Michael Mardahl
Microsoft MVP - Security | Senior Cloud Architect
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C:\WHOIS\MICHAEL.EXE
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
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
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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Michael Mardahl, Microsoft MVP
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