Knowledgebase: Exchange Server 2016 CU7 and up requires the Windows Server 2008 R2 Forest Functional Level

Straight projects or even tasks, that completely derail because of small print for updates. Don’t you just hate that? Microsoft isn’t the only vendor, that sometimes makes little changes with big impacts. But today, let’s focus on Exchange 2016 and its 7th Cumulative Update (CU) released last week, as it relates to Active Directory Domain … Continue reading "Knowledgebase: Exchange Server 2016 CU7 and up requires the Windows Server 2008 R2 Forest Functional Level"

Pictures of the iSense Security Summit

Yesterday, iSense ICT Professionals organized the first of their monthly summits. Together with Jeff Wouters, Raymond Comvalius, Adnan Hendricks, Edwin van Andel, Ancilla van de Leest and others, we put on quite a show for the attendees, even including colleagues and former colleagues. I left my customer for that day at around 2PM and arrived … Continue reading "Pictures of the iSense Security Summit"

My Cybersecurity Talk interview with CQURE Academy is now available

Raymond Comvalius and I presented at the Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NICConf) in February of this year. Before our Azure AD B2C and Azure AD B2B session, we were interviewed by Paula Januszkiewicz for her CQURE Academy. Raymond’s interview for this series of CyberSecurity Talk has been available for some time. Yesterday CQURE Academy published my … Continue reading "My Cybersecurity Talk interview with CQURE Academy is now available"

Pictures of the Dutch Windows Management User Group 2017-4 Meetup

Yesterday, the Dutch Windows Management User Group (WMUG) organized their fourth meetup for this year. iSense ICT Professionals was the proud host of this event and made their headquarters available for the event. After a short introduction by Koen de Vries (iSense) and Kenneth van Surksum (WMUG), Adnan Hendricks presented on Azure ARM templates. After … Continue reading "Pictures of the Dutch Windows Management User Group 2017-4 Meetup"

Looking for the Dutch IT Pro Community Connection at Ignite 2017 Orlando? Look no further!

So you love the Dutch; that interesting bunch of people occupying a little piece of mostly reclaimed coastal area in the Northwestern corner of Europe’s mainland. The guys and girls (and everything in between, we don’t judge) who do not shy away from giving you their opinions—their direct, unapologetic, blunt opinions on Microsoft technologies and … Continue reading "Looking for the Dutch IT Pro Community Connection at Ignite 2017 Orlando? Look no further!"

I’m speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2017

The tech world is changing fast—and that means the role of the tech professional is more vital than ever before. Microsoft Ignite is the place to meet the experts, get your questions answered, and connect with the tech community. I’ll be there, presenting on the four mistakes I see organization make with their Active Directory … Continue reading "I’m speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2017"

Azure AD Connect 1.1.614.0 offers a load of fixes and enhanced functionality

Yesterday, Microsoft released version 1.1.614.0 of Azure AD Connect, its free Hybrid Identity bridge product to synchronize objects and their attributes from on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) environments to Azure Active Directory.   What’s New Azure AD Connect Sync Azure AD Connect now features a Troubleshoot task in the Azure AD Connect wizard … Continue reading "Azure AD Connect 1.1.614.0 offers a load of fixes and enhanced functionality"

I'm speaking at iSense's Security Summit

On Wednesday, September 20th 2017, iSense ICT Professionals organizes its first Security Summit at their HeadQuarts in Gouda, the Netherlands. Eight speakers share five topics and the entire event is chaired by Ancilla van de Leest.   About iSense ICT Professionals iSense ICT Professionals is a Dutch ICT company, specialized in staffing ICT Professionals. Their … Continue reading "I'm speaking at iSense's Security Summit"

Connecting to Azure MFA Server’s Web Service SDK using certificate authentication

Recently, I’ve been involved in some larger Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Server projects as a senior engineer with a couple of demanding customers. It’s been a lot of fun and quite the roller coaster ride. In my opinion, an increasing number of organizations are looking to implement multi-factor authentication. They may be required to by … Continue reading "Connecting to Azure MFA Server’s Web Service SDK using certificate authentication"