Lukas BeranSelf-Service Password Reset (SSPR) is an Azure AD feature that allows end users to self-reset their password if they forget it....
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Encrypted database connection in Adminer
Adminer is a database management tool by Czech author Jakub Vrána. This is a much improved and simplified replacement for the popular phpMyAdmin. However, by default, Adminer does not support encrypted connection to a database. However, fix is very simple 🙂 How to install Adminer plugins Adminer has many official plugins and you can also [...]
Lukas Beran Manage updates with Azure Update Management
I have my lab in Azure, where I run about 10 virtual servers with Windows 10 and Windows Server. And there is also one web server running Ubuntu 18.04. So far I have handled updates manually, so I had to log on to all servers, check for updates, install updates, restart. But Azure Update Management […]
Lukas Beran Change the address from onmicrosoft.com to your own domain
For Azure AD Connect synchronized domains, I find it quite common that a customer sets up the synchronization itself, but does not read documentation describing the preparation before deploying Azure AD Connect. This usually results in using a local domain in the local Active Directory (the .local domain) and does not have a publicly [...]
Lukas Beran How to setup eDiscovery boundaries
Office 365 offers eDiscovery, which is the search for information across the tenant. This enables selected users to search virtually all the data in Office 365, which means, for example, user mailboxes. This is useful when it is necessary, for example, to search for some information for a courtroom. For some larger organizations, [...]
Lukas Beran Meltdown and Specter security issues in processors
Meltdown security issue (CVE-2017-5754) applies to all Intel processors since 1995, except for older Intel Atom processors and Itanium processors. This processor error causes ability to read privileged memory, which is a very significant security risk. Second security issue Specter (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715) applies to all Intel, [...]
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