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A site by Paul Fijma, working in technology since 1984

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Ms-Windows Server 2012

Ms-SQL

Ms Operations Framework

Primary Areas of Personal Interest

my internetspeed at tweak.nl http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/6474262269
Ansible | Zabbix |

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/identity-management
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/windows-server-2016
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/sql-server
https://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/powershell/powershell-day-to-day-admin-tasks-monitoring-performance/

usefull:
http://www.howtogeek.com/224798/how-to-uninstall-windows-10s-built-in-apps-and-how-to-reinstall-them/
https://github.com/showcases/devops-tools

https://weho.st independent open source service provider

Calculate Windows Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/?
Create DKIM keys for email: https://www.socketlabs.com/domainkey-dkim-generation-wizard/
advisory and security bulletins (microsoft) https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/dn631938.aspx

Handy Dandy website tools:
https://www.checkli.com checklists (free)
https://trello.com planboard (free)
https://mail.com (free mail - good antispam filtering
https://MailChimp.com (send well organised mailings
http://www.emlreader.com (mail export *.eml free files reader)
Google Forms

Some info about Azure (by Petri)
https://www.petri.com/choosing-azure-vm-series

admin tools: http://www.baremetalsoft.com/ tail and grep for windows

my preferred monitoring solution: https://newrelic.com/ OR https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/system-center
other solutions are there, like PRTG, Nagios etc. but my preferred choice is newrelic.

Security: EMET has official windows 10 support. Although most details are now incorporated in windows 10 the End Of Live for EMET is prolonged to juli, 2018
get EMET info here https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/jj653751

GDPR (vanaf mei 2018)
ben je er klaar voor? https://qnh.eu/diensten/gdpr-scan/ en https://www.sophos.com/en-us/lp/compliancecheck.aspx
wat is persoonlijke data? https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/nl/over-privacy/persoonsgegevens/wat-zijn-persoonsgegevens

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/markrussinovich/2009/09/29/pushing-the-limits-of-windows-handles/

SOC 2 Compliance
https://blog.threatstack.com/not-soc-2-compliant-4-reasons-your-customers-wont-work-with-you

Interesting: http://www.virten.net/2017/03/vmware-homeserver-esxi-on-7th-gen-intel-nuc-kaby-lake/
Online books
Books 24x7 http://www.books24x7.com
Packt Publisher https://www.packtpub.com/

Online training
Pluralsight https://www.pluralsight.com/
Udemy https://www.udemy.com/

Windows Shortcuts

Press Windows key + X, followed by U, then U again to turn off.
Press Windows key + X, followed by U, then R to restart.
Press Windows key + X, followed by U, then H to hybernate.
Press Windows key + X, followed by U, then S to sleep.

Windows Multiple Desktops
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-use-multiple-desktops-in-windows-10/
Press Windows key + CTRL + D creates a new window
Press Windows key + CTRL + Arrow left/right to navigate between windows
Press Alt +Tab switches between programs regardless of the desktop they are on.
many more shortcuts here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts

Dappre, Blockchain and IAM

IAM or Identity and Access Management is very complex and interesting to think about. One project is the https://dappre.com/ a system based on th trust principle of QIY https://www.qiyfoundation.org/qiy-trust-principles/

There are several similar projects with goals to create identity and access management (also) based on blockchain technology.

My wishlist (professional)

A top priority for my new work:
Surface Pro 4 (1Tb disk)
or the slightly less expensive one with 512 Gb (fine too))