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Microsoft 365

Intune Remote Help Governance: Quick Assist, RMM and WinRM

Intune Remote Help governance after the Teams helpdesk campaign — RBAC, Conditional Access, and WinRM hardening that close the remote-access gap.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 24, 2026 · 13 min read Intermediate
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Microsoft 365

EWS Shutdown, Updated: What Microsoft Changed on 4 September and Your Last Three Weeks Before October

EWS disablement October 2026 got a rewritten parity-gap roadmap and a second usage tool on 4 September — the exact diff and a dated three-week plan.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 17, 2026 · 10 min read Intermediate
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Azure

Retirement Debt Comes Due: Azure VPN Client for Linux, AVD Classic, Graph Toolkit and Project Online

Four Microsoft services retire in August-September 2026. Find which affects your infrastructure, how to detect them, and your migration timeline.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 12, 2026 · 10 min read Intermediate
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Security

gMSA, dMSA and the Service Account Problem Nobody Solved

Group managed service accounts security rests on two things almost nobody audits: the password retrieval ACL and the forest KDS root key. Fix both.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 10, 2026 · 35 min read Intermediate
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Security

Entra ID Privileged Identity Management: Rolling Out Just-in-Time Admin Access

Entra privileged identity management setup done right: configure JIT admin access, approval workflows, and alerts to eliminate standing privileges.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 15, 2026 · 12 min read Intermediate
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Kubernetes

Kubernetes Admission Controllers: Enforcing Policy with OPA Gatekeeper vs Kyverno

OPA Gatekeeper vs Kyverno compared: Rego vs YAML authoring, mutation, policy testing, webhook latency, Azure Policy for AKS, and a decision framework.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 10, 2026 · 26 min read Intermediate
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Microsoft 365

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention: A Step-by-Step Setup Guide for Endpoint and Email

Set up Microsoft Purview DLP end to end: licensing, Exchange and Endpoint policies, device onboarding, simulation mode, tuning, and PowerShell.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 7, 2026 · 19 min read Intermediate
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Azure

Reserved Instances vs Savings Plans vs Spot VMs: An Azure Cost Optimization Comparison

Azure reserved instances vs savings plans vs spot VMs compared: discount ranges, flexibility, exchange rules, eviction risk, and a decision framework.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 7, 2026 · 21 min read Intermediate
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Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Reporting in 2026: Usage Reports, Graph API, and Entra Logs

Microsoft 365 reporting without gaps: admin center usage reports, the Graph reports API, Entra log retention limits, and a monthly cadence that scales.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 3, 2026 · 20 min read Intermediate
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Azure

Azure Cost Anomaly Detection: Setting Up Budgets, Alerts, and Automated Shutdowns

Azure cost anomaly detection done right: configure budgets, smart alerts, and auto-shutdown runbooks to stop cloud bill surprises before they escalate.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · July 14, 2026 · 12 min read Intermediate
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