I’ll be speaking at ITPROceed 2016

Three years ago, Adnan Hendricks and I attended the Belgian Community Day. Since then, this event has transformed into IT PROceed. Last year, at the second edition of ITPROceed, I presented on the Ten most common mistakes when deploying AD FS and Hybrid Identity in the Transform the Datacenter track. This year, I’m invited back … Continue reading "I’ll be speaking at ITPROceed 2016"

I’m hosting a ‘Minimalism in Windows Server’ event with Jeff Wouters and Ajilon

When I started my speaking career back in 2006, I didn’t have fancy demo hardware and Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) wasn’t even born, then. To talk about an interesting IT Pro topic and provide appealing demos, I choose to talk about Server Core. On June 22, I’m coming full circle. While I’ve been demoing Azure Active … Continue reading "I’m hosting a ‘Minimalism in Windows Server’ event with Jeff Wouters and Ajilon"

Azure AD Connect version 1.1.180.0 is here

The Azure Active Directory team keeps churning out monthly builds of our favorite tool to connect our on-premises Windows Server Active Directory Domain Services environment(s) to Azure Active Directory. Version 1.1.180.0 of Azure AD Connect, dated May 12, 2016, adds support for two of the newer legal boundaries of Azure Active Directory, as well as … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect version 1.1.180.0 is here"

Tip! Use the Azure AD Connect Configuration Documenter

As an identity consultant, these last few years I have been tasked with several hybrid identity projects involving Azure Active Directory. Azure AD Connect is the tool of choice for many of these projects. Its many features in the latest versions alleviate many of the headaches of these implementations, but some headaches remain. One of … Continue reading "Tip! Use the Azure AD Connect Configuration Documenter"

I’m joining SCCT

Today, I’m joining SCCT, a startup IT Services company in Leidschendam, run by Carlo Schaeffer and Harro Borghardt. SCCT is a professional IT services company specialized in offering high-quality expertise with a strong focus on Microsoft Datacenter and Microsoft Cloud. SCCT believes the Hybrid Cloud offers benefits to every organization. As part of the contract, … Continue reading "I’m joining SCCT"