About Priasoft Editorial Team

Chris Johnson is a 25+ year IT veteran and active champion of innovation in the messaging and collaboration industry with specific focus on Microsoft technologies, specifically, Microsoft Exchange on-premises, Office 365, Active Directory, .Net, Azure, and AI technologies.

Specialties: Entrepreneur, Bootstrap startup junkie & survivor, software engineering, .Net, business process improvement, Microsoft stack expert with extensive experience solving major challenges around Exchange Server, Active Directory, Azure, Office 365, cloud migrations, merger and acquisitions, decentralization, messaging and collaboration, strategic planning, sales, and project management.

Entries by Priasoft Editorial Team

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FBI warns of new email auto-forwarding scam targeting vulnerabilities in web based email clients amongst Covid19 Pandemic

Scammers are exploiting auto-forwarding rules to boost the success rate of so-called Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks, the FBI said in a statement. BEC is a sophisticated scam targeting businesses that perform electronic payments such as wire or automated clearing house transfers. A cyber criminal initially compromises a business email account through social engineering or […]

Is your Exchange Server an open backdoor to hackers?

A New Research Article By Cyber-Security Firm ESET Outlines A Complex Backdoor Hack Specifically Targeting Microsoft Exchange Servers. The exploit, called LightNeuron, works as an MTA agent and allows hackers to gain full control over all mail traffic, including the ability to intercept, redirect, or modify the content of inbound and outbound messages. Obviously, this […]

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Department of Homeland Security Warns About DNS Hijacking

On January 22, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a Emergency Directive – 19-01 – outlining steps you can take to mitigate a new threat discovered of DNS tampering / hijacking. Hackers capturing user credentials that have the authority to make changes to the Domain Name System (DNS), through fishing or other means, […]

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Office 365 vs. Microsoft 365 – Explained

What’s The Difference Between O365 And Microsoft 365? Simply put, Office 365 is a cloud platform that offers Exchange online, OneDrive, Word, Excel, Outlook, as well as other services and applications via a subscription plan whereas Microsoft 365 offers the same services and applications as Office 365 but also includes Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise, Mobility + […]

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What’s new in Exchange Server 2019

Upgrade to Exchange server to benefit from new features such as support for Windows Server Core and EAI address support, reducing the attack surface and freeing up server resources. Microsoft’s continued support for On-premises enterprise customers showcases their commitment to meeting diverse needs, even in the era of cloud migration.

Microsoft released a new version of AADC version (1.1.819.0) with updated changes and improvements.

This release includes the public preview of the integration of PingFederate in Azure AD Connect. With this release customers can easily and reliably configure their Azure Active Directory environment to leverage PingFederate as their federation provider. Update to the Azure AD Connect Wizard Troubleshooting Utility, now analyzes more error scenarios, such as AD Dynamic Groups […]