darrenjrobinson – Bespoke Identity and Access Management Solutions
Enterprise Microsoft and SailPoint Identity & Access Management Architect
Updated 8 Jan 2025: Module updated to v 1.0.2 and resigned. Links: GitHub, PowerShell Gallery
In this post I detail a module I’ve just published that is another of those I’ve done this before, but how do I find it again moments.… keep reading
Approximately five years ago I rolled through a number of Identity and Access lifecycle management projects that used SAP SuccessFactors as the source of authority for user data. It isn’t uncommon to use a HRM solution to source identity data, but it is never a one way street.… keep reading
This blog uses WordPress. Why WordPress? Well, it was the most prevalent platform when I started this blog back in 2016 and it was more powerful and extensible than Blogger which I had used previously. Anyway, that’s rather irrelevant for this post which about accessing WordPress APIs with PowerShell.… keep reading
I’ve authored numerous posts on using the Microsoft Authentication Libraries to connect to Microsoft Graph using PowerShell and Python. They cover using both public and confidential client methods. But what about a method that can be either? In this post I show how to use the Authorization Code with PKCE Flow and PowerShell to authenticate and authorize against Azure Active Directory for Microsoft Graph access.… keep reading
Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) is a mechanism often used with an OAuth2 Authorization Code Grant flow to provide an enhanced level of security when authenticating to an Identity Provider such as Microsoft Graph to get an access token. In order to use PKCE a code_verifier is generated along with a code_challenge.… keep reading
Previously I’ve written about using MSAL and PowerShell with Application Permissions and Client Credentials and Certificate based authentication. Also with Delegated Permissions and Device Code flow authentication. The one I haven’t written a post on is performing interactive authentication to Microsoft Graph using MSAL with PowerShell and Delegated Permissions.… keep reading
Last week Yubico announced the general availability of their desktop .NET SDK for YubiKeys. I jumped over to their GitHub repo to check out what functionality the .NET SDK exposed. The good news is that the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) slots used for certificates are accessible.… keep reading
This is the accompanying blogpost for my SailPoint Navigate Developer presentation DevOps for SailPoint IdentityNow with PowerShell from August 19 2021. If you are registered you can go direct to the presentation with this link.
A summary of what I showed in the demonstration is below.… keep reading
I’ve recently upgraded to the latest Windows Terminal version (1.8.1521.0). Today after a well overdue restart of my computer, opening Windows Terminal with PowerShell configured as my default profile presented me with [error 0x800700c1 when launching `C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe’].
![[error 0x800700c1 when launching `C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe']](https://i0.wp.com/blog.darrenjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/error-0x800700c1-when-launching-pwsh.exe_.png?ssl=1)
Some quick searching to see if this was common turned up this old issue in the Windows Terminal GitHub Repo issues list.… keep reading
UPDATE 13 July 2021: v1.1.5 is now available with a few enhancements and bug fixes.
I’ve just published v1.1.4 of the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module to both GitHub and the PowerShell Gallery. Release 1.1.4 of the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module is the result of considerable effort by myself and Sean McGovern.… keep reading