New versions of the Azure AD PowerShell modules released

Yesterday, new versions of both the Azure AD and the Azure AD Preview modules for PowerShell were released over at the PowerShell gallery. As customary, no release notes were published so I went over the list of cmdlets and parameters in hopes of spotting any new additions. For the Azure …

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Some new interesting experiences with Guest users in Office 365

Guest users have been around for a while now in Azure AD/Office 365, and are the cornerstone of collaboration for workloads such as Microosft Teams or SharePoint Online. The access mechanism for Guest users is somewhat similar to “regular” users one, with an actual Azure AD user object being provisioned, albeit with a …

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Pass-through authentication now supports legacy protocols and applications

Azure Active Directory Pass-through authentication, or simply PTA, is a great feature, designed to close the gap between the “same sign-on” and “seamless single sign-on” experience. In other words, it gives you the benefits of the same end-user experience as AD FS, and it ensures that passwords are validated against …

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Bulk disable specific services via the Azure AD PowerShell module

When it comes to bulk operations for Office 365 licenses, for years I have been recommending the approach used by Tino Donderwinkel, a Microsoft PFE. You can find a sample script over at his blog, and the reason why I’m recommending is the way it handles any individually enabled/disabled services in a given SKU. Now, …

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Azure AD directory settings templates expanded to cover password protection, object names and more

Learn how to use PowerShell to work with Azure AD’s directory settings templates objects, which control functionalities such as Guest access for Groups, or password protection settings. …

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