ADFS settings WebSSOLifetime and Token Lifetime, NotBeforeSkew

This post will try to explain some relevant parameters from the ADFS side. I’m not saying the defaults aren’t good, that’s something you’ve got to decide for yourself. Introduction WS-Fed/SAML protocol requirements: All time is UTC. ADFS will ignore system time and will use UTC. Dates in SAML A Security Assertion Markup Language(SAML) assertion might contain

ADFS Backup Restore tool

ADFS Rapid restore tool: – download it from Microsoft Connect.  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-fs/operations/ad-fs-rapid-restore-tool  With ADFS Rapid Restore Tool, backup and restore your ADFS farm easily in seconds…   To backup your ADFS farm, use the command listed below with the following switches: BackupDKM – Backs up the Active Directory DKM container that contains the AD FS keys in the default configuration (automatically

IT Self-trainings

IT pro TV: https://itpro.tv/course-library/ Microsoft virtual academy: https://mva.microsoft.com/ Microsoft channel9: https://channel9.msdn.com/        

CCleaner 5.33 Was Hacked !!

https://www.howtogeek.com/326742/ccleaner-was-hacked-what-you-need-to-know/ https://blog.avast.com/additional-information-regarding-the-recent-ccleaner-apt-security-incident

Office 365 Pro plus and Project/Visio ?

Cohabitation with Project/Visio with Office Pro plus: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3157564/office-click-to-run-perpetual-c2r-p-release-for-project-2016-and-visio https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployOffice/use-the-office-deployment-tool-to-install-volume-licensed-editions-of-visio-2016 https://support.office.com/fr-fr/article/Guide-de-d%c3%a9ploiement-pour-Office-365-ProPlus-f99f8cd0-e648-4834-8f45-f5637351899d?ui=fr-FR&rs=fr-FR&ad=FR https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployOffice/install-different-office-visio-and-project-versions-on-the-same-computer   Office 365 update history: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office365-proplus-by-date  

Cool Tools for MAC

Cool tools for MAC: dr cleaner (cleanup system) cleanmyMac (cleanup system) OneNote from Microsoft (postit) Wunderlist    (task manager) nomad.menu (active directory integration) VLC (from videolan) Slack Microsoft teams (https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads) Little snitch Dropbox, OneDrive The Unarchiver  

WAP – How to remove a WAP Server from WAP clusters

Reference article: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/applicationproxyblog/2014/08/20/web-application-proxy-powershell-cheat-sheet/ http://ms.darrenongpt.com/2015/07/remove-web-application-proxy-wap-from.html   Symptom: On the current WAP server wapserver1, the WAP remote access management console display a server called server2. How to remove this server from the cluster list? Solution: Connect on the wapserver1, open a powershell prompt: Swpc –ConnectedServersName ((gwpc).ConnectedServersName –ne ‘server2.domain.local’) gwpc to display the list of WAP servers.

How to bind a MAC to a Windows Domain?

How to bind a MAC to a Windows domain: Third-party Tools: Nomad    nomad.menu Centrify   http://www.centrify.com Procedures and white papers: https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/tutorials/join-mac-to-windows-domain Apple support articles: https://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&type=organic&src=support_searchbox_main&locale=en_US&q=active+directory https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/discussions/23175/binding-mac-to-ad-issue Binding and Unbinding to Active Directory from Mac OS via Command Line Open the Terminal Application Type in sudo -i and type in your Mac Administrator account password. sudo gives

RDS – installation and HA mode

RDS installation and HA procedure(s): Create a RDSH FARM RDS 2012 using DNS Round Robin https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-scale-rdsh-farm https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2346349&seqNum=4 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-connection-broker-cluster https://msfreaks.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/windows-2012-r2-remote-desktop-services-part-1 https://msfreaks.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/windows-2012-r2-remote-desktop-services-part-2 https://msfreaks.wordpress.com/2013/12/26/windows-2012-r2-remote-desktop-services-part-3 https://ryanmangansitblog.com/tag/high-availability/ Technet forum: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-us/home?forum=winserverts