Some new interesting experiences with Guest users in Office 365

Guest users have been around for a while now in Azure AD/Office 365, and are the cornerstone of collaboration for workloads such as Microosft Teams or SharePoint Online. The access mechanism for Guest users is somewhat similar to “regular” users one, with an actual Azure AD user object being provisioned, albeit with a …

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Using filters against objects containing special characters with Invoke-Command

Continuing the series “blog this so you don’t forget about it later”, here’s another interesting example on how PowerShell handles special characters. In a previous blog post, we discussed how to use server-side filters against objects containing a special character in the DistinguishedName attribute, more specifically an apostrophe (‘). The example …

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Pass-through authentication now supports legacy protocols and applications

Azure Active Directory Pass-through authentication, or simply PTA, is a great feature, designed to close the gap between the “same sign-on” and “seamless single sign-on” experience. In other words, it gives you the benefits of the same end-user experience as AD FS, and it ensures that passwords are validated against …

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