Microsoft Exchange

Notes from the field: Using OAuth for ActiveSync and POP/IMAP in Exchange Online

Hopefully, you have read some of our announcements around disabling Basic authentication in Exchange Online.…

Gautam SharmaAugust 22, 2022

AzureAD

TOTP based MFA for Azure AD is now Generally Available!

Hello friends,    Today I have news to share about another great new feature in…

Gautam SharmaAugust 16, 2022

AzureAD

TOTP based MFA for Azure AD B2C is now Generally Available!

Hello friends,    Today I have news to share about another great new feature in…

Gautam SharmaAugust 16, 2022

Windows AutoPilot

Want your own Windows 11 21H2 ARM64 ISOs?

I was trying out Parallels Desktop 18’s new feature that allows it to automatically download…

Gautam SharmaAugust 16, 2022

Windows AutoPilot

M1 Mac virtualization revisited: Parallels Desktop 18 vs. VMware Fusion 22H2 Preview

I probably own more ARM64-based machines than then typical person, and I used those somewhat…

Gautam SharmaAugust 16, 2022

Windows AutoPilot

Fun with TPM firmware version numbers

Windows 11 I’ve spent a lot of time looking at Autopilot log files, hardware hashes,…

Gautam SharmaAugust 13, 2022

Microsoft Exchange

Finding Transport Rule Size Part 2 – Regex Limit

In part one of the Finding Transport Rule Size blog post series, we explained how…

Gautam SharmaAugust 12, 2022

AzureAD

Passwordless is here and at scale

Hi everyone,    I’m Sue, the VP of Identity’s Customer & Partner Success team, and…

Gautam SharmaAugust 12, 2022

Microsoft Exchange

Released: August 2022 Exchange Server Security Updates

Microsoft has released security updates (SUs) for vulnerabilities found in: Exchange Server 2013 Exchange Server…

Gautam SharmaAugust 9, 2022

Windows AutoPilot

Connect the dots: Create your own hashes

My previous post was to figure out the format of an Autopilot (OAv3) hash. But…

Gautam SharmaAugust 9, 2022

AzureAD

Microsoft Entra Verified ID now generally available

As part of Microsoft’s mission to empower people and organizations to achieve more, we set…

Gautam SharmaAugust 9, 2022

Microsoft Teams

Announcing Microsoft Teams optimized for Apple silicon

Today we’re excited to announce the arrival of a native Microsoft Teams app optimized for…

Gautam SharmaAugust 3, 2022

Windows AutoPilot

Connect the dots: Reverse-engineering an Autopilot hash

I previously posted details on breaking down an Autopilot hash (really, an OAv3 hash as…

Gautam SharmaAugust 3, 2022

Windows AutoPilot

Connect the dots: Remediating the Autopilot hardware hash

Geeking Out It’s a common problem: You send a PC off for repair and it…

Gautam SharmaAugust 2, 2022