Michael Seidl, Author at TechGuy

IT-Prozesse sicher delegieren: So funktioniert’s ohne Admin-Rechte

Allgemein, au2mator / Michael Seidl / August 10, 2025

au2mator ist das Self-Service-Portal das IT-Abteilungen im Mittelstand ermöglicht, komplexe Prozesse wie Passwort-Resets, Benutzeranlage oder Gruppenverwaltung sicher an den Helpdesk zu delegieren — ohne dass dieser Admin-Rechte benötigt. Über eine einfache Web-Oberfläche können autorisierte Mitarbeiter genau die Aufgaben ausführen, die freigegeben wurden — kein Skript-Wissen erforderlich. Das Ergebnis: weniger IT-Tickets, mehr Sicherheit, entlastetes IT-Team. Was […]

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External User Lifecycle Management: Automate External Accounts in AD and Azure AD

Allgemein / Michael Seidl / July 3, 2025

External employees, freelancers, and partner organizations come and go. Managing their accounts in Active Directory and Azure AD manually costs time and creates security risks. au2mator automates the complete lifecycle of external users, covering account creation, permissions, expiry dates, and deactivation, all controlled through a self-service portal.

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Disable IE for PowerShell Authentication Requests

PowerShell / Michael Seidl / June 24, 2025

This will be a short Post, but I solved something that often caused trouble. I recently wanted to change some Azure Sync settings on my local DC, so I had to execute a Command, which then used IE to authenticate, and that’s on a Server 2022 As you might know, IE is not very good

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External User Lifecycle Management: Externe Benutzer automatisiert in AD und Azure AD verwalten

Allgemein, au2mator, Azure / Michael Seidl / May 22, 2025

Externe Mitarbeiter, Freelancer und Partnerunternehmen kommen und gehen — ihre Accounts im Active Directory und Azure AD manuell zu verwalten kostet Zeit und erzeugt Sicherheitsrisiken. au2mator automatisiert den kompletten Lifecycle externer Benutzer: Anlage, Berechtigungen, Ablaufdaten und Deaktivierung — gesteuert über ein Self-Service-Portal. So behält das IT-Team die Kontrolle, ohne jeden Schritt manuell ausführen zu müssen.

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Automating Azure App Registration Lifecycle Management

Allgemein / Michael Seidl / April 19, 2025

Managing Azure App Registrations manually through the Azure Portal is error-prone, time-consuming, and does not scale. au2mator enables you to automate the complete lifecycle of App Registrations, including creation, secret rotation, and deactivation, and to delegate these tasks through a self-service portal.

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Find unique SamAccountName and UPN for User Onboarding with the Help of AI

PowerShell / Michael Seidl / March 31, 2025

Every IT Admin who is responsible for User Onboarding will understand the struggle of finding a unique Login Name and UPN for new Users. Some combinations might also be offensive or embarrassing. Depending on your Name Schema, finding unique Names for “Finn Ucker” or “Peter Immel” could result in some “fun” Usernames, depending on your

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Using Azure Key Vault to store your Azure Automation Credentials and Secrets

Azure Automation / Michael Seidl / March 28, 2025

Recently, we successfully conducted a POC for a Customer to migrate away from Azure Automation Credentials and Variables and everything to Azure KeyVault. In this case, the Customer is using Azure Automation for Cloud Automation, an Azure VM as a Hybrid Worker for onPrem Automation, and local PS Script for that VM. So, we have

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Azure App Registration Lifecycle Management automatisieren

au2mator, Azure, Azure Automation / Michael Seidl / March 8, 2025

Azure App Registrierungen manuell im Azure Portal zu verwalten ist fehleranfällig, zeitaufwändig und schlecht skalierbar. au2mator ermöglicht es, den gesamten Lifecycle von App Registrierungen — Erstellen, Secret-Rotation, Deaktivierung — zu automatisieren und über ein Self-Service-Portal zu delegieren. Das Ergebnis: Weniger Fehler, mehr Kontrolle, entlastetes IT-Team. Was ist Azure App Registration Lifecycle Management? Jede Anwendung die

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Monitor your Azure Secrets, Zerts and SPN’s Expire Date with PowerShell – now with an Exclude List

PowerShell / Michael Seidl / February 25, 2025

Azure App Registrations are a secure way to provide Credentials and Access to the Azure World. The Amount of Azure App Registrations in a Tenant is increasing very fast, so it is not that easy to control and monitor all those Secrets, Zert, and SPN’s Expire Date. So I have written a PowerShell Script to

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Active Directory Management Tools Compared: Delegation Without Admin Rights

Allgemein / Michael Seidl / January 31, 2025

Anyone running Active Directory in a mid-sized company knows the problem: every small request goes through the IT team. With the right AD management tool, this overhead can be drastically reduced. au2mator is one of the few solutions that makes AD delegation genuinely workable for non-technical teams.

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