Azure

Azure

0

Azure Communication Service Email – MX Record Required

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Azure Communication Service Email - MX Required

Azure Communication Services (ACS) can be used to send high volume outbound email to Internet recipients, represents an important shift in Microsoft’s messaging architecture. As organizations modernised their cloud communications to Exchange Online (EXO) many of them just kept doing what they were doing with Exchange on-premises, i.e. using that as a bulk mailer to send out high volume email inter… Read the rest “Azure Communication Service Email – MX Record Required”

0

Migrating to New Entra ID Authentication Methods

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Migrate to Entra Authentication Methods

On September 30th, 2025, the legacy multifactor authentication (MFA) and self-service password reset policies will be removed and you'll manage all authentication methods here in the authentication methods policy. Use this control to manage your migration from the legacy policies to the new unified policy. Learn more

Traditional Azure Multi-Factor Authentication has served organizations well for ye… Read the rest “Migrating to New Entra ID Authentication Methods”

0

QuickTip – ASR Generate Passphrase

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Azure Migrate Generate Configuration Server Passphrase

In the context of an Azure Migrate deployment, particularly when using the Azure Migrate Appliance, the files MobSvc.passphrase and config.json are key components used to register and securely connect the on-premises appliance with the Azure Migrate service. MobSvc.passphrase contains the registration passphrase that Azure Migrate generates when you set up a new appliance in the Azure portal.  The… Read the rest “QuickTip – ASR Generate Passphrase”

0

Upgrade to Azure Standard Load Balancer

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Azure Outbound Network Options

On September 30, 2025, the Azure Basic Load Balancer will be retired. For more information, see the official announcement. If you are currently using Basic Load Balancer, make sure to upgrade to Standard Load Balancer prior to the retirement date.

You can use the guidance to upgrade, please ensure that all of the steps are followed when you test and then implement the change.  This is due to the fact… Read the rest “Upgrade to Azure Standard Load Balancer”

0

Time To Stop Using The Legacy Azure MFA & SSPR Portal

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Legacy Azure MFA Portal - Time To Migrate

In today's threat landscape, passwords alone are no longer sufficient to protect access to cloud systems. Enter Multifactor Authentication (MFA): a security mechanism that requires users to present two or more independent validation factors—typically something you know (e.g. password), something you have (e.g. a mobile authenticator or hardware key), or something you are (e.g. biometric data)—befo… Read the rest “Time To Stop Using The Legacy Azure MFA & SSPR Portal”

0

Quick Tip – Easily Start All Azure VMs In A Particular Resource Group

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Quick Tip Easily Start Azure VMs Using Azure Cloud Shell

Manually starting up lab VMs is painfully slow, and since many organisations will implement management policy to auutomatically shut them down to save costs you may find yourself powering them on a lot...

While you can set up automated tasks to power them on, not all really need to be running every day.  For example, I always want the DC's running so they are able to maintain replication and there … Read the rest “Quick Tip – Easily Start All Azure VMs In A Particular Resource Group”

0

Out of SSPR Scope User Experience

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]

Azure AD Self Service Password Reset (SSPR) has the ability to restrict which group of users are able to perform SSPR tasks.  It is a slightly limited administrator control as only a single group can be selected.  Azure AD administrator roles are able to perform SSPR even if they are not in scope of the selected group.

They typical user experience is that the person goes to https://aka.ms/SSPR and … Read the rest “Out of SSPR Scope User Experience”

0

WordPress Linux Web App Poor Performance

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Azure Create WordPress App Service

Having to host, upgrade and manage WordPress is not really my main job.  The various posts over the years will provide a small clue that other things take up most of my time and are my day job.  Life was certainly easier when TechNet was still around as a dedicated team ran the MSDN and TechNet blog platforms and provided all of the infrastructure support.  All I had to do was write the posts.

Alas… Read the rest “WordPress Linux Web App Poor Performance”

0

Migrate Azure VMs To Separate Subscription

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Azure VM Migrate

Defining Azure governance so that your subscriptions, management groups is correctly built out and deployed is critical.  Even with the best planning sometimes it is still necessary to move resources to a new subscription.  While Learn documents how this can be done, it does not work for all scenarios.

Bullet point #5 illustrates an issue where subscriptions may belong to different tenants… Read the rest “Migrate Azure VMs To Separate Subscription”

0

Upgrade to Azure AD Connect 2.0

Posted on by Rhoderick Milne [MSFT]
Azure AD Connect Upgrade to 2.X

When delivering Office 365 Security Optimisation Assessments (SOA) to customers, one of the control items is the version of Azure AD Connect deployed along with some related configuration elements.  In many cases, Azure AD Connect is not updated to a build that resolves both security and feature issues.  Why is Azure AD Connect not current?  Good question.

There are two main scenarios that I see rig… Read the rest “Upgrade to Azure AD Connect 2.0”