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Pictures of TechMentor Redmond 2018
Last week, I travelled to Microsoft Campus in Redmond to present at TechMentor. I was kindly invited by Sami Laiho and Dave Kawula, the two chairs of this event, for two identity-related sessions. On...
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A Vulnerability in AD FS allows for bypassing the MFA Security Feature...
Last Tuesday, during Microsoft’s August 2018 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released an important security update for all supported Operating Systems to address a security feature bypass vulnerability that...
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Raymond and I are inspiring our fifth batch of High School students this year
One of the most rewarding community activities is to teach young people about technology. Just like the previous four years, Raymond and I have scheduled another ‘Inspire Me’ meeting with High School...
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I’m presenting an Active Directory 101 course with Netwrix
I know from my own experience – the importance of Active Directory and its security can never be overestimated. So, I’ve teamed up with Netwrix to bring you an easy yet extensive update for your...
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What’s New in Azure Active Directory for August 2018
Azure Active Directory is Microsoft’s Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its...
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Do you know all the objects, attributes and configured settings in your Azure...
The role of Azure Active Directory in an Hybrid Identity environment seems hard to understand. Azure AD is not a 100% slave to Active Directory. There are objects and attributes in Azure AD that have...
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Pictures of VMware VMworld US 2018
Last week, I delivered three sessions at VMware’s VMworld US 2018 event in Las Vegas. As I was scheduled to present a full-day workshop on Sunday August 26th, I decided to fly in on Friday, so I’d...
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Pictures of our Security session at Graafschap College
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Raymond Comvalius and I were scheduled for an ‘Inspire Me’ session at Graafschap College last week. Our challenge was to inspire their High School students in...
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I’m a Microsoft Ignite 2018 Featured Speaker
After delivering sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2017 in Orlando and at the Amsterdam Tech Summit, I was invited as a featured speaker for Microsoft Ignite 2018. It’s an honor to have my face and profile...
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Identity-related sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2018 in Orlando
Microsoft Ignite 2018 North America in Orlando is only a few weeks away and many of us have begun filling their session builder with interesting sessions, corresponding to their interests and...
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Assessing the impact that the new Baseline Policy for Admins in Azure AD...
Microsoft is working hard to further harden Azure Active Directory tenants, so the roughly 13 million organization depending on it, don’t get disappointed by Azure AD-based security breaches and don’t...
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Azure AD Connect v1.1.882.0 fixes an issue with its ADSync Database in SQL...
Last week, Microsoft released a new version of Azure AD Connect, its free Hybrid Identity bridge product to synchronize objects and their attributes from on-premises Active Directory Domain Services...
View ArticleThe video for ‘Virtualizing Active Directory the Right Way’ from VMware’s...
In August, Matt Liebowitz and I presented a 60-minute breakout session during VMware’s VMworld US 2018 event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our presentation and demos were...
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Windows Server 2016’s July 2018 Quality Update brings four Active Directory...
Windows Server 2016’s July 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2395, offers four fixes for issues you might be experiencing on your Windows Server 2016-based Active...
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Windows Server 2016’s August 2018 Quality Update brings several Active...
Windows Server 2016’s July 2018’s Cumulative Quality Update, bringing the OS version to 14393.2457, offers a total of four fixes for issues you might be experiencing on your Windows Server 2016-based...
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We’re organizing the Event of the Year with the KNVI SIG IT Infra
Raymond, Erwin, Martijn, Tom and I have been plotting for quite some time to organize a yearly Dutch event. We want to share the latest in our industry, without the marketing talk and without the...
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I’m staffing a Community Booth at two Community Social events at Microsoft...
Community Central at Microsoft Ignite is bigger, better and stronger, compared to last year’s Ignite, and I’m proud to share that I’m part of it! Besides my two theater sessions on Identity and Access...
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What’s New in Azure Active Directory for September 2018
Azure Active Directory is Microsoft’s Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its...
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Passing Microsoft Exam 70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016
There is a good and free way to prepare for Microsoft exam 70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016. In the past years, I conducted webinars that can serve as a primer on Active Directory in terms of...
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Pictures of Microsoft Ignite 2018
Last week, I was part of Microsoft Ignite 2018 in Orlando, Florida. Both as a speaker and a community booth host, I added to Microsoft’s biggest annual technology event targeted at IT Professionals. I...
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