5 Best Practices for Active Directory Synchronization

5 Best Practices for Active Directory Synchronization

Modern organizations rely on both on-premises and cloud-based applications to drive their operations. While this hybrid approach offers many benefits, managing identities across these environments presents complex challenges. When identities are managed separately, inconsistencies and security risks often emerge. To address these concerns, provisioning and Active Directory synchronization (AD sync) have become essential for achieving a unified hybrid identity. This article explores five key best practices for setting up and managing AD sync, helping organizations avoid common pitfalls and secure their hybrid identity infrastructure. Securing the Microsoft Entra Connect Server The Microsoft Entra Connect server synchronizes identities between on-premises Active…
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AI can be used to create job promotion, not be a job replacement, says AWS vice president

AI can be used to create job promotion, not be a job replacement, says AWS vice president

Swami Sivasubramaniani is the VP of AI and Data at Amazon Web Services.He shares how while AI may cause short-term job displacement, it offers long-term productivity gains.He suggests that workers use AI to take over mundane tasks so they can do more valuable work.The era of generative AI has arrived, bringing both promise and caution. Many people are wondering if AI can coexist peacefully and productively alongside a broad human workforce with diverse talents, skills, and abilities.I believe that AI isn't coming to take away jobs — it's coming to take away tasks. 80% of employees' time is consumed by…
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My biggest regret was not exploring the world more. Now I’m 55, and my husband and I spend half the year in France.

My biggest regret was not exploring the world more. Now I’m 55, and my husband and I spend half the year in France.

I hit middle age and regretted not seeing more of the world.My mother's death inspired me to go outside my comfort zone and take steps to live more fearlessly.Now, my husband and I spend nearly half a year in France.I woke up in a panic a few years ago when I realized that at 53, I had spent most of my adult life living in one place. Sure, I'd traveled over the years, but I hadn't lived outside the DC area since moving back here from Chicago at 26. I thought it would be a quick stopover on my way…
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Beyond console.log

Beyond console.log

intro As much as I hope that things will always work from first try, better to be prepared to debug it. console.log remains the main tool to do it, because it is the simplest and fastest. Few console methods are known to everybody, log, warn and error. Going deeper There are more tricks to it. count For example, if you need to count how many times component re-render can use console.count, e.g. console.count('comp1') group and groupCollapsed Can log some info in a collapsed group with console.groupCollapsed, great in case of many error messages, when they printed collapsed it's less distracting,…
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I bought a $3.25 million home as a single woman. Homeownership is an investment in my future.

I bought a $3.25 million home as a single woman. Homeownership is an investment in my future.

Jessica Chestler, 33, wanted to buy a home and was financially able to do so without a spouse.In 2022, she bought a three-bedroom home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, for $3.25 million, entirely on her own.Chestler said that making all the decisions for her home herself is a double-edged sword.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jessica Chestler, a 33-year-old real-estate agent with Douglas Elliman, who purchased a home without a cosigner or spouse.New data from the National Association of Realtors shows that from July 2023 to June 2024, single female buyers made up 20% of all homebuyers, significantly outnumbering…
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Taylor Swift or bust: As costs weigh on concertgoers, mid-sized shows just aren’t worth it

Taylor Swift or bust: As costs weigh on concertgoers, mid-sized shows just aren’t worth it

The post-pandemic concert frenzy has slowed, and mid-sized acts are feeling it.Fans are still willing to shell out for once-in-a-lifetime experiences, but mid-tier productions are undersold.Rising tour costs and social media influence are reshaping concert ticket pricing dynamics.Jaylon Jackson decided it's time to slow down his spending on concerts.The 21-year-old dog groomer estimated he spent roughly $5,500 on at least 12 shows over the past two years.But when Hozier announced LA tour dates, with tickets selling for around $130, he decided to skip them."I'm very bummed out. I love his music dearly, but I really do want to value the…
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“Simplifying HR Processes: The Employee Management System”

“Simplifying HR Processes: The Employee Management System”

In today’s fast-paced corporate environment, managing human resources efficiently is critical to organizational success. Recognizing the growing challenges in HR management, I developed the Employee Management System Desktop Application—a comprehensive solution designed to simplify and streamline the complexities of handling employee data. This application, created as part of my coursework for the Enterprise Application Development-1 module at NIBM, aims to modernize HR operations with a centralized, user-friendly platform. The Need for a Unified HR System Traditional methods of managing employee data often involve disparate systems, manual processes, and a lack of integration. These challenges lead to inefficiencies such as: Fragmented…
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Don’t know what to buy your loved ones for Christmas? Just ask ChatGPT

Don’t know what to buy your loved ones for Christmas? Just ask ChatGPT

Some people love buying Christmas presents. Polly Arrowsmith starts making a note of what her friends and family like, then hunts for bargains, slowly and carefully. Vie Portland begins her shopping in January and has a theme each year, from heart mirrors to inspirational books. And Betsy Benn spent so much time thinking about presents, she ended up opening her own online gift business.How would these gift-giving experts react to a trend that is either a timesaving brainwave or an appalling corruption of the Christmas spirit: asking ChatGPT to do it for them?The answer, like Christmas Day, will have to…
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AI increasingly used for sextortion, scams and child abuse, says senior UK police chief

Paedophiles, scammers, hackers and criminals of all kinds are increasingly exploiting artificial intelligence (AI) to target victims in new and harmful ways, a senior police chief has warned.Alex Murray, the national police lead for AI, said that the use of the technology was growing rapidly because of its increasing accessibility and that police had to “move fast” to keep on top of the threat.“We know through the history of policing that criminals are inventive and will use anything they can to commit crime. They’re certainly using AI to commit crime now,” he said.“It can happen on an international and serious organised…
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