(2022-07-04) Presenting At The Troopers 2022 Conference

Last week I delivered a session about AD Disaster Recovery after a ransomware attack at the Troopers 2022 conference in Heidelberg Germany. The session was a blast!

I was really happy to see the room was packed with people, meaning there was much interest in listening what I had to say. The interaction with the attendees was great, people were taking notes, taking pictures and asking questions during and afterwards. Everything a presenter can wish for. Wow!

If you are interested in having a peek at the slides I used, you can find those through the following link:

Resurrecting After A Ransomware Attack – Be Secure, And Prepared!

Some time later the recording of the session is available on the Troopers Youtube channel

Have questions? Want a demo of the Semperis Disaster Recovery solution? Just let me know!

#DisasterRecovery #Semperis #Troopers

Cheers,

Jorge

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(2021-11-30) Presenting At The Hybrid Identity Conference 2021

HIP 2021 starts tomorrow (Wednesday, December 1st)!

You can catch me going LIVE at #HIP2021 on December 2nd (Thursday) at 10:30am – 11:30am EST (16:30pm – 17:30pm CET) as I join in on the conversation about the hybrid identity world with my session, “Resurrecting After A Ransomware Attack – Be Secure, And Prepared!”!

You can still register for FREE using the following link:

https://www.accelevents.com/e/hipconf2021?aff=jorgedap

Cheers,

Jorge

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(2021-08-23) Presenting At The Experts Conference (TEC) 2021

I’ll be speaking at The Experts Conference this year Sept 1 & 2. #TEC2021 is targeted to #ActiveDirectory, #AzureAD, and #Office365 boots-on-the-ground folks focused on security, management, & migrations. I’ll be speaking on AD account hygiene. Join me here:
http://www.theexpertsconference.com/

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Cheers,
Jorge

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(2020-10-15) Official Speaker At HIP – Session: "Account Hygiene: Fixing The Bad For The Good!"

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I’m an official speaker for #HIP2020! Join me LIVE on October 21st 17:00 (CEST) as I cover "Account Hygiene: Fixing the Bad for the Good!". Sign up at, https://hip.brighttalk.live/webinar/account-hygiene-fixing-the-bad-for-the-good/.

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Cheers,

Jorge

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(2020-10-14) Upcoming Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Conference

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I’m an official speaker for #HIP2020! – Check out more about this free virtual conference at https://hip.brighttalk.live/summit/4810-hybrid-identity-protection-virtual-conference/

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Cheers,

Jorge

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(2019-12-12) Delivered Session About “Moving Towards Passwordless Concept”

Delivered session @DetronICT, invited by @ThierryVos about "Moving Towards Passwordless Concept" (preso and demos). About 30 tech enthusiasts listened until bitter end. Thanks for the invitation, and until a next time! Reward afterwards? Enjoying some beers together!

Figure 1: Initial Slide – Title/SubTitle

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Figure 2: Introducing Me

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Figure 3: The Agenda

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Figure 4: The Agenda With Demos

– Cheers,

Jorge

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(2018-10-07) Presenting At Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) Conference In New York

As we speak, I’m preparing my presentation and demo’s for my presentation at the Hybrid Identity Protection (HIP) conference in New York. You can get more information, and of course register (did you already register?) through the following link https://www.hipconf.com/. The conference dates are Monday November 5th and Tuesday November 6th.

The Speaker List: https://www.hipconf.com/speakers/

The Agenda: https://www.hipconf.com/agenda/

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My session is scheduled for Monday November 5th at 5 PM (17:00) and is called “How To Secure Shared Social Media Accounts And Achieve SSO Through Azure AD”

Abstract:

Nowadays many companies have an online presence in most likely more than one social media to at least service and/or communicate with customers regarding all kinds of matters. Some well-known examples are Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Of course, other social media may exist specific to the business or country.

The main question is: how can you make sure those (shared) social media accounts are used in a secure manner by a group of people and still keep the bad guys out?

The answer is: That’s where Azure AD comes into the playing field!

Come to this session to learn and see about experiences using the Azure AD solution. Yes, demos are included!

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See you there!

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Cheers,
Jorge

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(2017-07-21) Back On Stage Again After A Few Years – Hybrid ID Conference In New York

Some things in life are too much fun to not do it. An example of such occasion is presenting at a conference. The people at Semperis and sdmsoftware contacted me if I wanted to present at the Hybrid ID conference in New York next November. Jeez, that’s a difficult question to answer!

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Heck YES! Want to know more? Have a look at http://hipconf.com/ for the speaker list and the topics presented. Hope to see you there!

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People that I worked with in the past, also presenting are:

• Gil Kirkpatrick
• Sean Deuby
• Darren Mar-Elia
• Brian Desmond
• Joe Kaplan
• Tomasz Onyszko
• Sander Berkouwer

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It looks almost like a family reunion!

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Cheers,
Jorge

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(2014-10-05) Presenting @ Experts Live 2014

I’m going to present a session (in Dutch) about certificates in ADFS @ the Experts Live 2014 Conference on November 18th. The conference agenda can be found through the following link: http://www.expertslive.nl/index.php/programma/

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DUTCH:

Sessie Titel: ADFS en Certificaten – Het is meer dan techniek alleen!

