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
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
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
Move to Azure with a Web App
I recently saw a discussion on what value does the cloud actually bring to people. Why migrate? Beyond the most stated reasons, elasticity (aka add a host, VM, app or container on the fly), resiliency with Azure regions, Availability sets ... continue reading
Wired for Hybrid – What’s New in Azure Networking – April 2023
Hello Folks, Azure Networking is the foundation of your infrastructure in Azure. Each month we bring you an update on What’s new in Azure Networking. This month is a little late since we've been traveling to conferences. We Recorded this one ... continue reading
Microsoft Entra Change Announcements – March 2023 Train
Hello everyone, Today, we're sharing our March train for feature and breaking changes. We also communicate these changes on release notes and via email. We are continuing to make it easier for our customers to manage lifecycle changes (deprecations, retirements, ... continue reading
DEV-0196: QuaDream’s “KingsPawn” malware used to target civil society in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia
Microsoft Threat Intelligence analysts assess with high confidence that a threat group tracked by Microsoft as DEV-0196 is linked to an Israel-based private sector offensive actor (PSOA) known as QuaDream. QuaDream reportedly sells a platform they call REIGN to governments ... continue reading

MERCURY and DEV-1084: Destructive attack on hybrid environment
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has detected destructive operations enabled by MERCURY, a nation-state actor linked to the Iranian government, that attacked both on-premises and cloud environments. While the threat actors attempted to masquerade the activity as a standard ransomware campaign, the ... continue reading
Entra Identity Governance with Entra Verified ID – Higher Fidelity Access Rights + Faster Onboarding
I’m excited to announce the integration of Entra Identity Governance Entitlement Management with a very cool technology we recently introduced, Microsoft Entra Verified ID! If you think about what you need to onboard new users including employees, contractors, partners, or ... continue reading