With the 14. June 2016 patches, Microsoft released a Windows update that changes how Security Filtering is processed for Group Policies, and this change may cause group policies to fail on company computers. To solve the potential issue, follow the instructions below and ensure to apply one of the recommended resolution steps. MS16-072: Security update… Read More »
Microsoft has just released the Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 13 and the Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 2. These updates include both normal fixes to customer reported issues and updated functionality. Added functionality and fixes: .Net 4.6.1 Support AutoReseed Support for BitLocker SHA-2 Support for Self-Signed Certificates Migration to Modern Public Folder Resolved (KB3161916)… Read More »
Integrating an on-premise Active Directory and Exchange organization with Microsoft Cloud Services will require attention to new elements and details. As an example the list of object attributes in the on-premises Active Directory schema differs from the attributes in the Azure and Office 365 services directory platforms. An example is three critical values that are… Read More »
Although Azure AD Connect has been released for some time, both DirSync and Azure AD Sync are still supported for performing synchronization from an on-premises Active Directory to Azure AD/Office 365 – although Azure AD Connect is definitely the recommended solution. Microsoft recently announced that DirSync and Azure AD Sync are now deprecated and both… Read More »
During a recent Office 365 troubleshooting scenario I needed to install the Microsoft Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OFFCAT), but noticed that OFFCAT cannot be installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 using the default installation process. In this case OFFCAT throws the following error: The cause of issue is User Account Control that does not grant… Read More »
Although the binaries was released prematurely a couple of days ago, the most recent version of Azure AD Connect, version 1.1.119.0, has just been officially released. Among the fixes is a check to ensure Azure AD Connect with password synchronization only accepts supported platforms, which is Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or newer. The remaining… Read More »
If you experience issues when performing in-place upgrades of Azure AD Connect from previous releases, or discover that the synchronization scheduler does not work as expected, these issues can be caused by issues in version 1.1.105.0. Fortunately, these issues have now been fixed in the recent 1.1.110.0 release of Azure AD Connect. Full set of… Read More »
Based on the Office 2016 update model, that Microsoft released last year, Office 365 is now introducing the option to control how often updates are introduced to the Office 365 Client apps. Note that the ability to change the update channel only applies to 2016 editions of Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Business, Project Pro… Read More »
A new version of Azure AD Connect has just been released; 2016 February, build 1.1.105.0 This version introduces a series of new and highly sought out features, including the option to configure Domain and OU filtering during the installation wizard process, an automatic upgrade feature (only for Express configuration), and a reduction of the default… Read More »
A new February 9, 2016 update resolves a vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). If an attacker successfully exploits this vulnerability, by sending certain input during forms-based authentication to an ADFS server, this can cause the server to become nonresponsive. The new update addresses the vulnerability by adding additional checks on input data during… Read More »