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Getting Started with Phone Link for iOS

iOS interoperability with the Phone Link app for Windows is here! I, along with many others, have been looking forward to this day for some time. We can finally tie our iPhones to our Windows PC’s and enjoy a more unified experience for messaging and calling. Well, sort of… As with many new releases, the…
Streamline cloud content delivery for Windows clients using Delivery Optimization

The shift to endpoint management (Microsoft Intune) and Windows Updates (Windows Update for Business) in the cloud is an absolute success in terms of supporting modern Windows endpoints. The ability to manage devices and ensure updates are flowing regardless of a device’s current location is absolutely essential to ensuring devices stay up to date and…
Migrate legacy SSPR/MFA authentication methods before January 2024

Microsoft has announced that starting in January 2024, the previous methods for configuring multifactor authentication (MFA) and self-service password reset (SSPR) authentication methods will be deprecated. Azure AD Authentication methods will be the new home for configuring all authentication methods. A migration process to migrate legacy SSPR/MFA auth methods to Azure AD authentication methods is…
Recent Updates to Azure Active Directory – Part IV, Authentication Strengths (Preview)

This is the last post in the series of articles around my favorite, recent Azure Active Directory annoucements. This last feature was annouced at Ignite 2022 and is currently in public preview. Azure Active Directory “Authentication Strength” enforces certain authentication methods, and thus strength of the authentication, to gain access to resources protected by Azure…
Recent Updates to Azure Active Directory – Part III, Additional Context in Microsoft Authenticator Approval Requests

I mentioned in Part II of this blog series that Microsoft has released two new features for Azure Active Directory and Azure multifactor authentication that’s designed to combat MFA fatigue. Additional context in the Microsoft Authenticator app is the second such feature that I’m excited to talk about. To recap, MFA fatigue is the industry…
Recent Updates to Azure Active Directory – Part II, Number Matching in Microsoft Authenticator

The next feature on my list officially moved into general availability on October 25, 2022 and that is the number match experience with Microsoft Authenticator. Push notifications leveraging the Microsoft Authenticator app are arguably the easiest and least user cumbersome method for performing multi-factor authentication with Azure Active Directory. A recent problem with push notifications…