Join the IT Bro’s at Microsoft Ignite in Chicago

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Microsoft Ignite 2024

Microsoft’s annual IT Pro event is right around the corner. As Microsoft MVPs and MCTs, Raymond Comvalius and Sander Berkouwer are invited as speakers for this event. They’ll be co-hosting two Windows labs throughout the week.

 

About Microsoft Ignite

Ignite is Microsoft’s yearly event for IT Professionals and developers. At Microsoft Ignite they connect with IT leaders from around the world. They hear from industry thought-leaders on the changing landscape of IT, they find new technology partners and they see how others are transforming businesses. Ignite is a one-of-a-kind experience designed to fuel business, connections, and the future forward.

For 2024, Ignite takes place in McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago from November 19th, 2024, to November 22nd, 2024. The event has sold out.

 

About the Labs

Raymond and Sander co-host the following labs:

LAB447 Build AI into your apps with Microsoft Surface, Part 1

Wednesday November 20th, 2024, 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM

Infuse AI into your business with Microsoft Surface. In Part 1 of this lab, learn how to integrate AI-backed APIs from the Windows Copilot Library and target NPUs for enhanced performance and privacy. Gain hands-on knowledge by integrating AI directly on a Surface Copilot+ PC.

 

LAB448 Build AI into your apps with Microsoft Surface, Part 2

Wednesday November 20th, 2024, 6:30 PM – 7:45 PM

Infuse AI into your business with Microsoft Surface. In Part 1 of this lab, learn how to integrate AI-backed APIs from the Windows Copilot Library and target NPUs for enhanced performance and privacy. Gain hands-on knowledge by integrating AI directly on a Surface Copilot+ PC.

 

LAB443 Hands on with Windows 11 & cloud-native management

Wednesday November 20th , 2024, 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Thursday November 21st, 2024, 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM

With Windows 10 EOS just a year away, we want to help you jump-start Windows 11 upgrades and cloud-native management projects as a joint effort. This technical skilling lab will help you quickly assess upgrade readiness and contingency planning. Walk away with tangible steps to keep you moving forward in a tightly integrated way with security and productivity at the forefront of your efforts.

 

Join us!

You can RSVP to attend the labs, when you’ve been able to grab a Microsoft Ignite ticket before they sold out and are attending Microsoft Ignite in-person in Chicago. These labs will not be recorded.

When you have RSVP’ed, ensure to arrive at least 5 minutes before the start time, at which point remaining spaces are open to those in standby.

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Sander Berkouwer in Uncategorized

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I’m co-presenting at NIC Empower

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For its twelfth edition, the annual Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NICConf) has invited Raymond Comvalius and me to deliver a session again. It’s our eighth edition of this fantastic event and we’re looking forward to it!

 

About the Nordic Infrastructure Conference

The Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NICConf) provides IT and business professionals with unmissable networking and learning experiences from the leading Global IT experts.

NIC is the premier event for IT professionals seeking to dive deep into practical, real-world implementations and cutting-edge solutions. From Cloud technology to automation, security to collaboration, and beyond, our lineup of top-tier technical speakers will guide you through the latest advancements and real-world implementations that shape the future of IT.

Whether you're a seasoned technologist or an aspiring IT professional, NIC Empower is your platform to learn, collaborate, and explore. Expect less slides and more demos as we empower you with actionable insights and practical solutions that drive IT excellence.

NICConf is hosted for the twelfth time from November 13th to November 15th, 2024. Its location will be the Oslo Spektrum in the heart of Oslo, Norway, again.

 

About our sessions

Raymond and I will present two sessions:

You can't do Zero Trust with AD FS, learn how to leave it behind

Friday, November 15th, 2024 9:50 AM – 10:50 AM

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) has been the corner stone to many Hybrid Identity implementations, but increasingly it is becoming a burden for organizations that still depend on it. Often, it is insecurely implemented, incorrectly managed and improperly monitored, glaringly exposing the organization to information security risks.

