Unable to access the AD FS update password page after a new deployment
One of the common questions I get asked from my colleagues during their deployment of AD FS has been the following error they are presented with when they attempt to access the AD FS password update...
View ArticleEnabling privacy mode for Microsoft Teams to hide presence information for...
One of the most common questions I am asked about Teams is whether there is a way to hide an organization’s presence information from externally federated domains as the default is to display the...
View ArticleInstalling Edge Chromium browser on a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1909...
ProblemYou’ve decided to install the new Microsoft Edge Chromium browser onto a Citrix application server:… but quickly notice that upon a successful install, launching the browser displays a frozen...
View ArticleDeploying Azure AD Connect for Office 365 with AD FS for authentication
One of the methods for providing authentication for Office 365 services is to redirect users back to an on-premise AD FS (Active Directory Federation Services) portal so that authentication can be...
View ArticleCreating a VNet Peering (Virtual Network Peering) across different...
I was recently asked to assist with establishing a connection between a client’s Azure tenant with a partner’s tenant and as the two organizations are different companies with no ties, their tenants...
View ArticleGenerating a SharePoint Online permissions audit report by site collection
I was recently asked by a client to look for a PowerShell script that would export the permissions for all of the files and folders within each of their site collection so they can perform a thorough...
View ArticlePlanning and setting up a Site-to-Site VPN connection between an on-premise...
One of the tasks most administrators will have to perform when adopting Microsoft’s Azure as their cloud platform is setting up a site-to-site VPN connection between their on-premise infrastructure to...
View ArticleDisabling Teams File Sharing and Disabling OneDrive for Office 365
Two of the most common questions I’ve been asked when engaged with a financial or government organization for a Office 365 deployment, which involves Microsoft Teams and OneDrive is whether it was...
View ArticleEvent ID 3001 Error constantly logged on Citrix Cloud Connectors after...
ProblemYou’ve just recently upgraded the FortiOS of a FortiGate 600D to version 6.2.3 and began to experience connectivity issues to a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 1909 environment where users are...
View ArticleConfiguring a Citrix ADC / NetScaler to provide AD FS (Active Directory...
One of the clients I recently worked with was trying to move away from using their Citrix ADC / NetScaler appliance for authenticating Office 365 services because the federation between the appliance...
View ArticleConfiguring an Azure Traffic manager to load balance a Windows Server AD FS...
To continue from my previous post:Configuring a Citrix ADC / NetScaler to provide AD FS (Active Directory Federation Services) WAP (Web Application Proxy) service...
View ArticleInstallation of VMware.PowerCLI via PowerShell fails with:...
ProblemYou’re attempting to install VMware PowerCLI with the Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI cmdlet from within Powershell but notice that it fails with:PS C:\scripts\vCheck-vSphere-master>...
View ArticleAttempting to execute New-CsOnlineSession returns: "The remote server...
ProblemAttempting to use New-CsOnlineSession to create a persistent connection to Microsoft Skype for Business Online for Microsoft Teams management fails with the following error:PS...
View ArticleTurning off "Additional security verification" for Office 365 users
One of the most common questions I’ve been asked about Office 365 over the past few months was whether it was possible to turn off the mandatory Additional security verification prompt that users are...
View ArticleAzure AD Connect no longer synchronizes and displays the error AzureADConnect...
ProblemYou’ve noticed that the Azure AD Connect server in the on-premise environment is no longer synchronizing with Azure AD and attempting to launch the synchronization engine displays the following...
View ArticleRedirecting on-premise Exchange Server 2019 OWA and ECP authentication to AD FS
I’ve recently worked with a client who had no plans to move away from their on-premise Exchange Server 2019 due to regulations they had to abide to and was interested in leveraging their on-premise AD...
View ArticleA Microsoft Windows Network Policy Server (RADIUS) logs the System Error: "An...
ProblemYou notice that wireless clients authenticating with a wireless controller that uses a Microsoft Windows Network Policy server fails and the following error is logged:Log Name: System Source:...
View ArticleConfiguring Zoom with ADFS throws the error: "An error occurred during an...
ProblemI was recently asked to configure Zoom with ADFS as per the following documentation:Configuring Zoom With ADFS https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/202374287-Configuring-Zoom-With-ADFS… and...
View ArticleConfiguring Zoom with ADFS as an iDP
I was recently asked to configure Zoom with ADFS and found certain parts of the following documentation provided by Zoom:Configuring Zoom With ADFS...
View ArticleExport a certificate that does not allow the private key to be exported from...
I recently had a client who inadvertently created and completed a certificate request on a Windows Server that did not allow the private key of the certificate to be exported and needed it to be...
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