This document provides an overview of Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) for developers. It introduces key concepts in claims-based identity including claims, security tokens, issuing authorities, security token services, and relying parties. It explains that WIF is a .NET framework that makes it easier for developers to build claims-aware applications without having to implement identity functionality themselves. The document uses terminology and an example scenario to illustrate how a claims-aware system works with a client retrieving a security token from a security token service before sending claims to a relying party application or service.
Microsoft India - Technical Overview of Direct Access in Windows 7 and Window...Microsoft Private Cloud
The Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems introduce DirectAccess, a solution that provides users with the same experience working remotely as they would have when working in the office. With DirectAccess, remote users can access corporate file shares, Web sites, and applications without connecting to a virtual private network (VPN).
Microsoft Unified Communications - Exchange Server 2007 Interoperability Over...Microsoft Private Cloud
Most organizations today use products and technologies from multiple vendors, creating heterogeneous computing environments. This approach can make it difficult to maximize the return on your IT investments while also realizing the value of new technologies. Technology interoperability—the ability to communicate and exchange data using technologies from different vendors—is an important factor to consider as you look for ways that IT can contribute more to your business.
Planning Extranet Environments with SharePoint 2010Michael Noel
Organizations planning for Extranet access to SharePoint 2010 or faced with providing access to an Intranet from multiple internal authentication platforms often find it challenging to properly architect SharePoint for extranets, to isolate content, and to manage identities across disparate systems. The complexity involved in understanding how to isolate content from a security perspective but still provide for a collaborative space for end users is complex, and if not done correctly can lead to security breaches and confusion. This session focuses on understanding the various extranet models for SharePoint 2010 and providing real world guidance on how to implement them. Covered are extranet content models and extranet authentication options, including advanced options using tools such as Microsoft's Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 to centralize identity management to SharePoint 2010 farms, allowing for better control, automatic account provisioning, and synchronization of profile information across multiple SharePoint authentication providers.
Microsoft India - Technical Overview of Direct Access in Windows 7 and Window...Microsoft Private Cloud
The Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems introduce DirectAccess, a solution that provides users with the same experience working remotely as they would have when working in the office. With DirectAccess, remote users can access corporate file shares, Web sites, and applications without connecting to a virtual private network (VPN).
Microsoft Unified Communications - Exchange Server 2007 Interoperability Over...Microsoft Private Cloud
Most organizations today use products and technologies from multiple vendors, creating heterogeneous computing environments. This approach can make it difficult to maximize the return on your IT investments while also realizing the value of new technologies. Technology interoperability—the ability to communicate and exchange data using technologies from different vendors—is an important factor to consider as you look for ways that IT can contribute more to your business.
Planning Extranet Environments with SharePoint 2010Michael Noel
Organizations planning for Extranet access to SharePoint 2010 or faced with providing access to an Intranet from multiple internal authentication platforms often find it challenging to properly architect SharePoint for extranets, to isolate content, and to manage identities across disparate systems. The complexity involved in understanding how to isolate content from a security perspective but still provide for a collaborative space for end users is complex, and if not done correctly can lead to security breaches and confusion. This session focuses on understanding the various extranet models for SharePoint 2010 and providing real world guidance on how to implement them. Covered are extranet content models and extranet authentication options, including advanced options using tools such as Microsoft's Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 to centralize identity management to SharePoint 2010 farms, allowing for better control, automatic account provisioning, and synchronization of profile information across multiple SharePoint authentication providers.
Understanding Internet of Things - White Paper on Device ChoicesDavid J Rosenthal
As stated in the press, at conferences, and in publications , the Internet of Things (IoT) represents a huge opportunity across industries and customer segments. The paper “Building the Internet of Things”, which is available at http://aka.ms/iotwhitepaper discussed a broad set of topics associated with building IoT solutions. This paper is a follow on to that earlier paper and focuses on the "things" within IoT solutions.
First, it explains the concept of smart objects that contain devices, sensors and actuators, the combination of which will gather, process, send and receive data. Smart objects may or may not interact with a local gateway, which is sometimes used to provide external communication capabilities or provide local processing.
This paper also explains the set of considerations for device capabilities, and how they affect an overall solution. These considerations include cost, communications requirements, power availability, security requirements, and compute capacity. Next, it explains the options for device connectivity and the implications of choosing between common options.
Security in the IoT is critical, and a failure to consider security early in IoT design can lead to unfortunate and even catastrophic hacks that often end up in the news, potentially impacting human lives. Because overall system security starts at the device itself, the paper offers a set of device security principles and provides guidance on how to address those principles.
Interoperability in the IoT is also important today, and will continue to grow in mindshare and be seen as a critical requirement for emerging devices. This paper discusses standardization efforts, including the AllSeen Alliance, Open Interconnect Consortium, and several others. All of these efforts have strong industry supporters, but with the exception of AllSeen they are in their early stages. Although AllSeen and OIC are currently dominant, it’s too soon to call out a clear leader.
The final section of the paper discusses some example prototyping devices, their capabilities and some of the considerations when going from prototype to production.
This paper will give the reader a broad understanding of many of the aspects of device design for IoT solutions. For decision makers planning projects, this paper helps with scoping and knowing where more research is required to lay the groundwork for a successful IoT project.
BlackBerry Workspaces Mobile ApplicationsBlackBerry
Native mobile applications from BlackBerry Workspaces can enable smartphones and tablets to access sensitive corporate information, combining strong security, granular tracking and user-friendly mobile collaboration tools to realize work efficiency from anywhere on any device. Enterprises can now manage all of their corporate content through a “single pane of glass” or unified view for Enterprise File Sharing, Mobile Content Management and Collaboration.