In this session, we explain in which scenarios AD FS is still required and under what circumstances you can say ‘Goodbye’ to your AD FS farm. we cover the pros and cons of other Microsoft Cloud authentication methods, show how to migrate, and we show how to correctly remove everything AD FS-related so your organization can embrace Zero Trust with confidence.

 

Entra ID tokens: script authentication with the MS Graph

Friday, November 15th, 2024 12:40 AM – 1:40 PM

 

As the AzureAD and MSOnline PowerShell modules phased out, we're adapting to accessing Entra ID using the Microsoft Graph.

This session clarifies how to authenticate in new ways, focusing on app registrations, mg-* modules, tokens, and app permissions. We'll debate the need for app registrations, the advantages and drawbacks of secrets versus certificates versus federated authentication, and the practicalities of these methods. Attendees learn about federated authentication's applicability, Mg-* modules' authentication compatibility, and the functionalities of access tokens.

We share their first-hand experiences in developing scripts for this new authentication framework. Join us to gain insights and practical skills for a smooth transition to scripting with the Microsoft Graph for Entra ID.

 

Join us!

Join us at NIC Empower 2024 to connect with industry experts, gain insights from top technical speakers, and discover actionable solutions that drive IT excellence. Together, let's redefine the future of IT and unleash the power within us all.

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Sander Berkouwer in Community, Microsoft MVP, Personal

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What’s New In Entra ID for October 2024

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Entra ID, previously known as Azure AD is Microsoft's Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its Release Notes for Entra ID and in the Message Center, Microsoft communicated the following planned, new and changed functionality for Entra ID for October 2024:

 

What’s New

SMS as an MFA method in Microsoft Entra External ID Generally Available

Service category: Consumer Identity Management (B2C)
Product capability: B2B/B2C

Microsoft announces general availability of SMS as an MFA method in Entra External ID with built-in telecom fraud protection through integrations with the Phone Reputation Platform.

What's new?

  • SMS sign-in experience that maintains the look and feel of the application people are accessing.
  • SMS is an add-on feature. Microsoft applies an additional charge per SMS sent to people which will include the built-in fraud protection services.
  • Built-in fraud protection against telephony fraud through Microsoft’s integration with the Phone Reputation platform. This platform processes telephony activity in real-time and returns an Allow, Block or Challenge based on risk and a series of heuristics.

 

Passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator Public Preview Refresh

Service category: Microsoft Authenticator App
Product capability: User Authentication

The public preview refresh of passkeys in the Microsoft Authenticator now supports additional features:

  • Admins can now require attestation during registration of a passkey.
  • Android native apps now support signing in with passkeys in the Authenticator.
  • Users are now prompted to sign in to the Authenticator app to register a passkey when initiating the flow from MySignIns.
  • The Authenticator app passkey registration wizard walks the user through meeting all the prerequisites within the context of the app before attempting registration.

 

Passkey authentication in brokered Microsoft apps on Android Public Preview

Service category: Authentications (Logins)
Product capability: User Authentication

Entra ID users can now use a passkey to sign into Microsoft apps on Android devices where an authentication broker like Microsoft Authenticator, or Microsoft Intune Company Portal, is installed.

 

Authentication methods migration wizard Public Preview

Service category: MFA
Product capability: User Authentication

The authentication methods migration guide (preview) in the Microsoft Entra admin center lets admins automatically migrate method management from the legacy MFA and SSPR policies to the converged authentication methods policy.

In 2023, Microsoft announced that the ability to manage authentication methods in the legacy MFA and SSPR policies would be retired in September 2025. Until now, organizations had to manually migrate methods themselves by leveraging the migration toggle in the converged policy. Now, admins can migrate in just a few selections by using the migration guide. The guide evaluates what the organization currently has enabled in both legacy policies, and generates a recommended converged policy configuration for admins to review and edit as needed. From there, simply confirm the configuration and Microsoft sets it up and mark the migration as complete.

