When deploying applications using Microsoft Intune, installing applications using the line-of-business (LOB) deployment method can make the process of deploying applications easier. However, once installations being deployed using LOB start failing, very little logging information is available to troubleshoot the issue. This is where Win32 app deployment shines 🤩

One of the first things organizations do once they upgrade to a M365 license type that includes Microsoft Entra ID P1 is to start rolling out Conditional Access Polices to incorporate fine-grained security polices. However, after that, an attractive feature, especially for organizations with a hybrid environment, is the Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) feature.

To avoid losing administrative access to the Entra portal from things such as a misconfiguration of a conditional access policy (CAP), it's important to setup an emergency access (break glass) account with the Global Administrator role assigned to it. In this guide, we'll walkthrough the process of creating an emergency access account, setting up phishing resistant authentication, and setup monitoring to receive alerts when the account is used.

Using the Azure Portal to create and manage resources can be beneficial for one-off tasks and learning about different services offered in Azure; however, it becomes more practical to take advantage of a scripting language such as PowerShell for management of tasks as it allows the use of one-liner syntax, piping outputs, and scripting.