual machines. We have other videos explaining and demonstrating how to restore single files from an Azure VM but this video demonstrates how to restore an entire virtual machine. You might need Read more…
A “soft delete” of a user account in Microsoft Office 365 means that the user account has been deleted in the usual way and so Microsoft keeps it around in the office 365 recycle bin for 30 days. You can manually flush the recycle bin to get rid of it Read more…
The short answer is, yes but the long answer is you probably do not want to do that. If you are wanting to delete a former employee from your Microsoft Office 365 accounts so that you can reassign the license to someone else or cancel a license altogether and stop Read more…
UPDATED: Aug 17 2023 Machines in Azure have a health service that sends a heartbeat notice to an Azure management server to confirm the machine is still responding. After a number of failures, Azure Arc flags an alert and IT staff like you and I get to work. Note that Read more…
We recently had a client ask us about this error message “Due to a configuration change made by your administrator or because you moved to a new location you must use multi-factor authentication to access”: This message is telling you that the account you were trying to log in with Read more…