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Sander Berkouwer in Entra ID, What's New

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On-premises Identity-related updates and fixes for October 2024

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Even though Microsoft’s Identity focus moves towards the cloud, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 still receive updates to improve the experiences and security of Microsoft’s on-premises powerhouses. Additionally, as Windows serves as the unified endpoint in most organizations to access cloud functionality, identity-related improvements in these client operating systems also positively affect the experiences and security.

This is the list of Identity-related updates and fixes we saw for October 2024:

 

Windows Server

Windows Server 2016

We observed the following update for Windows Server 2016:

KB5044293 October 8, 2024

The October 8, 2024, update for Windows Server 2016 (KB5044293), updating the OS build number to 14393.7428, is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

Windows Server 2019

We observed the following update for Windows Server 2019:

KB50444277 October 8, 2024

The October 8, 2024, update for Windows Server 2019 (KB5044277), updating the OS build number to 17763.6414, is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

Windows Server 2022

We observed the following update for Windows Server 2022:

KB5044281 October 8, 2024

The October 8, 2024, update for Windows Server 2022 (KB5044281), updating the OS build number to 20348.2762, is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

 

Windows

Windows 10, version 21H2 and 22H2

We observed the following update for Windows 10, version 21H2 and 22H2:

KB5044273 October 8, 2024

The October 8, 2024, update for Windows 10, version 22H2 (KB5044273), updating the OS build number to 19044.5011 (Windows 10 21H2) and 19045.5011 (Windows 10 22H2), is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

KB5045594 October 22, 2024 Preview

The October 22, 2024, update for Windows 10, version 22H2 (KB5045594), updating the OS build number to 19045.5073, is an optional preview update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

Windows 11, version 22H2 and 23H2

We observed the following update for Windows 11, version 22H2 and 23H2:

KB5044285 October 8, 2024

The October 8, 2024, update for Windows 11, version 23H2 (KB5044285), updating the OS build number to 22621.4317 (version 22H2) and 22631.4317 (version 23H2), is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

KB5044380 October 22, 2024 Preview

The October 22, 2024, update for Windows 11, version 23H2 (KB5044380), updating the OS build number to 22621.4391 (version 22H2) and 22631.4391 (version 23H2), is an optional preview update.

In Windows 11, version 23H2, the issue where PIN reset does not work when you select the “I forgot my PIN’ link on the credentials screen is addressed. This fix will be automatically deployed with the November 12, 2024, update for Windows 11, version 23H2.

Windows 11, version 24H2

We observed the following update for Windows 11, version 24H2:

KB5044284 October 8, 2024

The October 8, 2024, update for Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5044284), updating the OS build number to 26100.2033, is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

KB5044384 October 24, 2024 Preview

The October 24, 2024, update for Windows 11, version 24H2 (KB5044384), updating the OS build number to 26100.2161, is an optional preview update.

In Windows 11, version 24H2, the following issues are addressed:

  • The issue where you cannot sign in to your account from the web using Web Sign-in, because the screen stops responding.
  • The issue where the Windows device might have issues using S4U2self to authenticate. This occurs if Credential Guard is off, and the device joins an Active Directory domain that does not allow the RC4 cipher.

This fix will be automatically deployed with the November 12, 2024, update for Windows 11, version 24H2.

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Sander Berkouwer in Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022

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I’m speaking at Shuberg Philis’ Azure Heroes Meetup

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Azure Heroes Netherlands

I’m proud to announce that I’ll be presenting at the November 5th 2024 Azure Heroes Netherlands Meetup at Shuberg Philis’ Schiphol-Rijk office.

 

About Azure Heroes Netherlands

The Azure Heroes Netherlands Meetup is a community by the community for the community.

Whether you're a beginner or an expert, Azure Heroes Netherlands provides a platform for sharing knowledge and experience. Connect with fellow enthusiasts and explore the world of cloud computing. Discover the (limitless) possibilities of Microsoft Azure and stay updated on the latest trends and developments.

