AzureAD Powershell is planned for deprecation (link) so I redesigned my Conditional Access Policy Backup solution originally posted here. This v2 edition uses an AzureAD app registration for unattended access (eg. scheduled script) and the Microsoft Graph API (but not the Microsoft Graph PowerShell module). The idea and the logic is the same as in […]
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Backup AzureAD Conditional Access Policies v2 – Graph API
Posted by Daniel Kovacs on January 13, 2023
https://f12.hu/2023/01/13/backup-azuread-conditional-access-policies-v2-graph-api/
Monitor AzureAD Conditional Access Policy changes with PowerShell (Scheduled Script)
When there are multiple administrators in an AzureAD tenant, it is inevitable that one may change settings in Conditional Access policies – without notifying everyone involved. To keep track of changes you could regualarly check the AzureAD audit logs, or have an automation for it. I may be a bit old-fashioned, but I prefer to […]
Posted by Daniel Kovacs on May 31, 2022
https://f12.hu/2022/05/31/monitor-azuread-conditional-access-policy-changes-with-powershell-scheduled-script/
Check if IP address is already an AzureAD Named Location using PowerShell
In a large corporate environment, it’s not unusual to have several Azure AD Named Locations (should it be trusted or not). It is even more challenging to keep track of these locations when there are several admins managing the environment. I thought it would be useful to have a script to determine if an IP […]
Posted by Daniel Kovacs on March 1, 2022
https://f12.hu/2022/03/01/check-if-ip-address-is-already-an-azuread-named-location-using-powershell/
Backup AzureAD Conditional Access Policies – a different approach
Update: as the AzureAD PowerShell is being deprecated, I made an updated version which can be found here Backing up AAD Conditional Access policies is relatively straightforward with Get-AzureADMSConditionalAccessPolicy cmdlet (don’t forget to update your AzureAD module if the cmdlet is not recognized). In this post, I want to share my own backup “solution” which […]
Posted by Daniel Kovacs on January 27, 2021
https://f12.hu/2021/01/27/backup-azuread-conditional-access-policies-a-different-approach/
Querying AzureAD App registration credential expiration
Recently, I came across an interesting post on monitoring Azure AD App registration expiration – link here. I made a simplified version which only generates a report on the expiration date of each credential. TL;DRRunning the script below will list each credential for AzureAD app registrations sorted by expiration date. To run the script, ensure […]
Posted by Daniel Kovacs on December 14, 2020
https://f12.hu/2020/12/14/querying-azuread-app-registration-credential-expiration/
Bug in Get-AzureMSConditionalAccessPolicy cmdlet?
Recently, I found an excellent blogpost on how to back up AzureAD Conditional Access policies (link) using the new AzureAD PowerShell module and decided to create my own when I encountered a little bug… TL;DRInstead of using ToJson() method use ConvertTo-Json cmdlet on the objects returned by Get-AzureMSConditionalAccessPolicy. ExplainedI was trying to create my own […]
Posted by Daniel Kovacs on November 23, 2020
https://f12.hu/2020/11/23/bug-in-get-azuremsconditionalaccesspolicy-cmdlet/
Retrieve Bitlocker keys stored in AzureAD with PowerShell
Bitlocker keys can be stored in Active Directory and in Azure Active Directory too – but querying the latter is a bit trickier than usual. The following script will export all Bitlocker recovery keys (from your Azure Active Directory tenant) to an HTML table. TL;DR1. Ensure that you meet the following prerequisites: – you have […]
Posted by Daniel Kovacs on November 11, 2020
https://f12.hu/2020/11/11/retrieve-bitlocker-keys-stored-in-azuread-with-powershell/
Deploy Teams with custom settings (automatic login, run in background, etc.)
This blogpost is about deploying Teams with custom settings, like automatic startup, automatic login, open in background and so on. To make auto-logon work, AzureAD join is a prerequisite. TL;DR– Make sure AzureAD seamless SSO is set up (link)– Download Teams installers from here (link)– Create a folder in NETLOGON (or other share that can […]
Posted by Daniel Kovacs on October 31, 2020
https://f12.hu/2020/10/31/deploy-teams-with-custom-settings-automatic-login-run-in-background-etc/
Auditing Azure and Office365 administrator activity using PowerShell
Tracking changes made by administrators in Azure and/or Office365 can be difficult and I’m sure that there are a lot of alternatives to query this information – but I wanted to share this basic script, even though several parts of it may need improvement. TL;DR:1. Make sure you have ExchangeOnlineManagement PS module installed2. Check the […]
Posted by Daniel Kovacs on October 21, 2020
https://f12.hu/2020/10/21/auditing-azure-administrator-activity-using-powershell/