Speaking at Infinity 365 in Salzburg about Entra ID and Conditional Access Security

The Infinity 365 conference was born as a Sharepoint conferencen and growths over the years to a big Microsoft 365 conference in Austria. I´m really happy to be invited to this great Microsoft 365 conference and get the opportunity to held two sessions about Microsoft Entra ID. Zero Trust starts with Entra ID In today’s …

Speaking at ExpertsLive Netherlands 2025 about Defender for Cloud Security and GSA

The Experts Lives Netherlands is just around the corner, two weeks and the event will kick-off in the NBC Congrescentrum in Nieuwegein. The Event is every year growing and this year the conference location will possible reach the maximum capacity around 3000 people. The conference itself is organized by the main persons of the Experts …

Speaking at Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn about Top 10 Azure Security Best Practices

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been invited to the Cloud Technology Townhall Tallinn Conference (CTTT) in the heart of Tallinn, Estonia! Founded in 2023, CTTT has quickly become one of the most renowned conferences, featuring great speakers and talks in a stunning location. The organizing team has truly developed this event into one of …

MS Ignite 2024 Recap

On my way home from a very inspiring Microsoft Ignite, which I was able to attend in person for the first time. Microsoft Ignite 2024 took place in Chicago at McCormick Place, a very large convention center near Lake Michigan. The conference started on Monday with a Preday, where Microsoft Ignite attendees had the opportunity …

NIC Conf 2024 Agenda announcement

Speaking at NICConf 2024 in Oslo about Microsoft Defender for CSPM and Hybrid Cloud with WS2025, Azure Arc and WAC

I´m thrilled to announce that I have been invited to the Nordic Infrastructure Conference in Oslo, the NICconf, for the second time. NICconf is a two-day event in the heart of Oslo with around 3000 particioants, focusing on Microsoft technologies such as Azure, Hybrid Cloud, Identity and Security. There will also be a pre-day organized …

Microsoft enforces MFA requirements for user login to Azure portal for all tenants

Password spray attacks on accounts have increased rapidly in recent months. As a result, the security risks for accounts that do not use MFA for authentication have increased significantly. Microsoft works in the past on different ways to enable MFA for all users they work with Azure and Microsoft 365. One first try was the …

Awarded as Microsoft MVP for Azure and Microsoft Security 2024-2025

I am pleased to announce that I have once again been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for Azure and Security in 2024-2025. This year there were some internal changes and the announcement was therefore postponed to July 10. So late Wednesday the mail came and I saw, just before my birthday, that I was again …

Awarded as Defender for Cloud Champion and as Community Advocate 2024

The Microsoft Security Community programm continues to grow and there are many exiting new features and additional previews coming to live. I´m working on some of the new previews to gain insights and provide feedback and there are really great new offerings coming. I`m happy to share that I was awarded as Defender for Cloud …

Guest on Geeksprech Podcast about FinOps and/or Azure Cost Management (Governance)

In 2023 I was at some conferences where I held a session about Azure Cost Management and I´ve discussed this topic also a couple of times with my best buddy Eric Berg. He invited me to his podcast Geeksprech where we talked and discuss what FinOps is and why in some cases it`s the same …