Category: identity bridge
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November 13: How To Do Teams Collab in GCC High
Just because it has a saddle, doesn’t mean you should ride it. Unknown Previously: How to configure cross-cloud Teams collaboration for B2B Guests. Below: How External Access, Cross-Cloud Meeting Join, and B2B fit together. Many GCC High applications and features are not supported or are limited. This article specifically focuses on the limitations of Teams…
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November 11: How To Use GCC High For CMMC
All roads lead to Rome. Alain deLille When it comes to meeting CMMC requirements, every Defense Industrial Base (DIB) organization’s journey looks a little different, but most follow one of three main roads to compliance in GCC High. 1. Split Organization (Some Users Move to GCC High) This approach is popular among companies that handle…
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November 10: How To Manage the Azure Firewall in GCC High
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry A set of Azure Virtual Desktops (AVDs) in GCC High, secured by Azure Firewall, can serve as a compliant enclave for safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) under CMMC. This post shows one…
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September 14: How To Manage Devices In GCC High
Trust, but verify. Ronald Reagan Government contractors moving to Microsoft 365 GCC High face unique device management challenges. IT directors and MSPs must balance compliance, user productivity, and simplicity. This post explores how organizations can manage devices for GCC High environments confidently – whether by leveraging existing Commercial cloud devices, creating a secure virtual enclave, or…
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September 7: Simple, Reliable Cross-Cloud Teams Collab in GCC High
Less but better Dieter Rams Two years out of Microsoft, I’m more convinced than ever of the power of simple, coherent design. Cross-cloud collaboration between Commercial and GCC High offers many paths, but, in my experience, only one is worth your time — and even that path is strewn with small but critical quirks. I’ve…
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February 12: New Ways to Secure Multi-Tenant GCC High
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Albert Einstein 2024.02.17 Update: Patrick Abel from Summit 7 has this great post on Cross-Cloud B2B and Teams Cross-Cloud Guest Access in GCC High. This post is an unofficial elaboration of the official Microsoft guidance to Defense Industrial Base companies operating in multi-tenant Microsoft…
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January 15: Identity Bridge – Now With Secure US Gov Support
Below is a 73-second video covering 3 Identity Bridge improvements: Understanding CMMC compliance, cybersecurity best practices, and collaboration between Defense Industrial Base (DIB) organizations can be difficult. I am attending Microsoft’s DIB Day tomorrow (1.16.2024). This is a free 4-hour online event to share lessons learned by those closest to cyber requirements coming from DoD.…
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October 17: Identity Bridge – Open for Business At Last!
If you prefer to watch rather than read, here is a 6-minute video describing the problems the Identity Bridge is designed to solve (1 minute) and how to configure and run a sync (5 minutes). Feel free to watch at double speed or just skip to the last minute at 5:15 to see the system…
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August 22: Structure of the Identity Bridge
The Inspiration His hands descended, transitioning from palms-down to palms-up, as though cradling a ball. “We want to use the cloud to bring everything together and manage it in one place.” he explained through translators. Over the next weeks and months, I would come to understand this recurring gesture that expressed his clear and simple…
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July 11: Mindline Identity Bridge UI Walkthrough
This walkthrough introduces the Identity Bridge: a single pane of glass where tenant admins can manage multi-tenant syncs. Here an admin configures a two-way sync between two tenants (mindline.site and Mindline1). Step 1 – Sign In: Clicking “Sign In” prompts for credentials and then for consent to login and discover other tenants. 1.1 Initial Sign…