Author: Michael Paul | @MicoolPaul
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Microsoft Azure Security Advisory – Elevation of Privilege: Guest User Permissions after Deletion
Microsoft have been emailing potentially impacted customers regarding a potential elevation of privilege issue, related to Azure AD Guest Users. Read on for details about the vulnerability and its impact.
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Veeam Backup & Replication: NAS ‘Backup Proxies are Offline or Outdated’ incorrect error message
Join me as I troubleshoot an error message unrelated to the actual behaviour, and what the surprising root cause was…
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Pretty PowerShell – Formatting PowerShell Scripts for Readability
Scripting shouldn’t be daunting. Neither should it be when reviewing someone else’s scripts, nor when debugging. But formatting is a great navigational aid when finding your way around code. Here’s some handy tips & tricks I’ve learned from my time scripting in PowerShell.
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Speeding up Backup/Restore Jobs when Using Preferred Networks
When working with Preferred Networks in Veeam, it might be that these preferred networks are only for specific devices and purposes. In such a case you might suffer reduced backup & restore performance after enabling this. If so, this blog post might just help you!
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Veeam: Storage Snapshots & VMware vSphere Boot from SAN – A Cautionary Tale
Using Veeam’s Storage Snapshot functionality alongside VMware ESXi’s Boot from SAN capabilities can really cause problems. In this blog post I dive into why this can cause issues and the simple fix for them.
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Delaying Windows Feature Updates with Group Policy
It’s not necessary to invest in SCCM, Intune, or fancy RMM tools to get control over your Windows Updates. In this blog post I’ll show you how to use group policy to get a grip on your endpoint update policies.
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Veeam Supported Products Reaching End of Life in 2023
Times change, and software changes with them, until it’s no longer supported. At any point, a patch to an operating system, a .NET framework update, or anything else really, could end up with the software no longer being backed up properly, or not working at all in production. Without valid support there’s no process to…
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Veeam Products End of Support Reminder – 2023
It’s that time again to remind everyone that all good things run out of support eventually. The 2023 calendar year has the following products reaching end of support status for the following products.
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Exchange Online Basic Auth – One (Final) Time Enablement
A quick note on an important point that I missed originally in Microsoft’s announcement. As users are starting to find their basic authentication mechanisms are being actively disabled, Microsoft have provided one last mechanism to prevent a complete outage if you rely on basic authentication currently. Which Protocols Are Impacted? If you’re using basic authentication…
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Free Microsoft Certification: Microsoft Ignite | Cloud Skills Challenge is BACK for Fall 2022
Hi everyone, Have you ever wanted a chance to get Microsoft Certified? Now’s your chance! If you haven’t seen the Cloud Skills Challenge before, it’s simple. Microsoft provide multiple learning ‘Track’ options, courtesy of their free Microsoft Learn resources. If you complete one or more tracks within their pre-defined challenge window (12th October to 9th…
Michael Paul | @micoolpaul 