
Medius’ small IT team supports distributed workforce with Azure Active Directory
In today’s Voice of the Customer blog post, IT Manager Jacob Andersson and IT Systems Architect Fredrik Frööjd of Medius share how Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) has inspired employees to live by the cloud commitment the company encourages from ... continue reading
Azure Purview: New connectors, Synapse integration, enhanced business glossary, and more
Gaurav Malhotra joins Scott Hanselman to show him what's new in Azure Purview since it was released in public preview in December 2020. Azure Purview is a unified data governance service that helps you manage and govern your on-premises, multicloud, ... continue reading
Granular Conditional Access for sensitive data and actions
Today I am excited to share how you can maximize user productivity AND protect your most sensitive resources with Conditional Access authentication context. Conditional Access is the Zero Trust control plane that allows you to target policies for access to ... continue reading
Microsoft 365 user management versus Azure Active Directory
If your organization is using Microsoft 365, you already have Azure Active Directory. It's the identity platform that provides the authentication of your users' credentials when they sign and and the authorization to your Microsoft 365 SaaS applications. If you ... continue reading

A better cloud access security broker: Securing your SaaS cloud apps and services with Microsoft Cloud App Security
Today’s business uses an average of 1,180 cloud apps¹, with many of those organizations securing their apps through cloud access security brokers (CASB). The organizational need for a CASB has grown alongside the use of cloud apps to enable remote ... continue reading
4 ways Microsoft is delivering security for all in a Zero Trust world
If there’s one thing the dawning of 2021 has shown, it’s that security isn’t getting any easier. Recent high-profile breach activity has underscored the growing sophistication of today’s threat actors and the complexity of managing business risk in an increasingly ... continue reading
Securing and governing data in a new hybrid work reality
The past year has led to an evolution in not only how we think about work, but more importantly, where work gets done. Arguably, gone are the days that your organization’s data is limited to the protected confines of your ... continue reading
Modernizing your network security strategy
From the global pandemic to recent cyberattacks, our world has faced many challenges during the past 12 months. Some of these challenges we can’t change. However, I’m pleased about the ones we can, and are changing across the cybersecurity landscape ... continue reading

Recent enhancements for Microsoft Power Platform governance
An emerging trend in digital transformation efforts has been the rise of low-code development platforms. Of course, these low-code platforms must be grounded in best-of-breed governance capabilities which include security and compliance features. Without strong governance, the full benefits of ... continue reading

Introducing seamless integration between Microsoft Azure and Confluent Cloud
Real-time streaming is a business imperative for digital transformation Customers are undergoing rapid transformations to stay competitive in an increasingly digital world with cloud design patterns and event streaming playing critical roles in their success. They depend on real-time event ... continue reading