After its inaugural event at Shuberg Philis’ Rotterdam office, Azure Heroes Netherlands now descends on its Schiphol-Rijk office near Amsterdam with evening sessions by Niek van Raaij and me.

 

About my session

I’ll present a 60-minute session:

You can't do Zero Trust with AD FS, learn how to leave it behind

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) has been the corner stone to many Hybrid Identity implementations, but increasingly it is becoming a burden for organizations that still depend on it. Often, it is insecurely implemented, incorrectly managed and improperly monitored, glaringly exposing the organization to information security risks.

In this session, I’ll explain in which scenarios AD FS is still required and under what circumstances you can say ‘Goodbye’ to your AD FS farm. I’ll cover the pros and cons of other Microsoft Cloud authentication methods, show how to migrate, and show how to correctly remove everything AD FS-related so your organization can embrace Zero Trust with confidence.

 

Join us!

Join us for the Azure Heroes NL Meetup on November 5th, 2024 at Shuberg Philis in Schiphol-Rijk, between 6 PM and 9 PM.

This is a free event.

Posted on October 22, 2024 by Sander Berkouwer in Active Directory Federation Services, Community, Microsoft MVP, Personal

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The IT Bro’s are going back to school!

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Back to School

One of the most rewarding community activities is to teach young people about technology. Just like in 2014 through 2018, Raymond and I have scheduled another technical inspiration session with High School students of the Graafschap College in Doetinchem, the Netherlands.

On Thursday October 24th, Raymond and I are presenting a 90-minute presentation for this High School’s students aspiring to become Systems Administrators, the organizations that are offering internships and jobs to these students and of course its faculty members.

We hope to inspire the people attending this day with the latest and greatest in Microsoft technologies and how to apply them fittingly. Unfortunately, this is not part of the students’ textbooks (yet). However, it does open up opportunities for students to go and apply with organizations that got inspired at the same time they did.

 

About our presentation

We will be delivering a presentation on identity, security and modern device management, after Fons Sonnemans' keynote on the wonders of AI.

Essentially, we will be repeating most of the slides we presented at events around the world and package them in a comprehensive, yet entertaining presentation, filled with Do’s, Don’ts, tips and tricks.

 

 

About the High School

Logo Graafschap CollegeWe are invited by Ronald Wassink, the High School’s owner of the Systems Administration curriculum as part of the MBO Level 4 ICT Management at the Graafschap College in Doetinchem, the Netherlands.

Personally, I feel honored to make the career starts of these IT Professionals-to-be more rewarding and to contribute to their life long learning attitude. As their textbooks don’t contain our information yet, I feel getting it presented to them by two passionate Microsoft MVPs is the next best thing.

We're looking forward to it again! 

 

If you want to work with the awesome students (located in the East of the Netherlands) and offer them an internship or job at your organization, feel welcome to join us.

Further reading

Raymond and I are inspiring our fifth batch of High School students this year
Raymond and I are inspiring a new batch of High School students again this year
Raymond and I are teaching High School students on Enterprise Mobility and Azure
Raymond and I will be inspiring a new group of High School students
Raymond and I will be delivering our BYOD Show to High School students

Posted on October 10, 2024 by Sander Berkouwer in Community, Microsoft MVP, Personal

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What's New in Entra ID for September 2024

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Entra ID

Entra ID, previously known as Azure AD is Microsoft's Identity Management-as-a-Service solution, offering seamless access, easy collaboration, efficiency in IT processes and improved security and compliance. In its Release Notes for Entra ID and in the Message Center, Microsoft communicated the following planned, new and changed functionality for Entra ID for September 2024:

 

What's Planned

Upcoming MFA Enforcement on Microsoft Entra admin center

Service category: MFA
Product capability: Identity Security & Protection

As part of Microsoft’s commitment to providing organizations with the highest level of security, Microsoft previously announced that Microsoft will require multi-factor authentication (MFA) for users signing into the Azure portal, the Entra admin center and Intune admin center.

