Category Archives: Azure Active Directory

What’s new in 2020 with Identity Management at Microsoft?

Posted on April 9, 2020 by bobbradley1967

I don’t know who it was who first said “Identity is the new security plane”, but I expect it was someone with a Microsoft persuasion, and maybe they saw this all coming … who knows?  All I can say is … Continue reading →

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Active Directory is NOT an IdM Technology (without #MIM2016 or similar)

Posted on February 15, 2017 by bobbradley1967

It continues to frustrate me that publications such as this recent white paper from the Microsoft EMS (Enterprise Mobility and Security) team still underplay the need for organisations to get their on-premises identity management under control before turning on AAD Connect. … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, MIM (Microsoft Identity Manager) 2016 | 2 Comments

Azure EMS Conditional Access and Enterprise IAM

Posted on January 10, 2017 by bobbradley1967

This week part 2 of a series of blog posts on implementing Azure EMS Conditional Access (CA – part 1 here) was published on Microsoft’s Enterprise Mobility and Security Blog. Predictably, perhaps, this got me thinking about what I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Azure Active Directory, FIM (ForeFront Identity Manager) 2010, MIM (Microsoft Identity Manager) 2016 | Leave a comment

#AADConnect exception: 0x80230306 (The dimage has an anchor that is different than the image.)

Posted on September 14, 2016 by bobbradley1967

I’ve been working in a lab lately where I’ve been running into the above problem using AAD Connect’s Staging Mode.  We’re at a point where we’re looking to swap out an existing custom FIM 2010 R2 solution (with the soon-to-be deprecated … Continue reading →

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#AADConnect sync: The Inbound sync rules in scope have different join criteria.

Posted on August 29, 2016 by bobbradley1967

I’ve finally had the opportunity to work with AAD Connect over these past weeks, and its been one of those “everything old is new again” experiences.  It’s one thing to hear the architectural objectives that Andreas talked about for the Azure … Continue reading →

Posted in Azure Active Directory, Azure AD Connect Sync | 1 Comment