Azure Pass-through Authentication
Jan23

Azure Pass-through Authentication

KB ID 0001642 Problem I’ve never really taken the time to look at pass-through authentication, I set up Azure AAD sync, then I either use ADFS or I don’t. It was only when looking at removing ADFS, that I even looked at it as an option.  How does Pass-through Authentication Work? Remote client attempts to authenticate to Office 365 (Azure Active Directory). Azure queues the request and sends it to an Azure Authentication...

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Microsoft Edge (macOS) Migrate Bookmarks from Safari
Jan23

Microsoft Edge (macOS) Migrate Bookmarks from Safari

KB ID 0001641 Problem So now theres a version of Microsoft Edge for macOS! Normally I would not bother, but I spend a lot of time in SharePoint and Azure so I thought, rather than my usual approach of playing ‘Browser Roulette’ I’d try Microsoft Edge and see what it was like. My usual browser of choice is Safari, but the install wizard defaults to wanting to import bookmarks / favourites* from Chrome. (I do also have...

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Password Sync: No Recent Syncronization
Jan22

Password Sync: No Recent Syncronization

KB ID 0001640 Problem I recently migrated the server that was running my Azure AD Connector. It was showing no errors post migration so I thought no more about it. A few days later I logged in to Office 365 and saw this; AAD Connect Status Azure AD Connect Password sync: no recent synchronization Solution Apparently this can suddenly happen if you are running an old version of AAD Connect. But I checked and mine was brand new,...

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Windows Server – Change Your Password in an RDP Session (Send Ctrl+Alt+Del)
Jan21

Windows Server – Change Your Password in an RDP Session (Send Ctrl+Alt+Del)

KB ID 0001183  Problem Colleague: Windows Server, Where’s Windows Security gone? Me: Eh? Colleague: Windows Security! Me: What are you trying to do? Colleague: I want to change my password and I can’t send a Ctrl+Alt+Delete to the remote server. Well I know that pressing Crtl+Alt+Delete would let you change your password like so; I wasn’t aware that in Server 2008 and earlier if you were connected via RDP you got a...

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Page Ooops!

This page exists because it keeps getting indexed and I can’t work out where the link is coming from. For all of you who arrived here, please use the comments section below to let me know which page you came from! Thanks PeteLong 20/07/20

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