Windows Hello for Business - Couldn't turn on the Camera

Hi All,

I've been using Windows Hello for Busindess with Face recocnition since a long time on my Surface Laptop 3. This week it stopped working suddently with the Message "Couldn't turn on the Camera".

Even the Driver and Firmware Update did not help.






The Camera App is working just fine. Also in Teams the Camera works fine.


In the End i remved the two Cameras in the Device Manager (devmgmt.msc) and searched for new Hardware. The Camera where added back again and Windows Hello for Business Face recocnition did work again.


Regards
Andres Bohren


Celebrate my 2'000 Blog post!

Hi all,

It's time to celebrate!
I've written a whopping 2'000 Blog Posts in this Blog https://blog.icewolf.ch
As you can see, i've started this Blog back in 2007 - it's now almost 15 Years old.

At first, 2'000 Blog Posts does not seem to be impressive. But if you take that number and divide it by 365 you will get this result: 5.479.
That means if you write a Blog Article every day, it takes you about five and a half year to get to these 2'000 Blog Articles.
And now the number is much more impressive

Another impressive Number:
For the last two Years i was able to write almost every Month 20 or more Blog Articles. That means one every workday!



Apart from the celebration i want to thank all my followers and readers for the encouraging support and feedback.
It is fun and let's hope for another 15 Years (or less) to archieve the next 2'000 Blog Articles

Regards
Andres Bohren


M365 Admin Portal - Idle session timeout (Preview)

Hi All,

There is a new Setting in M365 Admin Portal called "Idle session timeout" - which is in Preview. This setting is currently supported by the following Web Apps - more apps are expected to come.
  • Outlook Web App
  • OneDrive for Business
  • SharePoint Online (SPO)
  • Office.com and other start pages
  • Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) on the web
  • Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Idle timeouts are Tenant wide settings and can't be targeted like Conditional Access Policies.

Idle session timeout for Microsoft 365 (Public preview)

You can find the Setting in your thenant here

I've set it to 24 Hours and will check the next days how it does work for me.



For the User it will look like this



Regards
Andres Bohren


Azure Active Directory Connect 2.1.1.0 released

Hi All,

Two Days ago, Microsoft has released a new Version of Azure AD Connect that fixes an Error, when there is a model db corruption.

Resolve Model database corruption in SQLLocalDB

Azure AD Connect: Version release history

Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect 2.1.1.0










On the M365 Admin Center in the Health > Directory Sync Status you can find the new Version Number



Regards
Andres Bohren


Exchange Online - Every Meeting Online (EMO) by Default

Hi All,

Recently Microsoft announced an update to "Every Meeting Online" (EMO) Feature. Not only can you configure to have Meeting Links for every Meeting, you can also configure the Default Online Meeting Provider
  • TeamsForBusiness
  • BlueJeans
  • GoToMeeting
  • Webex
  • Zoom
  • GoogleMeet
  • JioMeet
  • RingCentral
  • AmazonChimePublic
  • AmazonChimePrivate
  • AlibabaDingTalk
  • FacebookWorkplace
  • AppleFacetime
  • ClaroVideoconferencia

Make every meeting online


To Activate you have to Configure the Exchange Online OrganizationConfig

Get-OrganizationConfig | fl OnlineMeetingsByDefaultEnabled
Set-OrganizationConfig -OnlineMeetingsByDefaultEnabled $true


To check the Provider you can use the following command

Get-MailboxCalendarConfiguration -Identity a.bohren@icewolf.ch | fl *meet*


Even there is a Message that Get-MailboxCalendarConfiguration is outdated. The new command Get-EventsFromEmailConfiguration does not show that information.

Get-EventsFromEmailConfiguration -Identity a.bohren@icewolf.ch | fl



Regards
Andres Bohren


Exchange Online Plus addressing update

Hi All,

There has been an update to Plus addressing in Exchange online.
  • Plus adressing will be enabled by default starting from 17. April 2022
  • If you wish to Opt-Out of Plus Adressing you will need to use this command
    Set-OrganizationConfig -DisablePlusAddressInRecipients $true
Plus Addressing in Exchange Online

If you want to check your current Recipients for Plus addresses you can use my Script from GitHub


You can review your Exchange Online Settings in your tenant with the following Command

Get-OrganizationConfig | fl *plus


In the Exchange Admin Center there is also a new Setting under "Settings > Mail  flow"



Regards
Andres Bohren


Protect your Azure SQL Database with Firewall Rules

Hi All,

In this Blog Article, i want to talk about how to protect your Azure SQL Databases with Firewall Rules at Server or Database level.

Azure SQL Database and Azure Synapse IP firewall rules


The Server Level you can find on your Server Object


You can also find this when query the master Database

--Database: master
SELECT * FROM sys.firewall_rules


At the Database level use this

sp_set_firewall_rule (Azure SQL Database)

--Database: db_home_icewolf
Select * FROM sys.database_firewall_rules


To allow Azure Services add the following

-- Enable Azure connections.  
EXECUTE sp_set_database_firewall_rule N'Allow Azure', '0.0.0.0', '0.0.0.0';


to add a custom IP or IP Range use these

-- Create database-level firewall setting for only IP 0.0.0.4  
EXECUTE sp_set_database_firewall_rule N'Example DB Setting IP', '95.143.60.18', '95.143.60.18';  
 
-- Update database-level firewall setting to create a range of allowed IP addresses
EXECUTE sp_set_database_firewall_rule N'Example DB Setting IP Range', '95.143.60.17', '95.143.60.22';



Regards
Andres Bohren