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Fine Grained Password Policy Setup – Active Directory

Fine Grained Password Policy Setup – Active Directory

This post is all about how to setup Fine Grained Password Policy (FGPP) in On Premise Active Directory. This may sound a little antiquated with the rapid uptake of Azure Active Directory (AAD) and all of its wonderful account security features, but lets not forget, for most organisations a hybrid model is the best they can achieve right now, so its important to make sure you are making the most of the security policies you have available. What is Fine…

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Deploy VMware Tools via Configuration Manager

Deploy VMware Tools via Configuration Manager

Personally, I find it really handy that ConfigMgr can manage software on server environments, this is always helpful when you have an application which needs to be installed or updated on all servers. Today, we are going to run through the process of updating VMware Tools on a bunch of virtual servers, in a way that will cause minimal disruption to the business. Obtain The Installer First things first, we need to obtain the latest installer for VMware Tools. I…

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Using FSRM to Protect Against Ransomware

Using FSRM to Protect Against Ransomware

This blog post will show you how to use a freely available feature of Windows Server to increase your protection against ransomware attacks. The solution here is not something that you rely on as being your ransomware protection, but, as its free and easy to setup, there is no reason why it can’t form part of a suite of measures you can introduce to protect your environment from both accidental and malicious threats. Before we begin, I need to give…

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