What is MFA?

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a method of authentication that requires the use of more than one verification method and adds a second layer of security to user sign-ins and transactions. You can choose the following verification methods:

• A randomly generated pass code (Microsoft Authenticator App or SMS)
• A phone call
• A smart card (virtual or physical)
• A biometric device

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Enable MFA

When you don’t use MFA, but want to enable this. Follow this guide (Microsoft).

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The problem

Last week i ran in to some errors while re-deploying a Cloud Connector, Changed some settings in the INI and while starting the redeploy gave me the following error:

	`Preparation phase started...
	The configuration file for Cms server setup is generated in C:\Users\Administrator\CloudConnector\ApplianceRoot\Instances\2.1.0\ExportedConfig\ServerConfig-Cms.ini.
	Preparation phase finished.
	Deployment phase started...
	Enabling credential delegation for NTLM on host machine.`
	`
	#text : false
	#text : true
	#text : true
	#text : false
	#text : true
	#text : Relaxed`


		[192.168.214.3] Connecting to remote server 192.168.214.3 failed with the following error message : The request is not supported. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
		+ CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (192.168.214.3:String) [], PSRemotingTransportException
		+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 50,PSSessionStateBroken
		[192.168.214.3] Connecting to remote server 192.168.214.3 failed with the following error message : The request is not supported. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
		At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\CloudConnector\Internal\MtSetup.ps1:294 char:13
		+             Invoke-Command -ComputerName $machineIP -Credential $doma ...
		+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		+ CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (192.168.214.3:String) [], PSRemotingTransportException
		+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 50,PSSessionStateBroken
		Trying to exit current manual maintenance mode.
		Successfully exit manual maintenance mode.
		[192.168.214.3] Connecting to remote server 192.168.214.3 failed with the following error message : The request is not supported. For more information, see the about_Remote_Troubleshooting Help topic.
		At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\CloudConnector\Internal\MtSetup.ps1:294 char:13
		+             Invoke-Command -ComputerName $machineIP -Credential $doma ...
		+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
		+ CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (192.168.214.3:String) [], PSRemotingTransportException
		+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : 50,PSSessionStateBroken`

After some diging in to this problem i found some people having same issues with other Microsoft products. Last March Microsoft released the CredSSP update and this prevented connecting to vulnerable systems using older authentication methods.

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With the first day of Ignite we already have some new feature announcements for Microsoft Teams

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• Background blur: In Teams users can blur the background so focus on what matters most.
• Meeting recording: Meetings are no longer just a point in time experience. With meeting recording in Teams, you or other invitees who missed the meeting can playback recorded audio, video and content at any time. Pull up a transcript, powered by Microsoft Stream, and search for keywords so you can optimize your time while getting caught up.
• Cloud video interop – Bring your existing room technology investments into Teams. Through partner offerings from Polycom, BlueJeans and Pexip, a full portfolio of legacy devices can now be full-fledged audio/video participants in Teams meetings with content sharing. Polycom’s CVI offering is available now, with Pexip and BlueJeans generally available by end of October.

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Problem

I came across a problem that it was not possible to change the IP address of the MediaPack 112.

The IP Address, subnet and default gateway are greyed out as you can see in above image.

Solution

Go the the webinterface (System, Management, Telnet/SSH Settings) and enable SSH access.

Use PuTTy to connect to the current IP Address of the MediaPack. Use the default credentials if not changed: Admin - Admin

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Since GoPro is not able to advice how to reset your GoPro to factory defaults, you can use the steps below.

•  Remove the SD card and connect/insert in your computer;
• Format the SD card;
• Download the following files (file1, file2);
• Copy the two downloaded files to the SD card;
• Insert the SD card back in your GoPro Hero 4 Session;
• Push the “RECORD” button and wait 10 seconds;
• On the LCD you will see the GoPro is resetting;
• Remove the SD card from the GoPro and format it again on your computer;
• Insert formatted SD card back into your GoPro and your camera is back to factory default.

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You now will have the possibility yo leave a guest tenant (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/b2b/leave-the-organization).

In this how to i will show you how to do this.

1. Go to the MyApps portal  and login with your Office365 Account
2. Go to your profile (right corner) and click the settings icon.
3. Below Organizations you will see the tenants listed where you have access to
4. Click the organization you want to leave. You will now automatically login to the tenant.
5. Click again to the Profile > Settings.
6. You can now click “Leave Organization” to leave the tenant. Click “leave” to confirm
7. Confirmation of leaving the ticket.

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With this cool new feature, you can @mention either a person or group chat, and send a quick message without having to switch main context in your Teams client.

Just enter @person

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Do you know the feeling of creating USB drives to update/upgrade your VM hosts?

Stop!, You can do this now from the CLI!

I will explain you how to do this.

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Login and Upgrade

First login to your VMWare web interface

Stop all running VMs, after all VMs are succesfully stopped Enter Maintenance Mode.

Next, we are going to enable Secure Shell access.

you can use PuTTy to connect to your VMWare shell.

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To enable a better manageability for admins, Microsoft has started to roll out a new Microsoft Teams & Skype for Business Admin Center.

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This new experience provides you with a unified experience to manage both Teams and Skype for Business and will also incorporate Call Analytics and the Call Quality Dashboard (direct links to the legacy portals).

Create a Microsoft Teams messaging policy

This is where you can create custom policies to disable deleting or the use of Giphys in conversations

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Why should you need a VPN?

Cybercriminals, Hackers, spies, government, overeager retailers and even internet service providers can watch what you do online but only if we let them.

So in this review i tested the VPN service of “Hidester VPN” for a couple of days, I used my iPhone to test and i must say i like the speed of the network and the simplicity of the client. I tried to reach out to some blocked sites, and these are working fine.

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