This change will be rolled out in phases, allowing organizations time to plan their implementation. Starting October 15, 2024, MFA will be required to sign in, but won’t be required yet for the Azure Command Line Interface, Azure PowerShell, Azure mobile app, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.

 

Retirement of legacy user authentication methods management experience in Entra Portal

Service category: MFA
Product capability: User Authentication

Starting October 31 st , 2024 , Microsoft will retire the ability to manage user authentication methods in the Entra Portal via the legacy user interface (UI) . Instead, Microsoft will only surface the modern user interface which has full parity with the legacy experience in addition to the ability to manage modern methods ( e.g. Temporary Access Pass, Passkeys, QR+Pin , etc.) and settings.

 

Provisioning user experience modernization

Service category: Provisioning
Product capability: Identity Governance

Microsoft is modernizing the current application/HR provisioning and cross-tenant sync user experience. This includes a new overview page, user experience to configure connectivity to applications, scoping, and attribute mappings. The new experience includes all functionality available to organizations today, and no action is required. The new experience will start rolling out at the end of October 2024, but organizations can still use the existing experience through January 2025.

 

What's New

Security Service Edge Generally Available

Microsoft’s Security Service Edge (SSE) solution, Microsoft Entra Private Access and Microsoft Entra Internet Access are now generally available. These two products coupled with Microsoft's SaaS security-focused CASB—Microsoft Defender for Cloud apps—comprise Microsoft's Security Service Edge solution, a cloud-delivered, identity-centric networking model that transforms the way organizations secure access.

 

Cross-tenant manager synchronization Generally Available

Service category: Provisioning
Product capability: Identity Governance

Support for synchronizing the manager attribute using cross-tenant synchronization is now generally available.

 

Tenant admin can fail certificate based authentication Public Preview

Service category: Authentications (Logins)
Product capability: User Authentication

With certificate-based authentication, a Certification Authority (CA) can be configured without a Certificate Revocation List Distribution Point (CDP), and certificate-based authentication won't fail if the issuing CA doesn't have a CDP specified. To strengthen security and avoid misconfigurations, an Authentication Policy Administrator can require certificate-based authentication to fail if no CRL is configured for a CA that issues an end user certificate.

 

Custom Claims API for Claims Configuration of Enterprise Apps Public Preview

Service category: Enterprise Apps
Product capability: SSO

The Custom Claims API allows admins to manage and update additional claims for Enterprise Applications seamlessly through Microsoft Graph. The Custom Claims API offers a simplified and user friendly API experience for claims management for organizations. With the introduction of Custom Claims API, Microsoft achieved user experience (UX) and API interoperability. Admins can now use Microsoft Entra admin center and Microsoft Graph API interchangeably to manage claims configurations for Enterprise Applications.

 

Conditional Access Template Requiring Device Compliance Public Preview

Service category: Conditional Access
Product capability: Identity Security & Protection

A new Conditional Access template requiring device compliance is now available in Public Preview. This template restricts access to company resources exclusively to devices enrolled in mobile device management (MDM) and compliant with company policy. Requiring device compliance improves data security, reducing risk of data breaches, malware infections, and unauthorized access.

 

Request Access Package on behalf of Public Preview

Service category: Entitlement Management
Product capability: Entitlement Management

Entitlement Management enables admins to create access packages to manage their organization’s resources. Admins can either directly assign users to an access package, or configure an access package policy that allows people to request access. This option to create self-service processes is useful, especially as organizations scale and hire more people. However, new people joining an organization might not always know what they need access to, or how they can request access. In this case, a new person would likely rely on their manager to guide them through the access request process.

Instead of having new people navigate the request process, managers can request access packages for their people, making onboarding faster and more seamless. To enable this functionality for managers, admins can select an option when setting up an access package policy that allows managers to request access on behalf.

