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Are you looking for information about troubleshooting in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365? In this archive you will find all our posts about force configuration.

SMB over QUIC and Azure Server: empowering secure and lightning fast file sharing

SMB over QUIC is a network protocol used by Windows. It allows secure, shared use of resources such as files on the network. To use SMB (Server Message Block) without QUIC, TCP port 445 is required. Some Internet providers block TCP port 445 for security reasons. Therefore, it is not possible to connect to a file share on Azure by SMB successfully.

To bypass the blocking of TCP port 445, there are several options to choose from, including the following:

  • VPN (Virtual Private Network), e.g. AlwaysOnVPN
  • Third party software, e.g. MyWorkDrive
  • SMB over QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connection)

Azure Arc and Windows Server: The perfect pair for the hybrid cloud

Microsoft Azure Arc is a solution that enables resources to be centrally managed and monitored across multiple environments. Azure Arc extends the management capabilities of Azure to on-premises resources or other cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Resources integrated into Azure Arc are administered via the unified Azure Portal. Regardless of where they are physically or geographically located. Overall, Azure Arc provides consistent, centralized and simplified management of resources.

This guide describes how to deploy a Windows Server hosted outside the Azure Cloud step-by-step using the Azure Connected Machine Agent in Azure Arc.

Seamless Upgrade of Windows Server on Azure: Best Practices and Step-by-Step Guide

Microsoft Azure supports in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022. All data, server roles and settings are taken over in the process. For a successful in-place upgrade there are a few requirements.

This guide shows how to successfully perform a direct upgrade to a newer Windows Server version.

Windows LAPS in Microsoft Intune

Windows LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) provides centralized, simple and secure management of local administrator passwords in Microsoft Intune. Each device receives its own temporary administrator password. Windows LAPS automatically manages the administrator passwords in terms of expiration and rotation. Local administrator passwords are stored in either Azure Active Directory or local Active Directory.

Windows LAPS thus offers, for example, higher protection against pass-the-hash and lateral traversal attacks.

Azure AD B2B Direct Connect for shared channels in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft offers with Azure AD B2B Direct Connect for shared channels in Microsoft Teams a feature that simplifies management for collaboration with external partners in teams.

Until the release of Azure AD B2B Direct Connect, an external partner was invited to the tenant as a guest and authorized in Microsoft Teams (Azure AD B2B Collaboration). The external partner then received an email with instructions for further steps.

When looking in to the own Azure Active Directory everyone notes: each external user gets a guest account in our own Azure Active Directory. Whether the guest account is still in use or not, it will always remain in Azure Active Directory until it is manually deleted.

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