Category: identity bridge
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September 14: Device Management in GCC High for Secure, Compliant Access
“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…