Michael Mardahl
Microsoft MVP - Security | Senior Cloud Architect
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Microsoft MVP in Security who has been professionally destroying on-prem infrastructure since the cloud was just a weather phenomenon.
Currently a Senior Cloud Architect at inciro (https://inciro.com) in Denmark, spending nearly three decades turning "but we've always done it this way" into "oh, that actually works better."
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ACHIEVEMENTS.LOG
** Mass-decommissioned more servers than he can ** remember.
** Mass-deployed more FIDO2 keys than he is ** willing to admit.
** Would mass-decommission the password itself ** if only the last SaaS vendor would let him.
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SPECIALTIES.INI
[Primary] EntraID=Passwordless Authentication FIDO2=Not A USB Drive Security=Less Compliance Checkbox, More Actually Works
[Platforms] Intune=Yes Azure=Yes WhateverMicrosoftRenamedThisWeek=Also Yes
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COMMUNITY.DAT
Blog: https://msendpointmgr.com GitHub: https://github.com/mardahl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-mardahl/ Conferences: Regular speaker Bribery method: Candy for audiences
Side effects may include:
- Explaining that your FIDO2 key is not, in fact, a USB drive
- Telling vendors their implementations are unacceptable
- Unsolicited opinions about password policies
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MOTTO.TXT
** "Not afraid to commit" ** - to Git repos, to passwordless, and to ** telling vendors their implementations ** are unacceptable.
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PERSONAL.CFG
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Status: Father. Neurodivergent. Alignment: Unapologetically nerdy. Uptime: ~30 years in IT Error rate: Undisclosed.
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