Jan 25, 2021
Azure, Government Cloud
Microsoft Office 365 has four cloud environments for its users, each one serving a different purpose. Understanding the differences between them is crucial in determining which one you’ll need to use and why you’ll need to use it. Depending on the…
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Aug 17, 2020
Azure, Cloud Computing, Security, Tech Talks
The following is a recap of our Agile IT Tech Talk entitled “Azure Security Center,” providing an overview of its many great features. To hear that Tech Talk and more like it, visit our Agile IT YouTube channel and subscribe. Azure Security…
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Jul 10, 2020
Active Directory, Azure
Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) brings the full power and security of the Microsoft Cloud to your on-premises identity and infrastructure. In this episode of Coffee with Conrad, we discuss how it works and how it can help you. What Is…
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Jul 10, 2020
Active Directory, Azure, Tech Team Tips & Tricks
When most IT leaders think of Power BI, (business intelligence) they think of a tool for marketing or finance. By linking Power BI with Microsoft’s Graph API, IT pros can gain access to incredibly detailed information about their environments, users,…
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Jul 10, 2020
Security, Windows
This is a recap of an episode of Agile IT’s Coffee with Conrad, in which we worked through a couple of scenarios where Azure NAT Gateway can help provide IP whitelisting for accessing sensitive infrastructure from remote workers working in Windows Virtual Desktop. It’s important…
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Jun 30, 2020
Azure, Security
The following is a recap of Agile IT’s second episode of Coffee with Conrad, where we explored Azure Active Directory’s Privileged Identity Management Functions. How Just in Time and Just Enough Access removes the need for generic admin accounts and permits more detailed logs…
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May 26, 2020
Active Directory, Azure, Security
Identity management gets complicated when your organization has both cloud and on-premises applications and data. If employees have separate authentication for each one, they need to log in to both. However, using cloud and local software together may be difficult….
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May 07, 2020
Office 365, Security
The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an alert as an update to its May 2019 Analysis report titled, “AR19-133A: Microsoft Office 365 Security Observations.” This alert outlines recommendations on security and threat mitigation efforts that…
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Feb 03, 2020
Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Virtualization
A report by The Information claims that Google Cloud is under pressure from the company’s top levels. It’s currently the No. 3 cloud platform provider after AWS and Azure, and the leaders want it to try harder. If it can’t rise to…
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Oct 31, 2019
Azure, Government Cloud, Security
If you work in government cloud contracting, you already know about the recent JEDI contract award. Over $10 billion in one contract and there are many more large contracts in the works. What does this mean for government contractors? What other contracts…
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Sep 30, 2019
Azure, DevOps
The DevSecOps approach to releasing and maintaining software has largely replaced the old way of having separate teams for development and administration. Combining them makes it possible to keep up with the rapid cycle of iterations which online applications demand….
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Sep 09, 2019
Azure, Cloud Computing, Tech Talks
Azure Reserved Instances and Hybrid Benefit Today we’re going to talk about Azure reserved virtual machines or resource instances this is basically a payment option in Azure that allows you to save money by pre-committing to a one year or…
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