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Microsoft has posted the 80-minute video of PCIT-B341 Upgrading Active Directory the Safe Way: Using Virtualization Technologies, the session Mike Resseler and I presented on Friday May 15, 2014 at Microsoft TechEd North America 2014. You can watch this session free of charge over on Channel 9, regardless of whether you’ve attended TechEd North America … Continue reading "The video of my presentation at TechEd North America 2014 is now available"

In my previous post in this series, I explained how to convince your boss to attend the tech conferences, that help you to make the most out of your job. Of course, not every tech conference helps you to be 25% more efficient. So, here’s a list of Microsoft tech conferences you should aim at … Continue reading "Tips for Travelling to Tech Conferences, Part 8"

Travelling to tech conferences can be exhausting, but also very rewarding in terms of gaining knowledge, networking with peers, team building and the overall sense of adventure. In the last six parts of this series, I’ve given you tips on booking, packing and coping with Jetlag. Now, it’s time to take a step back and … Continue reading "Tips for Travelling to Tech Conferences, Part 7"

If you’re interested in particular technology, you might find yourself travelling between continents while passing multiple time zones to attend certain tech conferences and/or manufacturers. For the past years, I’ve been flying through nine time zones twice a year and will be flying through twelve for the first time next year (if my schedule permits). … Continue reading "Tips for Travelling to Tech Conferences, Part 6"

When you travel with colleagues a lot, you might end up as the go to guy for travelling tips. This series contains all my tips, so you may benefit from the situations I’ve encountered, avoid them, and travel in style and happiness. With your documents printed and checked and your luggage packed and documented, it’s … Continue reading "Tips for Travelling to Tech Conferences, Part 5"

Being the Microsoft Technology Lead for my company puts me on the road a lot. In this series I’m sharing my experiences and best practices, so your tech conference experiences may end up on a higher level. (perhaps even the level of a free holiday abroad) With all the preparations taken care of, a few … Continue reading "Tips for Travelling to Tech Conferences, Part 4"

In this series, aimed at (wannabe) road warriors, I’m sharing my experiences and best practices, so your tech conference experiences may end up on a higher level. (perhaps even the level of a free holiday abroad) In the first part of this series, I shared my tips on booking the best tickets, the best hotels, … Continue reading "Tips for Travelling to Tech Conferences, Part 3"

Being the Microsoft Technology Lead for my company puts me on the road a lot. In this series I’m sharing my experiences and best practices, so your tech conference experiences may end up on a higher level. (perhaps even the level of a free holiday abroad) In the first part of this series, I shared … Continue reading "Tips for Travelling to Tech Conferences, Part 2"

I’ve been on the road and in planes a lot this last year. For TechEds I’ve been assigned as some sort of travel guide for colleagues. Specifically, Chris mentioned it would be nice to share my tips and tricks for enjoyable trips. This blogpost series mentions my tips and how you could benefit. Just in … Continue reading "Tips for Travelling to Tech Conferences, Part 1"

Although we’ve seen presentations on Pass the Hash attacks for years, now is a good time to actually make good on that New Year’s resolution to start hardening your Active Directory environment against these, and other related attacks. Roughly six months ago, Patrick Jungles, a Security Program Manager working with Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing group in … Continue reading "Security Thoughts: Pass the Hash and other Credential Theft"