Preface Cybersecurity is one of the biggest challenges for IT systems engineers. In many companies, local administrator accounts on PCs share the same password during installation. Imagine a real-world scenario: malware enters the network, steals the local administrator password, and uses it to spread to dozens of machines. Within hours, every last bit of infrastructure…
Read MoreIntroduction With the End of Support (EOS) date for Windows 10 approaching (it’s set in fact for October 14, 2025), companies must urgently plan their transition to Windows 11, as Windows 10 will no longer receive security updates after that date. This means non-updated devices will be exposed to vulnerabilities and thus be non-compliant with…
Read MoreIntroduction This guide illustrates the steps required to adopt Nextcloud on-premise, configuring it for LDAP integration, SSO and MFA, using a preconfigured Virtual Machine. Wing FTP, while useful for years in remote file management, today shows clear limitations in terms of security, scalability and integration. Nextcloud is a modern, open source and self-hosted solution, offering…
Read MoreIntroduction In this post I’ll describe how to update the certificate used by the Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations on-premises system (which I’ll call D365). This activity is called “certificate rotation” and it was necessary to do on our internal system in December 2024, following the imminent expiration of the company’s wildcard certificate (*.mycompanydomain.com). It’s…
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