How to use the FIM/MIM Azure Graph Management Agent for B2B Member/Guest Sync between Azure Tenants

26th of April, 2018 / Darren Robinson / 4 Comments

Introduction

UPDATE: August 2018
As promised below I've finally written up my 
Azure AD B2B Invitation Management Agent. 
You can find it in this post here.

UPDATE: June 2018
When I originally wrote this post the intent was to test
the ability of the Graph MA to export to Azure AD. 
That works.

That then extended to messing with an identity type other 
than member (which works to an extent) but I detailed 
guests. However that is incomplete.

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Protecting Application Credentials when implementing Modular Azure Functions with Microsoft Flow

23rd of April, 2018 / Darren Robinson / 1 Comment

This weekend I was attempting to rework some older Azure Automation tasks I wrote some time ago that were a combination of PowerShell scripts and Azure (PowerShell Functions). I was looking to leverage Microsoft Flow so that I could have them handy as ‘Buttons’ in the Microsoft Flow mobile app.
Quite quickly I realized that Microsoft Flow didn’t have the capability to perform some of the automation I required, so I handed that off to an Azure Function.… [Keep reading] “Protecting Application Credentials when implementing Modular Azure Functions with Microsoft Flow”

Global Azure Bootcamp 2018 – Creating the Internet of YOUR Things

21st of April, 2018 / Darren Robinson / No Comments

Today is the 6th Global Azure Bootcamp and I presented at the Sydney Microsoft Office on the Creating the Internet of YOUR Things.
In my session I gave an overview on where IoT is going and some of the amazing things we can look forward to (maybe). I then covered a number of IoT devices that you can buy now that can enrich your life.
I then moved on to building IoT devices and leveraging Azure, the focus of my presentation.… [Keep reading] “Global Azure Bootcamp 2018 – Creating the Internet of YOUR Things”

How to quickly copy Azure Functions between Azure Tenants and implement 'Run From Zip'

17th of April, 2018 / Darren Robinson / 3 Comments

As mentioned in this post yesterday I needed to copy a bunch of Azure WebApps and Functions from one Tenant to another. With anything cloud based, things move fast. Some of the methods I found were too onerous and more complex than they needed to be. There is of course the Backup option as well for Azure Functions. This does require a storage account associated with the Function App Plan. My Functions didn’t have the need for storage and the plan tier they were on meant that wasn’t a prerequisite. … [Keep reading] “How to quickly copy Azure Functions between Azure Tenants and implement 'Run From Zip'”

How to quickly copy an Azure Web App between Azure Tenants using 'Zip Push Deploy'

16th of April, 2018 / Darren Robinson / No Comments

In the last couple of weeks I’ve had to copy a bunch of Azure WebApps and Functions from one Azure Tenant to another. I hadn’t had to do this for a while and went looking for the quickest and easiest way to accomplish it. As with anything cloud based, things move fast. Some of the methods I found were too onerous and more complex than they needed to be. There is of course the Backup option as well.… [Keep reading] “How to quickly copy an Azure Web App between Azure Tenants using 'Zip Push Deploy'”

Adding a Display to the Teenager Notification Service Azure IoT Device

10th of April, 2018 / Darren Robinson / No Comments

Overview

A couple of weeks back I wrote this post that detailed Building a Teenager Notification Service using Azure IoT an Azure Function, Microsoft Flow, Mongoose OS and a Micro Controller.
Over the Easter break I enhanced it with the inclusion of a display. I was rummaging around in a box of parts when I found a few LCD displays I’d purchased on speculation some time ago. They are SSD1306 LCD driven units that can be found on Amazon here.… [Keep reading] “Adding a Display to the Teenager Notification Service Azure IoT Device”

Evaluating the migration of Azure Functions to Microsoft Flow – Twitter IoT Integration

5th of April, 2018 / Darren Robinson / No Comments

Introduction

Almost 18 months ago I wrote this post on integrating Twitter with Azure Functions to Tweet IoT data. A derivative of that solution has been successfully running for about the same period. Azure Functions have been bullet proof for me.
After recently implementing Microsoft Flow as detailed in my Teenager Notification Device post here I started looking at a number of the Azure Functions I have running and looked at what would be better suited to being implemented with Flow.… [Keep reading] “Evaluating the migration of Azure Functions to Microsoft Flow – Twitter IoT Integration”

Building a Teenager Notification Service using Azure IoT an Azure Function, Microsoft Flow, Mongoose OS and a Micro Controller

28th of March, 2018 / Darren Robinson / No Comments

Introduction

This is the third and final post on my recent experiments integrating small micro controllers (ESP8266) running Mongoose OS integrated with Azure IoT Services.
In the first post in this series I detailed creating the Azure IoT Hub and registering a NodeMCU (ESP8266 based) micro controller with it. The post detailing that can be found here. Automating the creation of Azure IoT Hubs and the registration of IoT Devices with PowerShell and VS Code
In the second post I detailed communicating with the micro controller (IoT device) using MQTT and PowerShell.… [Keep reading] “Building a Teenager Notification Service using Azure IoT an Azure Function, Microsoft Flow, Mongoose OS and a Micro Controller”

Integrating Azure IoT Devices with MongooseOS MQTT and PowerShell

21st of March, 2018 / Darren Robinson / No Comments

Introduction and Recap

In my last post here on IoT I detailed getting started with Azure IoT Hubs and registering an IoT device and sending telemetry from the IoT Device to the Azure IoT Hub. And doing all that using PowerShell.
If you haven’t read that post or worked through those steps, stop here, work through that and then come back. This post details configuring MongooseOS to receive MQTT messages from Azure IoT which is the last mile to making the IoT Device flexible for integration with anything you can think of.… [Keep reading] “Integrating Azure IoT Devices with MongooseOS MQTT and PowerShell”

Validating a Yubico YubiKeys' One Time Password (OTP) using Single Factor Authentication and PowerShell

20th of March, 2018 / Darren Robinson / No Comments

Multi-factor Authentication comes in many different formats. Physical tokens historically have been very common and moving forward with FIDO v2 standards will likely continue to be so for many security scenarios where soft tokens (think Authenticator Apps on mobile devices) aren’t possible.
Yubico YubiKeys are physical tokens that have a number of properties that make them desirable. They don’t use a battery (so aren’t limited to the life of the battery), they come in many differing formats (NFC, USB-3, USB-C), can hold multiple sets of credentials and support open standards for multi-factor authentication.… [Keep reading] “Validating a Yubico YubiKeys' One Time Password (OTP) using Single Factor Authentication and PowerShell”