Azure Active Directory

Adding an Application Registration\ Service Principal to another Application Registration\ Service Principal

Typically when working with App Roles in Azure Active Directory for a single application registration or service principal and then self consuming that app role as an Application API Permission you would see in the Enterprise Application > Users and Groups blade that service principals are added. Every now and then a question comes up … Read moreAdding an Application Registration\ Service Principal to another Application Registration\ Service Principal

Get Primary, Secondary, Tertiary DNS values and more from Multiple Servers

Came across a unique request to get primary, secondary, and tertiary DNS values for multiple computers/servers across the domain. I started writing the script and got what I wanted. Now this started off as just to query for DNS Server information, but then I thought to add other pieces to get myself a good Network … Read moreGet Primary, Secondary, Tertiary DNS values and more from Multiple Servers

Active Directory Ports required between client and domain controllers

Active Directory uses several ports for communication between domain controllers and clients. These ports are required both by client computers and Domain Controllers. As an example, when a client computer tries to find a domain controller it always sends a DNS Query over Port 53 to find the name of the domain controller in the … Read moreActive Directory Ports required between client and domain controllers

Cleaning up Office365 Groups Mess

Office 365 Groups are a shared workspace for email, conversations, files, and events where group members can collectively get stuff done. It compliments the introduction of Microsoft Teams. The main thing to keep in mind is that this feature is still evolving. Why is it important to control Office 365 Group creation? This feature is … Read moreCleaning up Office365 Groups Mess

Create a Virtual Machine with 2 NICs in Azure Classic

Unfortunately, in Azure you cannot create a Virtual Machine in the GUI with 2 Network Cards. You cannot even add a 2nd NIC to a VM once it has been created. The only way to create a VM with 2, is to specify the additional NIC’s at the time of creation and ONLY via powershell. … Read moreCreate a Virtual Machine with 2 NICs in Azure Classic