I’m speaking at WinDays 17

In 2015, I presented two sessions at WinDays XV. Last year, I presented to sessions at WinDays 16. This year, it feels like it’s becoming a habit for me to present two sessions at WinDays: I’m speaking at WinDays 17 at the Valamar Isabella Island Resort in Poreč, Croatia.   About WinDays WinDays, the largest … Continue reading "I’m speaking at WinDays 17"

I’m delivering a session at Microsoft Hrvatska in Zagreb this Monday

Romeo Mlinar, my friend and Hyper-V MVP from Croatia, asked me to speak at the Microsoft IT Pro User Group Zagreb at Microsoft Hrvatska on Monday evening April 24, 2017. Since I’m in Croatia and Bosnia for Microsoft NetWork/7 anyway, I might as well make myself useful. I’m delivering a 75-minute session on: Join Windows … Continue reading "I’m delivering a session at Microsoft Hrvatska in Zagreb this Monday"

I'll be speaking at E-Communications & Collaboration Day 2017 (BE-COM.eu) on May 3rd 2017

In a few weeks, I’ll be travelling to Novotel Leuven in my neighboring country Belgium for the E-Communications & Collaboration Day 2017, a full-day (May 3rd 2017) of expert presentations and content about Office 365, Exchange, Skype for Business and related technologies. During this day, I will be presenting “Securing Exchange Online”: In this session, … Continue reading "I'll be speaking at E-Communications & Collaboration Day 2017 (BE-COM.eu) on May 3rd 2017"

Azure AD Connect versions 1.1.484.0 and 1.1.486.0 offer great enhancements

Last Friday, Microsoft has released version 1.1.486.0 of its free Hybrid Identity bridge software product: Azure AD Connect. Together with the changes of the short-lived 1.1.484.0 version of this tool, many admins should get big smiles on their faces from the many enhancements made   What’s New Azure AD Connect sync Azure AD Connect Sync … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect versions 1.1.484.0 and 1.1.486.0 offer great enhancements"

Pictures of Lowlands Unite! Netherlands Edition

Last week, I presented at Lowlands Unite!, the joint event by the Dutch Windows Management User Group (WMUG) and the System Center User Group (SCUG) Belgium. We arrived early to pick up our badges, set up our sponsor booth and shake hands with a lot of people. Then, we saw Daniel van Soest arrive. Just … Continue reading "Pictures of Lowlands Unite! Netherlands Edition"

I’m speaking at Microsoft Network 7

Last year, I spoke at Microsoft NetWork 6 in Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This year, the organization has invited me back to present another session:   About Microsoft Network Micosoft’s NetWork conference is a yearly event in the city of Neum in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It offers a range of great speakers like Adis Jugo, … Continue reading "I’m speaking at Microsoft Network 7"

Creating an Activity alert in Office 365

Within Office 365 you can use Audit Logging to monitor specific actions admins and users take. It’s comparable with Auditing within Exchange, but for most of all actions available in your Office 365 tenant. However, you need to do a search to find those actions perhaps long after the fact. That might be adequate for … Continue reading "Creating an Activity alert in Office 365"

Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server 7.3.0.3 with lots of improvements

After January’s Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server version 7.2.0.1 release, over the weekend, Microsoft released version 7.3.0.0 of its on-premises Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server with a lot of performance improvements and other fixes. While the changes mentioned in the change log aren’t world shocking, this release should alleviate much of the problems you might have with … Continue reading "Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Server 7.3.0.3 with lots of improvements"

Whitepaper: What’s New in Active Directory Domain Services since Windows Server 2008 R2

The last couple of months, I have actively worked together with Veeam to profile their excellent Veeam Explorer for Active Directory and to help people get more out of their current investments in on-premises Active Directory Domain Services. One of the projects we’ve worked on is a whitepaper that details what’s new in Active Directory … Continue reading "Whitepaper: What’s New in Active Directory Domain Services since Windows Server 2008 R2"

I’m speaking at Lowlands Unite! Netherlands Edition

Next week, on Tuesday April 11, 2017, I’ll be delivering a 60-minute session on the Ten most common mistakes when deploying Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Hybrid Identity and how to avoid them at Lowlands Unite! Netherlands Edition.   About Lowlands Unite! Lowlands Unite! is the joint event by the Dutch Windows Management … Continue reading "I’m speaking at Lowlands Unite! Netherlands Edition"