Sessie Abstract: Een ADFS infrastructuur is zeer afhankelijk van certificaten. De stabiliteit van een dergelijke infrastructuur staat of valt dus met de werking van de benodigde certificaten. Bij het ontsluiten van applicaties lokaal of in de cloud, is ADFS vaak niet het doel zelf, maar juist een middel om een ander hoger doel te bereiken. Wanneer de certificaten in ADFS niet de juiste aandacht krijgen, gaat het mogelijk na 1 of 2 jaar na de implementatie van ADFS behoorlijk mis. Bent u er op voorbereid om vooral de impact zo laag mogelijk te houden? In deze sessie zullen we alle ins en out tevoorschijn halen v.w.b. certificaten in ADFS.

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ENGLISH:

Session Title: ADFS and Certificates – It is more than technology only!

Session Abstract: An ADFS infrastructure is very dependent on the use of certificates. The stability of such an infrastructure stands or falls with the operation of the required certificates. When connecting applications locally or in the cloud , ADFS itself is often not the goal itself, but rather a mean to achieve a higher goal. When the certificates in ADFS do not get the right attention, it is possible that after 1 or 2 years after the implementation of ADFS things go quite wrong. Are you prepared to keep the impact as low as possible? In this session , we’ll talk about all the ins and outs with regards to certificates in ADFS.

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Cheers,

Jorge

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(2012-10-22) Presenting At The Experts Conference (TEC) In Barcelona (Spain)

As we speak, I’m preparing my presentation and demo’s for tomorrow (Tuesday, October 23rd 2012) about all object recovery methods in all Windows Server versions released until now. It will cover common information related to object recovery and then I will dive in into the technical specific for each method available. This presentation will  consist of two sessions of each 75 minutes and I will also show 4 demo’s, one for each method of recovering objects.

Figure 1: Opening Slide Of Session

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• Location: Barcelona, Spain – Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I
• Meeting Room: “J”
• Time: 10:15 – 11:30 (part 1) & 11:30 – 12:45 (part 2)
• Session Title: “The Evolution Of Object Recovery In AD – The Road To Perfection – A Technical Deep Dive (Part 1 and Part 2)”
• Level: 400
• Abstract: Since the beginning, when Active Directory was first released with Windows 2000 Server, the methods and means for object recovery in AD have evolved and improved each time a new version of Windows was released. In time, the technology made it more easy to recover objects and prevent the loss of data after recovery. We will start this session with an introduction to object recovery related topics, followed by an explanation of all object recovery methods in all versions of AD after an accidental (mass) deletion, including what’s new in Windows Server 2008 R2 and in Windows Server "8". The session will finish with recommendations around object recovery. This session consists of two parts (2x 75 min.) and will include multiple demos!
• Bios (Dutch): Jorge de Almeida Pinto is Principal Consultant Infrastructure Services binnen Valid (http://www.valid.nl/). Binnen zijn functie heeft hij een sterke focus op Microsoft Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologieën. Aangezien zijn professionele passie in deze technologieën gevonden kan worden, heeft hij zich ook gespecialiseerd in Microsoft producten zoals Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (ADLDS), Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM), Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) en Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) in contexten zoals analyse, ontwerpen, implementaties, migraties, troubleshooting en recovery.
  Jorge is Microsoft gecertificeerd (MCP, MCSE, MCITP, MCT) en is sinds januari 2006 MVP op het “Identity & Access – Directory Services” vlak.
  Een andere passie van Jorge is het spreken op conferenties en het schrijven van artikelen. Hij is sinds 2006 een frequente spreker op de “The Experts Conference (TEC)” van Quest en andere (Microsoft) conferenties en seminars en sinds 2005 schrijft hij artikelen in het technische blad "NetOpus/NetworkPro".
  Om voorop te blijven, participeert Jorge in beta programma’s van nieuwe Microsoft IAM gerelateerde producten en onderhoudt hij het contact met de Microsoft Product Group door het bijwonen van de jaarlijkse MVP Summit en de maandelijkse “Product Group Interaction Events”. Jorge heeft ook nog een blog welke gevonden kan worden op https://jorgequestforknowledge.wordpress.com/.
• Bios (English): Jorge de Almeida Pinto is a Principal Consultant Infrastructure Services working for Valid (http://www.valid.nl/). Within his role he has a strong focus on Microsoft Identity and Access Management (IAM) technologies. Because his professional passion can be found in these technologies, he has specialized himself in Microsoft products such as Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS), Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (ADLDS), Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM), Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) in contexts such as analysis, design, deployment, migration, troubleshooting and recovery.
  Jorge is Microsoft certified (MCP, MCSE, MCITP, MCT) and he has received the MVP Award for “Identity & Access – Directory Services” since January 2006.
  Another passion of Jorge is speaking at conferences and writing articles. He has been a frequent speaker at “The Experts Conference (TEC)” from Quest and other (Microsoft) conferences/seminars since 2006, and he has been writing articles in the Dutch technical magazine “NetOpus/NetworkPro” since 2005.
  To stay ahead, Jorge participates in beta programs of new Microsoft IAM related products and he maintains the contact with the Microsoft Product Group by attending the MVP Summit every year and by participating in the monthly “Product Group Interaction Events”. Jorge also has a blog, which can be found at https://jorgequestforknowledge.wordpress.com/.

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With this I would like to thank:

• “Quest Software”" (http://www.quest.com/) (now part of “Dell” (http://www.dell.com)) for inviting me as a speaker again (since 2006!)

• and of course,last but not least, “Valid” my employer (http://www.valid.nl/) for making this possible

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Cheers,
Jorge
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