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Upgrading Microsoft Entra Connect Sync — Required Before April 2027 Upgrading Microsoft Entra Connect Sync Action required before April 2027 Background Microsoft has announced that organizations using Microsoft Entra Connect Sync must: Upgrade to version 2.6.84.0 or later Use application-based authentication If this isn't done, directory synchronization between on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID (Microsoft 365) will stop working once Microsoft begins enforcing these requirements in April 2027. Timeline Date Event April 7, 2027 Last day to upgrade April 12, 2027 Microsoft begins enforcing the requirement April 30, 2027 Global rollout complete What's Affected? If you use Microsoft Entra Connect Sync to synchronize: Users Groups Passwords (Password Hash Sync) Hybrid identities synchronization can stop working if the server: Runs a ve...

How to Enable OneDrive Pay-As-You-Go Storage in Microsoft 365 How to Enable OneDrive Pay-As-You-Go Storage in Microsoft 365 A step-by-step guide for admins Microsoft has introduced Microsoft 365 OneDrive Storage , a new consumption-based service that lets selected users go beyond the OneDrive storage quota included in their license. Instead of purchasing fixed storage add-ons, the organization pays only for the extra storage actually consumed. The feature is currently available as a preview and is planned for general availability in November 2026 . What Is OneDrive Pay-As-You-Go? Traditionally, users receive a storage quota based on their Microsoft 365 license. Once that quota is full, an administrator must either purchase additional storage or manually raise the storage limit. With OneDrive Pay-As-You-Go, administrators can instead choose which users are allowed to exceed their licensed storage limit. The organization is then billed only for the extra sto...

Windows 11 Domain Trust Error After September 2026 Updates Windows 11 Domain Trust Error After September 2026 Updates Identify and fix it with Microsoft Intune After installing the September 2026 Windows 11 security updates, some domain-joined devices may lose their secure trust relationship with an on-premises Active Directory domain. Users may see: The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed. The user's credentials may be correct. The problem can instead be the computer's Secure Channel with Active Directory. Microsoft identified Machine Identity Isolation as the cause of this issue in affected environments. The September 8, 2026 security update causes Windows to begin honoring existing or policy-provisioned Machine Identity Isolation enforcement. Microsoft states that the feature is supported only when connected to domain controllers running at Windows Server 2025 Domain Functional Level (DFL) or later . ...

Microsoft Intune MAA Connectivity Validation Guide 🔐 Microsoft Intune MAA Connectivity Validation Guide This guide provides a practical method for validating network connectivity from a Windows 11 endpoint to the Microsoft Azure Attestation (MAA) endpoints used by Microsoft Intune. The objective is to determine whether DNS resolution, TCP 443 connectivity, HTTPS communication, proxy configuration and possible TLS inspection issues could prevent the endpoint from reaching the required MAA service. Executive Summary This guide validates the network path to the Microsoft Azure Attestation service. It is designed to help administrators distinguish a connectivity problem from a device health, Intune policy or compliance configuration problem. A successful test confirms that the tested endpoint can reach the MAA service over HTTPS. It does not by itself prove that a Windows Health Attestation session or Intune compliance evaluation has successfully comple...