 

What's Changed

Microsoft Entra External ID extension for Visual Studio Code Generally Available

Service category: B2C – Consumer Identity Management
Product capability: B2B/B2C

Microsoft Entra External ID Extension for VS Code provides a streamlined, guided experience to help admins and developers kickstart identity integration for customer-facing apps. With this extension, developers can create external tenants, set up a customized and branded sign-in experience for external users, and quickly bootstrap projects with pre-configured External ID samples—all within Visual Studio Code. Additionally, they can view and manage external tenants, applications, user flows, and branding settings directly from within the extension.

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Sander Berkouwer in Entra ID, What's New

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On-premises Identity-related updates and fixes for September 2024

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Even though Microsoft’s Identity focus moves towards the cloud, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 still receive updates to improve the experiences and security of Microsoft’s on-premises powerhouses. Additionally, as Windows serves as the unified endpoint in most organizations to access cloud functionality, identity-related improvements in these client operating systems also positively affect the experiences and security.

This is the list of Identity-related updates and fixes we saw for September 2024:

 

Windows Server

Windows Server 2016

We observed the following update for Windows Server 2016:

KB5043051 September 10, 2024

The September 10, 2024, update for Windows Server 2016 (KB5043051), updating the OS build number to 14393.7336, is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

Windows Server 2019

We observed the following update for Windows Server 2019:

KB5043050 September 10, 2024

The September 10, 2024, update for Windows Server 2019 (KB5043050), updating the OS build number to 17763.6293, is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

Windows Server 2022

We observed the following update for Windows Server 2022:

KB5042881 September 10, 2024

The September 10, 2024, update for Windows Server 2022 (KB5042881), updating the OS build number to 20348.2700, is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

 

Windows

Windows 10, version 21H2 and 22H2

We observed the following update for Windows 10, version 21H2 and 22H2:

KB5043064 September 10, 2024

The September 10, 2024, update for Windows 10, version 22H2 (KB5043064), updating the OS build number to 19044.4894 (Windows 10 21H2) and 19045.4894 (Windows 10 22H2), is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

KB5043131 September 24, 2024 Preview

The September 26, 2024, update for Windows 10, version 22H2 (KB5043131), updating the OS build number to 19045.49947 (Windows 10 22H2), is an optional preview update.

This update includes one identity-related improvement that can be previewed. This identity-related improvement will come with the October 8, 2024, update. In the context of Microsoft Entra Single sign-on (SSO), people signing in with certificates are prompted less with the notice that the European Digital Markets Act (DMA) requires. The prompt, read:

 When you sign in, we use your account to sign you in to other Microsoft apps and services

This prompt shows too often. Its prompt occurrences are reduced.

Windows 11, version 22H2 and 23H2

We observed the following update for Windows 11, version 22H2 and 23H2:

KB5043076 September 10, 2024

The September 10, 2024, update for Windows 11, version 23H2 (KB5043076), updating the OS build number to 22621.4169 (version 22H2) and 22631.4169 (version 23H2), is a monthly cumulative update. It does not include Identity-related improvements.

KB5043145 September 26, 2024 Preview

The September 26, 2024, update for Windows 11, version 23H2 (KB5043145), updating the OS build number to 22621.4249 (version 22H2) and 22631.4249 (version 23H2), is an optional preview update.

This update includes one identity-related improvement that can be previewed. This identity-related improvement will come with the October 8, 2024, update. In the context of Windows Identity Protection, people no longer need to enter their credentials more than once for Outlook and other encrypted email apps. People will be prompted for their PIN one time only. Before addressing this issue, people were prompted for their PINs each time they open an encrypted email message.

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Sander Berkouwer in Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022

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I'm co-presenting at AppManagEvent 2024

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After presenting three times at previous AppManagEvent events, Coert Bosker asked Raymond and me to present a session at AppManagEvent 2024. Of course! As a result, we’re back at this awesome event in Utrecht.

