
Azure Monitor: Gain Observability Over Guest Users
Hello howdy readers, Not too long passed since my last post on Azure Monitor; I couldn’t leave you alone . In this post, I would like to explore something about gaining and keeping observability over guest users. Guest users ... continue reading
Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (May 2023)
Hi everyone! Brandon Wilson here once again with this month’s “Check This Out!” (CTO!) guide. These posts are only intended to be your guide, to lead you to some content of interest, and are just a way we are trying ... continue reading

XDR meets IAM: Comprehensive identity threat detection and response with Microsoft
Identity has become the corporate security perimeter. The average organization used 130 different cloud applications in 2022. That’s up 18 percent from 2021 alone.1 And as organizations continue to embrace digital transformation and enable remote work, they look to identity ... continue reading
Empowering developers in the new Developer Center
This week at Microsoft Build, we introduced Microsoft Entra External ID, our next generation of customer identity and access management (CIAM) solution that evolves Azure AD External Identities to help developers efficiently build secure and compliant applications for customers, partners, and more ... continue reading

Volt Typhoon targets US critical infrastructure with living-off-the-land techniques
Microsoft has uncovered stealthy and targeted malicious activity focused on post-compromise credential access and network system discovery aimed at critical infrastructure organizations in the United States. The attack is carried out by Volt Typhoon, a state-sponsored actor based in China ... continue reading

Microsoft Build 2023: Announcing new identity, compliance, and security features from Microsoft Security
At Microsoft Build 2023—an event for developers by developers—we’re going to announce exciting new features and technologies, share ideas, and help everyone boost their skills so we can all build a more secure future together. This year’s Microsoft Build offers ... continue reading
Update SC Orchestrator Exchange Admin 2022 Integration Pack v10.22.1.*
Exchange Admin 2022 Integration Pack v10.22.1.* has known issues and we strongly recommend customers to update to the latest build v10.22.2.5 that can be downloaded here. What is the issue? In SC Orchestrator, the Runbook Author role is responsible ... continue reading
How to run PowerShell scripts on Azure VMs with Terraform
The other day I published a comprehensive blog post about deploying gMSA on AKS with Terraform. As part of that blog post, I deployed an Azure VM and ran a script on it to deploy Active Directory Domain Services. Today, ... continue reading
Modernizing Authentication Management
We’re thrilled to announce two key updates to how you manage your authentication experiences! The General Availability of Converged Authentication Methods and Public Preview of a modernized version of multifactor authentication (MFA) Fraud Alert. The General Availability of Converged ... continue reading
How to deploy gMSA on AKS with Terraform
The other day I posted a blog on how to deploy an AKS cluster that is ready for Windows workloads using Terraform. Today, I wanted to expand that to include gMSA, which is a highly requested feature from Windows customers ... continue reading