Active Directory relies on services distributed across many, interdependent devices in different locations. To ensure consistent security throughout such a large environment, monitoring changes is essential. Unmonitored environments pose serious problems to domain controllers and applications, including inconsistent directory data, …
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Reporting on and auditing your Office 365 environment
Migrating to Office 365 can seem like an immense task, but making the switch itself is just the tip of the iceberg. The real challenge with Office 365 is keeping tabs on everything. You might be wondering why you would …
Streamlining Office 365 user provisioning using ADManager Plus
In this blog, we’ll talk about the challenges in using native tools to provision Office 365 users, as well as how ADManager Plus can help streamline Office 365 user provisioning for both new and existing user accounts in Active Directory …
Learn how password synchronization can benefit your organization [Free webinar]
When you increase the number of applications in your organization, you’re forcing your end users to remember more passwords. The more passwords end users have to remember, the better chance there is users will forget their passwords. When end users …
Up your Exchange security game with this free webinar
Did you know experts have predicted that global spending on information security will exceed $93 billion in 2018? You read that right, and now’s as good a time as any to learn how you can avoid becoming part of …
Five worthy reads: Revolutionizing IT with artificial intelligence
Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we highlight the growing demand for artificial intelligence in IT, its impact on businesses and markets, and how to …
“Software Update Available”—Deciding whether to install now or later
Every IT admin is familiar with the “Software Update Available” pop-up. This message comes up on our mobiles when we’re working, when we’re scrolling through social media, and even when we’re happily asleep. Some of us are eager beavers who
Third biggest data breach in history emphasizes the need for the GDPR
The top two data breaches in history, when you look at the number of affected users, comes down to Yahoo in 2013 (3 billion users) and FriendFinder in 2016 (412 million users). And now, joining this list at number three—as …
Microsoft Patch Tuesday April 2018 updates
For this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft fixed 66 security issues. Luckily, in this round of updates, Microsoft didn’t find any zero-day vulnerabilities that needed patching, but there are a few major products still require updates to avoid remote code executions.…
Lessons from data breaches that every enterprise should take to heart
“Four years later, Yahoo still doesn’t know how 3 billion accounts were hacked” read TechCrunch on November 8, 2017. The 2013 Yahoo breach is still as big as it gets. Since then, eBay, Home Depot, Target, Anthem, Uber, and …