Tag: Microsoft Azure

The modern enterprise is all about the cloud. Digital transformation includes not only the adoption of cloud computing through application migration, but a transition from disk storage to cloud storage. Cloud storage has some key advantages over traditional disk storage, including the...

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a great way to increase both on-premises and cloud security. With MFA in place, when a user logs on, they are required to provide not only their user ID and password but another authentication factor, such as a code sent to their phone. This process reduces the...

This post walks you through the steps of setting up a point-to-site VPN connection from a Windows server running Netwrix StealthAUDIT, so you can discover and monitor all your Azure SQL databases. Background When you host SQL databases in the Microsoft Azure cloud, you might need to access those...

Microsoft released a valuable new Azure feature in December of 2021: custom security attributes. This feature is still in preview. Custom security attributes enable organizations to define new attributes to meet their needs. These attributes can be used to store information or, more notably,...

Data breaches are being reported in the news on an almost daily basis. And with new compliance regulations, like GDPR, being introduced on a regular basis, discovering and classifying data is becoming an increasingly important task for organizations of all types and sizes. But data classification...

Using Windows PowerShell to manage Office 365 may seem odd at first. After all, cloud solutions promise simplicity and ease of use — adjectives rarely used in connection with Windows PowerShell. But bear with me. In this article, I’ll show you the ten most useful Office 365 PowerShell cmdlets...

Need to know who’s logging in to your cloud directory or Office 365? With this tip, I’ll show you where to find information about user sign in activity in the Azure management portal. Until recently, there was no single log view for sign in information in the Azure Active Directory (AAD)....

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is a cloud-based directory and identity management service that offers a more streamlined set of services than Windows Server Active Directory. Intended primarily for authenticating users to cloud-born apps (i.e., applications that have been developed to provide...