Entra External ID Preso

I was invited to present on my previous blog post at the WATSSA technology in education conference in Perth

June 12, 2025 ยท 1 min ยท 125 words ยท Chris Beattie

Conditional Access for Education

Through implementing these policies, educational institutions can significantly enhance their security posture, protecting sensitive data and resources while maintaining usability for staff, students, and guests.

April 4, 2025 ยท 25 min ยท 5202 words ยท Chris Beattie

Entra External ID in Education

Introducing a new Microsoft identity solution which holds the answer to a longstanding need for a parent and guardian identity provider in schools.

November 4, 2024 ยท 10 min ยท 2117 words ยท Chris Beattie

Secure cloud wifi for Entra/Intune devices with Mist

Itโ€™s been an incredibly long time coming but at last I have a working proof of concept for an end-to-end entirely cloud-based enterprise wireless network.

March 18, 2024 ยท 8 min ยท 1503 words ยท Chris Beattie

Combining user and device certificates for wifi authentication in Intune

Modern security and wifi standards say we have to move to certificates but thatโ€™s a tall order for many, particularly if we need to replicate the user-level identification of a humble password.

February 12, 2024 ยท 7 min ยท 1443 words ยท Chris Beattie

NPS RADIUS with AADJ โ€“ Part 2

Updating the old ghost computer account sync script to get NPS working with Azure AD / Entra-joined devices again, but itโ€™s a last gasp.

November 8, 2023 ยท 6 min ยท 1070 words ยท Chris Beattie

A zero-disruption path to better MFA

Presenting some ideas about how we can enforce more secure authentication methods without locking out users that donโ€™t have them yet. Featured in Entra News!

October 17, 2023 ยท 5 min ยท 995 words ยท Chris Beattie

Testing Exchange Online via manual SMTP submission

Resurrecting a bit of troubleshooting technique from the golden age of email.

June 20, 2023 ยท 4 min ยท 650 words ยท Chris Beattie

Exchange Online mailbox defaults to Pacific Time

A maddening bug in Exchange that will probably never be fixed, but at least Iโ€™ll show a workaround.

May 16, 2023 ยท 4 min ยท 771 words ยท Chris Beattie

FIDO? Schmido!

A lack of mobile support for FIDO2 auth and Passkeys from Microsoft is hampering widespread adoption but some limited use cases can bring immediate benefit to securing high-risk activities.

April 5, 2023 ยท 7 min ยท 1451 words ยท Chris Beattie