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We have several articles on how to create snapshot for various Azure scenarios including: It used to be that take it a snapshot of a virtual machine’s hard disks via the azure gui caused the virtual machines to power down for just a moment and then power back up as Read more…
Many companies have been notified that the Azure Multifactor authentication server is being retired and for the vast majority of those companies there is absolutely nothing they should do, because they are not using it. Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server will be deprecated 30 September 2024 Beginning September 30, 2024, Azure Read more…
If you are seeing this message when working on a PowerShell script that is trying to connect to a Microsoft service requiring MFA (multi factor authentication), you may notice that the window is actually Internet Explorer: The solution is to set all of the Microsoft pages to be Trusted Sites Read more…
We have a very popular article titled “SOLVED: PowerShell Script To Create VM Snapshots In Azure“. However, it doesn’t address larger clients who have multiple subscriptions. This article will give you script you need to create and delete snapshots for all Azure subscriptions and Resource Groups within a single tenant. Read more…
It is not possible to add a user to an existing M365 Form if you are not the owner of that Form. Even an Azure/M365 Global Administrator cannot make the change. I knew this was the case a few years ago when FORMS was initially released but were shocked to Read more…
This is a companion article to our video explaining how to send mail from an alias in Microsoft 365 Outlook. It seems obvious that you should be able to create a rule in Outlook to sort inbound mail into Outlook folders based on the inbound email address. However, if the Read more…
If you have an on premise Active Directory and you’re trying to use Microsoft Office 365 or Azure services, you’ve probably already set up Azure Entra Connect (formerly Azure AD Connect, and sometimes called Azure Entra ID Connect) on one of your servers to sync your directory. One of the Read more…
If you work for any sort of medium or large company you know that it is not uncommon for email accounts to sometimes not yet shut down properly when someone exits. After a few years someone will eventually ask to see a list of all inactive Exchange users, and then Read more…
Do you want to stop staff from sharing files with people outside of your company? Perhaps you want a SharePoint Tutorial to show you how to allow staff to share files with people outside of your company In this short video we show you how to disable the sharing of Read more…
We had a client ask us for a list of all of their M365 Azure Global Administrators today and we thought you might want to know the three ways to create that list: How To List All Global Administrators in M365 How To List All Global Administrators in Azure How Read more…
Learn how to add a dynamic public IP address to an Azure VM in this easy, step-by-step tutorial. This is the cheapest way to allow remote access to your virtual machine with RDP. 0:00 Introduction0:25 Why Use a Dynamic Public IP address vs Static IP Address1:02 How to Add a Read more…
Most corporate Microsoft 365 Administrators already know OneDrive has a default limit of 1 terabyte of space available to each of their users. How To Expand OneDrive To 5TB Many Microsoft 365 administrators also know that you can expand that default from to 5 terabytes by simply: Expand OneDrive Past Read more…
In this short Azure tutorial we demonstrate how to remove static addresses from Azure virtual machines. In particular, we show how to remove static public IP addresses. 0:00 Introduction0:24 Why Remove Public IP Addresses0:44 How To Remove Public IP Address in Azure2:13 Outro Remember that Microsoft charges for static ip Read more…
We’ve recently had a client who was breached because a long-term brute force spray password attack eventually correctly guessed and administrators password. This breach should have been avoided by the company ensuring that all of its users were using multi factor authentication. By default new accounts are required to have Read more…
After some playing around, Googling and talking to Microsoft we verified that there is not a built-in feature to add a description or note directly to an Azure VM. However, you can easily use Azure Tags to add metadata to your Azure resources, including VMs: Note that each resource in Read more…
The OneDrive Personal Vault is a secure folder that can only be accessed with strong authentication or a second factor of identity verification, such as your fingerprint, face, PIN, or a code received via SMS or generated in the Microsoft Authenticator app. It’s designed to store your most sensitive files, Read more…