Posts by Michele Blum

Michele Blum

26 posts

Azure VM Image Builder API 2024-02-01 JSON Case Sensitivity

5 days ago

The Azure VM Image Builder API version 2024-02-01 introduces significant changes, effective from 21 May 2024, focusing on case sensitivity for all fields in API requests. This adjustment mandates that…

Azure Pipelines – Workload identity federation

Azure DevOps, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Entra, RBAC, Security

2 weeks ago

Introduction Azure DevOps, by default, lacks a direct link to services or platforms to authenticate and authorize without proper configuration. To establish a secure connection to both internal and external…

Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Error code 80180006

Endpoint Manager, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Entra

3 weeks ago

Introduction For example, I am using a company-owned device that is running on the latest updates of Windows 11 or 10. This device is also joined to a domain. The…

YubiKey Manager Privilege Escalation

Security

4 weeks ago

Introduction The security advisory YSA-2024-01, published on April 4, 2024, has identified a security issue in the YubiKey Manager GUI, a tool used for managing the various features of a…

Veeam Backup M365 – Exchange Backup fails with: “Failed to get folder properties. Not allowed to access Non IPM folder”

Exchange Online, Microsoft 365, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365

1 month ago

Introduction This blog post discusses an issue with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 where Exchange backup fails with the error: “Failed to get folder properties. Not allowed to access Non…

FIDO keys (Token2)

Microsoft, Microsoft Entra, Security

1 month ago

Introduction FIDO (Fast Identity Online) keys are a type of physical security key used to authenticate users on online platforms. They are part of the FIDO Alliance’s standards for passwordless…

NetExtender breaks connection to Microsoft services

Microsoft, SonicWall NetExtender

1 month ago

Introduction A problem earlier this year has been identified with SonicWall NetExtender interfering with Microsoft 365 authentication. This issue was raised by SonicWall with the ID SMA-4585. The VPN client,…

Change permissions of foreign principals

Microsoft, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Partner, RBAC

2 months ago

Introduction As a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partner, you are responsible for managing your customers’ Azure usage and systems, which requires admin privileges. These privileges can be reinstated by your…

Foreign principals and their pitfalls with IAM role assignment

Microsoft

2 months ago

Problem Owners of a resource in Azure can’t delete the role assignment of an invited guest user, which is a member of the Foreign Principal group in the Identity and…

Manage subscriptions and resources as a Microsoft CSP

Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Partner, RBAC

2 months ago

Introduction to Microsoft CSP The Cloud Solution Provider Program (CSP) is a program developed by Microsoft for providers of cloud-based solutions. It offers a simple way to market Microsoft cloud…