 

 

About AppManagEvent

AppManagEvent is the annual industry event around application management. The event provides its visitors a status update and a future update on the leading technology, tools, strategies, insights and trends around Application Management.

The 18th edition will take place on Friday October 11, 2024, when attendees get updated around the themes Deployment, Security, Application Virtualization, MSIX, Win10/11/365 management, Identity Management, IT Infrastructure and much more.

AppManagEvent delivers one day with great speakers, tech content and solution vendors in a professional atmosphere and inspiring location: Jaarbeurs, Super Nova, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

 

About our session

Raymond Comvalius and I will present a 45-minute session:

You can't do Zero Trust with AD FS, learn how to leave it behind

3 PM – 3:45 PM

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) has been the corner stone to many Hybrid Identity implementations, but increasingly it is becoming a burden for organizations that still depend on it. Often, it is insecurely implemented, incorrectly managed and improperly monitored, glaringly exposing the organization to information security risks.

In this session, Raymond Comvalius and Sander Berkouwer explain in which scenarios AD FS is still required and under what circumstances you can say ‘Goodbye’ to your AD FS farm. They cover the pros and cons of other Microsoft Cloud authentication methods, they show how to migrate, and they show how to correctly remove everything AD FS-related so your organization can embrace Zero Trust with confidence.

 

Join us!

There is still time to register for AppManagEvent 2024. Tickets are available for € 249 per ticket.

Posted on September 27, 2024 by Sander Berkouwer in Active Directory Federation Services, Community, Microsoft MVP, Personal

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I'm co-presenting at Whitehall Media’s Identity Management Europe event

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Speaking

On October 2nd, 2024, Whitehall Media organizes its Identity Management Europe event (idmeuropeoct2024, #wmidm) at Van der Valk Hotel in Utrecht.

Raymond and I are excited to be invited as the IT Bro’s to present at this event as identity architects and share our unique view on password-less.

 

About Whitehall Media

Whitehall Media is a leading provider of strategic enterprise-level technology events.

Founded in 2006 and based in Manchester, in the United Kingdom, Whitehall Media Ltd. delivers high-quality, content-focused conferences. Its 2024 event line-up features events on cyber security, identity management and risk management.

 

About IDM Europe

Identity Management Europe is a recurring event on Identity and Access Management. Whitehall Media hosts this year’s annual IDM Europe event at Van der Valk hotel Utrecht in Utrecht, the Netherlands on October 2nd, 2024.

The focus on this year’s all-day event is on providing frictionless digital experiences, increasing the value of IAM-centric initiatives, managing different levels of privilege, the role of context-based identity in security, bridging the CIAM-SSID gap, and using blockchain to secure third-party relationships.

The program features speakers from vendors, from systems integrators, from practitioners at large organizations and from independent experts offering a keynote by Robert Garskamp, 15-minute sessions, 45-minute seminars, panel discussions and plenty opportunities to network.

Other Whitehall Media events on identity management are IDM UK, IDM Nordics and IDM Dach for their respective geographical regions.

 

About our session

Raymond and I will be presenting a 15-minute session:

A Life without Passwords: Dream or Reality?

15:35-15:50 CEST

“Users should never have to deal with passwords in their day-to-day lives.”

– Sander Berkouwer

The early days of multi-user IT brought us passwords. However, we can safely conclude password-based authentication doesn’t cut it anymore. Recent research showed 81% of hacking-related breaches leveraged either stolen or weak passwords and 20% of support costs for enterprise IT departments are about forgotten passwords… Nobody loves multi-factor authentication either, because it’s complicated to implement and difficult to use.

 

Join us!

If you have a registration code, you can register for IDM Europe and join the incredible line-up!

Note:
Registration is subject to Whitehall Media’s Privacy Notice and Terms & Conditions.

 

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Sander Berkouwer in Community, Microsoft MVP, Personal

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