Introduction: Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a method of confirming a user's claimed identity in which a user is granted access only after successfully presenting 2 or more pieces of evidence (or factors) to an authentication mechanism. What is Azure Multi-Factor Authentication ? Two-step verification is a method of authentication that requires more than one verification method and adds a critical second layer of security to user sign-ins and transactions. Azure AD recommends that you require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all your users, including administrators and all other users who would have a significant impact if their account was compromised (for…
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Introduction: Intune Managed Browser app lets you safely view and navigate web pages that might contain company information and provides a secure web-browsing experience for Microsoft office and other apps managed by Microsoft Intune. This browser help your IT administrator protect company information without restricting your regular web browsing or app experience. Intune Managed Browser is not like other browsers (Chrome ,Firefox and other 3rd party browsers ) .This is unique browser that does not let you upload any files ,which means you can open gmail,onedrive or any cloud hosting provider in intune browser but cannot let you upload any…
Introduction: Conditional Access allows (IT) to provide you (the end user) with access to corporate resources based on a set of conditions and if you meet those conditions I'll let you in. If you don't meet those conditions, or perhaps meet only one or two, I will have additional steps for you to take before I unlock the front door and invite you in for dinner. You can best think of Conditional Access as an "If/Then" statement. For example, if you are coming from a device that is un-managed (and using an un-approved application), then allow access but require…
Since i started working on office 365 ,have been getting many requests to automate some of the repetitive tasks such as o365 license report ,Off boarding process (when employee leave the company) ,enable MFA (this can be done using CA as well without script based), Get the MFA status for users etc and many other on intune related as well. For All these scripts that we run from On-Prem(Trusted locations) ,i always find difficult to enter tenant ID and password every time when i run the script ,hence i have decided to supress the credential prompts and let script…
Introduction: Azure AD App proxy provide secure remote access to on-premises applications .Azure AD Application Proxy provides a simple, secure, and cost-effective remote access solution to all your on-premises applications .For more information about Azure AD proxy ,refer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-application-proxy-get-started Using Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), you can restrict access to web sites on mobile devices to the Intune Managed Browser app. In the Managed Browser, web site data will remain secure and separate from end-user personal data. In addition, the Managed Browser will support Single Sign-On capabilities for sites protected by Azure AD. Signing in to the Managed Browser, or…
On this Valentine day (Feb 14,2018 ), Microsoft released Feb 2018 Technical preview version 1802 for Configuration Manager with large number of features (21) that ever released before. These monthly Tech previews generally will be released on Friday's but this time ,shipped few days earlier. You can install this version to update and add new capabilities to your SCCM technical preview site. To use the technical preview version, you must first install a baseline version of the technical preview build i.e Technical Preview 1711. After installing a baseline version, you then use in-console updates to bring your installation up-to-date…
Month ago, user reported issue that , user could not able to access Microsoft Planner application (MAM) from their mobile device. Users are able to access applications like outlook ,onedrive,Microsoft Teams,word,excel etc but not Microsoft Planner. Below is the error user get ,when they try to access planner from mobile device. You can’t get there from here . It looks like you are trying to open this resource with app that hasn't been approved y your IT department.ask them for a list of approved applications. The above clearly says ,microsoft planner is not approved app and this message is coming…
Yammer is enterprise social networking service used for private communication within organizations. Access to a Yammer network is determined by a user's Internet domain so that only individuals with approved email addresses may join their respective networks. Yammer can be used to discuss ideas, share updates, and crowd source answers from co-workers around the globe. Yammer gives you a faster, smarter way to connect and collaborate across your company. If your organisation moved to O365 ,you will hit requirement to deploy O365 applications like Microsoft Teams,Onedrive,Yammer ,AIP etc. All of these applications (except AIP) are user specific and they will…