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Brian Desmond

Brian is a principal at Ravenswood Technology Group where he leads a team of professionals focused on delivering best-in-breed consulting services for the Microsoft security and identity management ecosystem. Brian has been recognized annually as a Microsoft MVP since 2003 and is the author of the fourth and fifth editions of Active Directory from O'Reilly.

[INFOGRAPHIC] 6 Ways to Increase Hybrid Active Directory Security in an Ever-Changing Landscape As a result of aging IT systems and increased sophistication of hackers, threats to cybersecurity continue to [...]

[ARTICLE] Active Directory Replication Topology In a previous article titled Active Directory Replication In Depth, Brian Desmond discussed the specifics of Active Directory (AD) replication technology with regard to how [...]

[WEBINAR] Seven Entra ID Premium Features Worth Paying For Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) Premium is a critical component of the security and identity platform in Microsoft 365. Being [...]

[PODCAST] Hybrid Identity Security Panel What does efficient hybrid identity protection look like? Are you under the impression that your organization is too large to go passwordless? In this recording [...]

[WEBINAR] What Are the Most Valuable Entra ID Premium Features and Why Do You Need Them? In this webinar, Steve Goodman from Practical 365 and Brian Desmond from Ravenswood Technology [...]

[WEBINAR] Panel: Hybrid AD Security Join the host of the Hybrid Identity Protection podcast, Sean Deuby as he sits down to discuss Hybrid AD Security with industry experts including Brian [...]

[ARTICLE] Microsoft Entra ID Premium – Where to Start In this article for Practical 365, Brian Desmond from Ravenswood discusses how to get started with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure [...]

One of the most important security controls in an Active Directory (AD) forest is the prevention of privilege escalation paths. The tiered access model for AD introduces a significant number [...]
The workstation an administrator uses to perform privileged tasks such as managing Active Directory (AD) is a high-value target for a potential adversary. By providing administrators with a clean keyboard, [...]

[PRESENTATION] Securing Privileged Access On-Premises and in the Cloud Privileged identities are foundational to how your organization runs, and even more importantly, they secure your infrastructure. If your privileged identities [...]