Category: IT

Entra ID External Authentication Methods with Duo

Microsoft recently introduced the public preview of External Authentication Methods in Microsoft Entra ID. I am very excited about External Authentication Methods as they finally allow third-party MFA providers like Cisco Duo to integrate better with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Microsoft Azure AD). Microsoft has supported third-party MFA providers for years. The original method for…

Microsoft 365 Remove Stay Signed In Option

Microsoft 365’s Stay signed in option is designed for user convenience but can increase security risks when used on public or non-corporately owned devices. The risk is due to the potential for unauthorized access to the user’s account and the resources they have access to. The stay signed in option, also known as KMSI (Keep…

VMware vCenter Reduced Downtime Upgrade with Automatic Switchover

VMware vCenter RDU (Reduced Downtime Upgrade (or Update)) is a relatively new feature that allows you to update your vCenter to the next version with limited downtime, just like the name indicates. It works similarly to the process for upgrading from vCenter 7 to vCenter 8, which is also very similar to doing a fresh…

UniFi Network Application MongoDB Upgrade

If you have been using the UniFi controller for a very long time, there’s a chance you are running an older version of MongoDB. When Ubiquiti released version 8.1 of the UniFi network application server, they finally bumped up the supported MongoDB version from 4.4 to 7.0. The MongoDB upgrade path only supports jumping one…