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Microsoft 365

SharePoint OTP Retirement: Move Guests to Entra B2B

SharePoint OTP retirement is here: find external recipients with no Entra B2B guest account, restore their access, and govern guests with PowerShell.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · October 19, 2026 · 16 min read Intermediate
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Security

Secure Boot Certificates and Memory Integrity by Default in Windows

Windows secure boot certificate update 2026 lands the same month Memory Integrity turns on by default — how to inventory, stage, and control both.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 22, 2026 · 14 min read Intermediate
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Security

September 2026 Patch Tuesday: 966 Fixes, Two Zero-Days to Triage First

September 2026 patch tuesday shipped 966 fixes and two exploited zero-days — the triage order, expedite paths, and KQL to run while you deploy.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 11, 2026 · 12 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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Microsoft 365

Exchange Online Message Trace vs Mail Flow Rules: Diagnosing Delivery Failures Step by Step

Diagnose Exchange Online delivery failures: message trace in EAC and PowerShell, Get-MessageTraceV2, transport rule audits, and a repeatable runbook.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 7, 2026 · 17 min read Intermediate
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Microsoft 365

Automating Microsoft 365 with PowerShell: The Graph SDK Way in 2026

Automate Microsoft 365 with PowerShell and the Graph SDK: app-only auth, bulk licensing, Exchange and Teams recipes, and unattended Azure runbooks.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · June 24, 2026 · 15 min read Intermediate
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Automation

Automate Windows Server Patching with PowerShell and Azure Update Manager

Automate Windows Server patching at scale using PowerShell and Azure Update Manager — cut patch cycles from days to hours with zero-touch deployments.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · June 23, 2026 · 12 min read Intermediate
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Automation

PowerShell Error Handling Patterns Every Sysadmin Should Use

PowerShell error handling done right: master Try/Catch, $ErrorActionPreference, and robust logging patterns to build bulletproof automation scripts.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · June 23, 2026 · 11 min read Intermediate
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Automation

PowerShell 7 vs Windows PowerShell 5.1: What You Need to Know

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Thorsteinn Halldorsson · June 17, 2026 · 12 min read Intermediate
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Security

Azure AD Conditional Access Policies: Complete Setup Guide (2026) + Maester Testing

Build a production-safe Azure AD conditional access setup: break-glass accounts, MFA baseline policies, report-only rollout, and Maester test coverage.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · June 17, 2026 · 12 min read Intermediate
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