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Performing Active Directory Security Assessment

Performing Active Directory Security Assessment

Before you can start performing Active Directory security assessment you are required to perform an Active Directory discovery to fetch AD Sites, Domain Controllers, and domains in the Active Directory Forest. The process will also check connectivity to all domain controllers to ensure all domain controllers are reachable to perform a complete assessment and to

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Using CIS/NIST Analyzer for Active Directory

Using CIS/NIST Analyzer for Active Directory

The CIS/NIST Analyzer is designed to check CIS recommended GPO Settings in an Active Directory Domain. Currently, NIST/CIS Analyzer supports below templates. These templates are well-defined and written by CIS experts. However, there is no any automated way to check GPO settings defined in below templates. Why Check GPO Settings in Active Directory? Checking Group

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Improve Performance of Azure Virtual Desktop

Improve Performance of Azure Virtual Desktop

Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop has been deployed in production by businesses. However, many AVD environments are still not utilising all of FSLogix’s capabilities, Windows 10 / Windows 11, or AVD environments may be missing Microsoft-recommended settings to improve the performance of Azure Virtual Desktop Environment. Our AVD Assessment Tool – SmartProfiler, can be used to

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Creating an Azure AD Application to be used with Microsoft Graph Modules for Office 365 Services

Creating an Azure AD Application to be used with Microsoft Graph Modules for Office 365 Services

As you might be knowing Microsoft is going to retire Office 365 PowerShell cmdlets. Microsoft developers would like us to use Microsoft.Graph PowerShell SDK in place of Office 365 PowerShell Modules. This article shows how you can create an Azure AD Application with necessary permissions to manage Office 365 Resources. Note that SmartProfiler for Office

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