A while ago, I was contacted to to present online webinars to explain the Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) for Microsofts Partner University. For this series of fifteen webinars, I was selected as the speaker for the first three sessions in three different timeslots, accommodating the Asia Pacific, Europe and Americas regions using the EventBuilder platform: … Continue reading "I will be delivering 9 Identity webinars for Microsofts Partner University this May"
Month: April 2016
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 build 14300 is available
At the heart of the Microsoft Cloud Platform, Windows Server brings Microsoft’s experience delivering global-scale cloud services into your infrastructure. Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 provides a wide range of new and enhanced features and capabilities spanning server virtualization, storage, software-defined networking, server management and automation, web and application platform, access and information protection, … Continue reading "Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 build 14300 is available"
DirSync and Azure AD Sync will reach End of Support on April 13, 2017
In an e-mail message from the Azure Team, many of us got a notice that the 64-bit Windows Azure Active Directory Sync (DirSync) tool and the stand-alone Azure AD Sync tool are both deprecated and will reach end of support on April 13, 2017. As the Azure team described it: These older tools have been … Continue reading "DirSync and Azure AD Sync will reach End of Support on April 13, 2017"
Pictures of the Microsoft Community event at Microsoft Hrvatska in Zagreb
The Croatian IT Pro User Group asked me to present a 75-minute session on the ‘Ten most common Mistakes with AD FS and Hybrid Identity’ at Microsoft Hrvatska in Zagreb yesterday. This event was shared with the Croatian IT Pros on the Microsoft Community website, and 56 people decided to sign up for the meeting, … Continue reading "Pictures of the Microsoft Community event at Microsoft Hrvatska in Zagreb"
Pictures of Microsoft Network 6
As I mentioned last week, I was invited as a speaker for the Microsoft Network 6 event in Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The venue for this event is the Grand Hotel Neum, which is a great hotel with superb conference rooms. Combined with Microsofts great staff and the absolutely delightful weather, speakers and attendees, this … Continue reading "Pictures of Microsoft Network 6"
Azure AD Connect version 1.1.130.0 offers new functionality
On April 12, 2016, Microsoft released a new version of Azure AD Connect, dubbed version 1.1.130.0. This release brings improvements to a lesser-known function of Azure AD Connect, expands on the automatic upgrade scenarios and adds PowerShell Cmdlets to manage the built-in scheduler, that is new in Azure AD Connect version 1.1.x. What’s New … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect version 1.1.130.0 offers new functionality"
I am a 2016 Veeam Vanguard
Last week, I received an e-mail from Rick Vanover from Veeam congratulating me with being selected for the 2016 Veeam Vanguard Program by the Veeam Vanguard team. The Vanguard program is led by the Veeam Technical Product Marketing & Evangelism team and supported by the entire company. It’s a program around the community of Veeam … Continue reading "I am a 2016 Veeam Vanguard"
Certificate Services and Hardware Security Modules
A lot of deployment of Active Directory Certificate Services is never deployed with an Hardware Security Module (HSM). Now this does not have to be a problem depending on the use of the issued certificates. In some deployments however it can be a serious security risk not to incorporate a HSM into the design. What … Continue reading "Certificate Services and Hardware Security Modules"
I will be presenting at WinDays 16 in Porec
Last year, I presented two sessions at WinDays 15 Technology in Umag, Croatia. This year, the WinDays event organizers asked me to present again, at WinDays Technology 16. About WinDays WinDays, the largest regional business and technology conference, will celebrate its 16th anniversary this year. The conference brings together more than 1,500 attendees from Croatia … Continue reading "I will be presenting at WinDays 16 in Porec"
I’ll be speaking at Microsoft Hrvatska for IT Pro User Group Zagreb on April 21
Romeo Mlinar, a Hyper-V MVP from Croatia, asked me to speak at the Microsoft IT Pro User Group Zagreb at Microsoft Hrvatska on Thursday evening April 21, 2016. Since I’m in Croatia and Bosnia Microsoft NetWork/6 anyway, I might as well make myself useful. I will be presenting 75 minutes on: Ten most common mistakes … Continue reading "I’ll be speaking at Microsoft Hrvatska for IT Pro User Group Zagreb on April 21"