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Defender EMS Security

Legacy Windows Support for Microsoft Defender ATP

Chris Blackburn June 30, 2020 0 Comment

I’ve had several clients recently who have talked about what’s entailed to support legacy operation systems (Windows 7/8/Server 2008) in Microsoft Defender ATP. In short, you’re essentially installing the Microsoft Monitoring Agent that’s part...

5 Minutes

EMS Intune Office 365

The Hybrid AD Device Management Troubleshooting Guide

Chris Blackburn November 29, 2019 0 Comment

I always have a rule of thumb “if it takes more than an hour to solve, it deserves sharing”, and that’s always been the story of my blogs over the last decade plus. The...

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Azure AD MDM

Where Hast Thou Gone, Workplacejoin.exe?

Chris Blackburn April 29, 2019 0 Comment

In looking to help a customer Azure AD join downlevel Windows 7 devices to their tenant, Microsoft has broken the download link (go ahead, try it yourself) Thankfully a colleague of mine has been...

4 Minutes

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Journey in Hybrid Cloud Print

Chris Blackburn April 18, 2019 1 Comment

I don’t take the term “journey” lightly because now a month in I’m edging closer and closer to the finish but I still feel like I have a long way to go. From lots...

Exchange -1 Minute

Get Exchange Install Path, Version and Role

Chris Blackburn September 1, 2017 0 Comment

I’ve been fighting for a while to find a GOOD script that can do everything from one machine and still work on Exchange 2010 while supporting Exchange 2013/2016. I spent the day working on...

Identity Office 365 -9 Minutes

Quickly Change Authentication models in Azure AD / Office 365

Chris Blackburn August 18, 2017 6 Comments

In 2017 Microsoft has made some major improvements to their Managed authentication model to make it a viable competitor to the cumbersome Federated model. As a refresher, Federated identity requires Microsoft ADFS infrastructure deployed...

Office 365 -1 Minute

Office 365 Whitelist URLs for Firewalls & Trusted Sites

Chris Blackburn April 4, 2017 1 Comment

(Update 9/28/2023) With the ever growing list of Microsoft Office 365 services comes a growing number of URLs to whitelist on web application firewalls, proxies, and IE trusted sites lists. The full list, which...

Office 365 -4 Minutes

Creating an Offline install of Office 365 Pro Plus

Chris Blackburn November 5, 2016 0 Comment

So how do you create an offline installation of Office 365 Pro Plus for distribution on machines when you don’t want them all chewing up the internet connection at once? First, download the Office...

Intune -3 Minutes

Quickly Enroll PCs with Intune

Chris Blackburn November 4, 2016 0 Comment

There are 2 easy ways to get the Intune client installed on your PCs: Go to http://portal.manage.microsoft.com and log in with an account assigned an Intune license. Click the information bar saying the device...

Exchange -8 Minutes

Migrating Public Folders from 2010 to 2016

Chris Blackburn October 19, 2016 4 Comments

A little over 5 years ago I wrote a blog on how to migrate public folders from Exchange 2007 to 2010, hoping that that would be the last migration path that would be needed...