Azure AD Connect 1.2.67.0
Fixes an issue with password write-back https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47594
MIM 2016 SP1 Update 4.5.286.0
It’s update time for MIM again. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57596 Here’s the list of fixes.
Security Compliance Manager 4.0 – Download Resources
Back in July 2016 Microsoft released Security Compliance Manager 4.0 with support for Windows 10 and Server 2016. For some reason (at the moment) it seems to be hard to find so here are all the bits one might need to get started. Solution Accelerator Article about SCM4: Security Compliance Manager (SCM) A TechNet blog announcing… Read More »
Detecting the Administrative Context in PowerShell
I was writing a PowerShell script and it needed to know whether or not it was running in the administrative context. It’s a bit fiddly but here’s a short bit of PowerShell that sets a boolean variable for it: $currentIdentity = New-Object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()) $adminContext = $currentIdentity.IsInRole([System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator) Run that and $adminContext will be True if the… Read More »
Migrating all Office 365 students/users to the new Education Plus license
Microsoft recently renamed the free license that academic institutions on Office 365 get (if you have an active EA) to “Office 365 Education Plus for students”. At the same time they added in the Office Pro Plus license option to allow our students (and staff) to get Office 2013 (soon to be 2016). Of course… Read More »