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Configuring App-only authentication with certificates for unattended scripts...
Those who have worked with Exchange Online PowerShell for a while will know how much a challenge it was to move from basic to modern authentication with MFA for unattended scripts that are scheduled to...
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Skype for Business Online (SkypeOnlineConnector) PowerShell connections are...
ProblemYou’ve noticed that the following cmdlets fail with the error message indicating Skype for Business Online (SkypeOnlineConnector) PowerShell connections are blocked:Import-Module...
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Using AirWatch to remotely run batch files for uninstalling applications
I don’t get to work with MDM or UEM applications much anymore due to my focus on Azure so I got pretty excited when an ex-colleague asked me if there was a way to use VMware AirWatch (also known as...
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How to configure Citrix ADC / NetScaler to forward client Source IP to...
Those who have worked with load balancers for applications will know that it can be a pain to troubleshoot issue where the source IP address is required because from the application’s perspective, all...
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Attempting to upgrade ESXi on a Nutanix node manually fails with: "OSError:...
ProblemYou’re attempting to manually upgrade a Nutanix node from VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 17167537 to VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 15160138 with the ISO VMware-VMvisor-Installer-201912001-15160138.x86_64.iso then...
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Planning for an EA to CSP Azure Subscription to Subscription Migration
One of the projects I've been recently involved in is a EA to CSP subscriptions migration for a client and those who have been a part of such a project will know that there are two methods for the...
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What are Proximity Placement Groups?
Proximity Placement Groups was welcomed by many organizations when Microsoft announced the preview (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-proximity-placement-groups/) in July 2019 and...
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Azure site Recovery replication for Windows 2008 R2 server fails with:...
As much as Windows Server 2008 R2 has come to end of support, I still periodically come across them when working with clients and one of the common scenarios I’ve had to deal with is attempting to...
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Configuring Microsoft Azure AD Single Sign-On (SSO) for Citrix ShareFile
I recently had an ex-colleague reach out to me about configuring the integration between Citrix ShareFile and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) as he was required to configure SAML authentication for a...
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Automating Azure Site Recovery Recovery Plan Test Failover with PowerShell...
I’ve recently been asked by a colleague whether I had any PowerShell scripts that would automate the test failover and cleanup of Azure Site Recovery replicated VMs and my original thought was that...
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Performing the Initial Setup of the Citrix FAS Administration Console fails...
ProblemYou’re attempting to set up a Citrix Federated Authentication Service server to allow using Azure AD authentication with single sign-on but the configuration fails at the Authorize this service...
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Started GitHub!
Many of my contacts have joked with me about how I need to modernize the way I provide scripts in my blog posts as I do not:#1 - Use special code boxes with proper formatting and colour coding #2 - Use...
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Granting a CSP Foreign Principal the Reader or Owner role onto an Azure...
Those who have worked at a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) organization with access to the MSP Expert tool for migrating subscriptions from EA to CSP will know that one of the post migration steps is to...
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Configuring Security Headers to secure Microsoft Active Directory Federation...
I’ve recently been asked by a colleague who wanted to know how they can score an A+ on www.securityheaders.com with a Windows Server 2019 AD FS WAP server that is exposed to the internet. It has been a...
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Enable Security Authentication for NVIDIA License Server Manager
Those who have worked with the NVIDIA License Server Manager that is deployed to provide virtual desktops with GPU licenses will quickly notice that the default install does not provide any security...
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Releasing NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation License(s) on the License Server...
One of the frequent questions I’ve been asked in the past for VDI deployments that are accelerated with NVIDIA GPU GRID cards is how we can release assigned licenses to VDIs that no longer exist....
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Generating a network trace capture and analyzing with Microsoft Network Monitor
An ex-colleague recently reached out to me for assistance on how he could perform a network trace and analyze it for a particular Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktop environment and the most common tool I...
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Securing Azure AD with Duo 2FA
Duo has been one of the most common MFA solutions I’ve worked with over the past 5 years and most clients who have this as their MFA solution for on-premise services such as ADFS, tend to ask whether...
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Connect-AzureAd fails in PowerShell version 7 with: "Could not load type...
ProblemYou attempt to use the cmdlet Connect-AzureAd (after Import-Module AzureAd) to connect to Azure:Connect-AzureAds… but quickly notice that it fails with the following error:PS...
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PowerShell script to assign users in an on-premise AD group to an Azure...
Azure Active Directory administrators who have configured Enterprise Applications for Azure AD SSO would most likely have encountered the limitations of not being able to assign groups when granting...
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