Modern mobile devices by their capabilities are almost equal to office computers. For working with different types of document or an access to corporate resources, employees often use their own tablets and smartphones ignoring the prohibition of IT service. This BYOD scenario is impossible to avoid. BYOD brings significant risks and often results in confidential data breaches. The usual restrictions are no longer working, businesses are unable to stop employees from bringing personal devices into the workplace, and today every company needs more mobile and flexible solutions.
Understanding Internet of Things - White Paper on Device ChoicesDavid J Rosenthal
As stated in the press, at conferences, and in publications , the Internet of Things (IoT) represents a huge opportunity across industries and customer segments. The paper “Building the Internet of Things”, which is available at http://aka.ms/iotwhitepaper discussed a broad set of topics associated with building IoT solutions. This paper is a follow on to that earlier paper and focuses on the "things" within IoT solutions.
First, it explains the concept of smart objects that contain devices, sensors and actuators, the combination of which will gather, process, send and receive data. Smart objects may or may not interact with a local gateway, which is sometimes used to provide external communication capabilities or provide local processing.
This paper also explains the set of considerations for device capabilities, and how they affect an overall solution. These considerations include cost, communications requirements, power availability, security requirements, and compute capacity. Next, it explains the options for device connectivity and the implications of choosing between common options.
Security in the IoT is critical, and a failure to consider security early in IoT design can lead to unfortunate and even catastrophic hacks that often end up in the news, potentially impacting human lives. Because overall system security starts at the device itself, the paper offers a set of device security principles and provides guidance on how to address those principles.
Interoperability in the IoT is also important today, and will continue to grow in mindshare and be seen as a critical requirement for emerging devices. This paper discusses standardization efforts, including the AllSeen Alliance, Open Interconnect Consortium, and several others. All of these efforts have strong industry supporters, but with the exception of AllSeen they are in their early stages. Although AllSeen and OIC are currently dominant, it’s too soon to call out a clear leader.
The final section of the paper discusses some example prototyping devices, their capabilities and some of the considerations when going from prototype to production.
This paper will give the reader a broad understanding of many of the aspects of device design for IoT solutions. For decision makers planning projects, this paper helps with scoping and knowing where more research is required to lay the groundwork for a successful IoT project.
BlackBerry Workspaces Mobile ApplicationsBlackBerry
Native mobile applications from BlackBerry Workspaces can enable smartphones and tablets to access sensitive corporate information, combining strong security, granular tracking and user-friendly mobile collaboration tools to realize work efficiency from anywhere on any device. Enterprises can now manage all of their corporate content through a “single pane of glass” or unified view for Enterprise File Sharing, Mobile Content Management and Collaboration.
Modern mobile devices by their capabilities are almost equal to office computers. For working with different types of document or an access to corporate resources, employees often use their own tablets and smartphones ignoring the prohibition of IT service. This BYOD scenario is impossible to avoid. BYOD brings significant risks and often results in confidential data breaches. The usual restrictions are no longer working, businesses are unable to stop employees from bringing personal devices into the workplace, and today every company needs more mobile and flexible solutions.
Windows 8 is a product that is initially both exhilarating and confusing. The Metro Style UI first experienced in Windows Phone 7 is at the forefront of Windows 8. It is fresh and inviting to the user while providing the information users need to keep up to date without drilling into applications.
On the other hand, we are all asking ourselves, “Where are my windows?” The truth is that Windows 8 and what was announced at the Microsoft BUILD conference the week of September 12 is intended to allow the Windows universe the ability to grow and innovate.
I attended the BUILD conference and many of the Windows 8 sessions regarding this exciting upcoming Windows release. In the first webinar in this four-part series, I will provide an overview of what was announced at the BUILD conference, present my insights and opinions on Windows 8 and demonstrate some of great features of Windows 8 that will allow people to understand the path upon which Microsoft is embarking.
Microsoft cloud app security or CASB is a critical component of the Microsoft cloud security stack. It provides a comprehensive solution to give organizations improved visibility into cloud activities, uncover shadow IT, assess risks, enforce polices, investigate suspicious activities and stop threats
https://blog.ahasayen.com/microsoft-cloud-app-security-casb/
Code, Test, Deploy The Essentials of Streamlined Application DevelopmentBitCot
At the heart of application development lies the art of coding. Developers, armed with programming languages like Java, Python, or Swift, translate concepts and ideas into lines of code. This phase is not just about creating functional features; it's about architecting the backbone of the application. Each line of code contributes to the functionality and behavior that users will experience.
CoLabora March 2022 - Improve security posture by implementing new Azure AD ...Peter Selch Dahl
Improve security posture by implementing new Azure AD Security features for better protection for M365 and Azure.
Azure AD Enterprise Application
Azure AD Application Registration
https://www.meetup.com/CoLabora/events/284462324/
Identity and access management is a vital information security control for organizations to minimize the insider threats and advanced persistent threats that are caused by mismanaged user's identities and access control on sensitive business applications. Unauthorized access to business critical IT applications results in information disclosure and financial loss for many organizations across the world. Deployment of identity and access management as an essential information security control will enable organizations to detect or even prevent security breaches due to unauthorized access. This paper elaborates necessary facts for making decisions towards protecting the organization's assets using IAM controls. The purpose of this paper to compare various Identity and access management tools. Mr. Vinay Jayprakash Pol ""Identity and Access Management Tools"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-4 , June 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23935.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/other/23935/identity-and-access-management-tools/mr-vinay-jayprakash-pol
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.