Category: Azure
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How to Add an Azure AD Group to Your Local Administrator Group: A Step-by-Step Guide
This guide will explore adding an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) group to the local administrator’s group. This will empower Azure AD group members to conduct tasks needing administrator permissions on Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers. The progression to LocalUsersandGroups policy From the release of Windows 10 version 20H2, Microsoft suggests using the LocalUsersandGroups…
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How to Use PowerShell for Managing System and User-Assigned Managed Identities in Azure
Managed identities provide secure authentication for resources accessing other resources in Azure without requiring sensitive information such as secrets, credentials, and certificates to be handled. Microsoft Entra ID manages these identities, enabling applications to obtain tokens for authentication. In this post, I will provide an example that illustrates how to use system and user-assigned managed…
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Managing Azure Resources Using PowerShell cmdlet Invoke-AzRestMethod in Azure REST API
Sometimes, managing certain Azure resources using PowerShell can be challenging due to the absence of specific cmdlets for those operations or services. This is where the Invoke-AzRestMethod cmdlet comes into play, which allows PowerShell scripts to communicate with Azure services by sending HTTP requests to Azure’s REST API. It acts as a bridge between PowerShell…
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Highlights from Microsoft Ignite 2023: Windows Server and SQL Server Updates
This year, Microsoft Ignite 2023 took place in Seattle, Washington from November 12 to 15, 2023 and it was such a wonderful experience to meet and interact with nearly 5,000 of you in person, and many more online across the globe. One common theme stood out throughout the event: the potential of AI is becoming…
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A Comprehensive Guide to Migrating Microsoft Entra Connect (Azure AD Connect) to a New Server
Microsoft Entra Connect, formerly named Azure AD Connect, is an on-premises application used to synchronize your local Active Directory objects to Microsoft Entra ID, also known as Azure AD. This post will guide you through the process of migrating Microsoft Entra Connect to a new server. As you may be aware, Microsoft has recently rebranded…
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How to Uninstall the Azure Arc Setup Feature from Windows Server 2022
October cumulative update KB5031364 for Windows Server 2022 implements a novel Azure Arc Setup facet. Moreover, Azure Arc hasn’t merely been incorporated as an elective component, but it’s now also initiated by default, a distinct icon has emerged in the tray and Start Menu, and irritating alerts have surfaced on the desktop emphasizing the requirement…