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The Clean Source Principle – Automate the generation of up-to-date Windows ISO files.

In today’s interconnected world, cybersecurity is not just a technical consideration but a vital component of any organization’s strategy. One essential principle to uphold in maintaining a secure environment is the ‘clean source’ principle. This principle dictates that we should trust only those software and systems that we can verify come from a trusted, clean source.

To support this idea, this blog post will demonstrate how to create a secure predictable environment for the creation of up to date of ISO files. We will be using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and PowerShell, both widely trusted and accessible tools.

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Managing SUDO from Active Directory

Welcome to the last of a three part series about Ubuntu and Active Directory. In my previous posts I explained how you could, in just a few steps, join an Ubuntu machine to an Active Directory domain and manage it accordingly. This time I’m addressing centralized management of sudo users. Meaning who can execute commands as sudo on managed Linux desktops (in my case Ubuntu).

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Domain Join Ubuntu 22.04 to Active Directory

Sometimes you’ll be needing a setup that includes both Windows and Linux based machines for managing the infrastructure and data processing. Although joining a Windows machine to an Active Directory domain is fairly simple, joining a Linux based systems requires a little more effort. This posts focusses on joining Ubuntu based nodes (Desktop or Server systems) to a Windows Active Directory domain for simplified management and a unified logon experience.

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