Snippet from Policy Creation, Backup Directory Setting - Active Directory only Some of these will include Active Directory specific settings such as “AD Encrypted Password History Size”, “AD Password Encryption Principal” and “AD Password Encryption Enabled” if backup to Active Directory is selected. There will be additional settings depending on the backup directory selected. Snippet from Policy Creation, Backup Directory Options You can also use “Disabled” option to remove existing configuration. It is possible to use Windows Server Active Directory or Azure Active Directory as a means to store local admin passwords. Snippet from Policy Creation, Configuration Settings Viewįirst setting in creating Windows LAPS policy is defining the directory service that will be used to backup the local admin password on the endpoints. Let’s take a deeper look at these options and prepare our Windows LAPS policy. As you see there are several options regarding Administrator account, password options as well as the directory to backup the local administrator password. Snippet from Policy Creation - Naming Account Protection Policy Snippet from Endpoint Security, Account Protection Node, Policy Creation ViewĪs always, first step is naming policy as well as giving a description. Selecting Local admin password solution (Windows LAPS) from profile list will start policy creation wizard. As you notice, there are different account protection policy options such as Local User Group Membership or Account Protection as well as Local Admin Password Solution (Windows LAPS). Snippet from Endpoint Security, Account Protection Viewįirst option will be selecting platform for the policy, and the second option will be policy type itself. Clicking on “Create Policy” button will present policy creation wizard. Local Admin Password Solution policies can be configured from Endpoint Security Node, Account Protection view. Snippet from Azure Active Directory Devices Node, Device Settings ViewĪfter enabling feature on the tenant level, we can proceed with policy creation. Option to enable Azure AD Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) will be available for configuration. Rotating local administrator passwords manuallyĮnable Azure AD Local Administrator Password FeatureĮnabling Local administrator password settings in tenant level can be done in Azure AD portal, Devices node, Device settings view.Accessing local administrator passwords that are backed up.Enabling local administrator password feature on tenant level.Pre-requisites for enabling Windows LAPS may change in the future, so it is always a good idea to check online documentation first but the tasks we will cover in this post are as follows: In this blog post, I’ll walk you through basic policy configuration and core Windows LAPS functionalities such as accessing local administrator passwords from different consoles and manually triggering password rotation. This article on the other hand will focus on native cloud deployment for Windows 10/11 clients that does not have legacy LAPS client installed, managed through Intune and either Hybrid Azure AD Joined or Azure AD Joined. It also has interoperability with legacy LAPS solution. It has support for two main scenarios for backing up local administrator password such as storing passwords in Azure AD and Windows Server AD. At the moment its smaller network and the fact that its video calling is good but still in beta version make it difficult to rival other, already established names in the market such as Skype but the app shows great progress and is completely free.As you may have heard Windows LAPS feature is released to Public Preview in the last week of April. Viber for Mac works adequately for making voice calls and chats over the Internet. Even though the video feature is listed as a beta version, both regular and video calls worked well during testing. Users can then choose to make a voice or video call to another Viber user. Adding parties to the conversation is easy and just requires clicking a button. A main, larger section of the window tracks the current conversation's information. An area also contains clearly-labeled buttons for a dialer, conversations, contacts, and recent calls. The main menu includes a left-side area containing all of the contacts available, along with their profile photographs. Viber for Mac requires that the user own a smartphone-to confirm this, the program sends a message to the smartphone with a code, which verifies the applications and allows it to start. Even though some features seem to be still in development, this app shows great results.Īfter downloading, the program prompts the user to enter information from their phone. Initially launched only for iPhone a few years ago, Viber for Mac today includes all appropriate functions for sending messages, making free calls, and syncing messages and contacts between any smartphone and Mac.
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