Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Here is my slide deck from the Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NIC) 2014. My talk was called Modern authentication for the Cloud Era and covered claims based authentication and some common scenarios, OAuth and OpenID Connect. Thanks to everyone who attended my session. Hope to see you there next year! http://www.slideshare.net/MorganSimonsen/nic-2014-modern-authentication-for-the-cloud-era

Before you ask, I definitely count myself as a novice when it comes to SQL. Nevertheless, here are a few SQL tips I have picked up along the way… Enable SQL to communicate through the Windows Firewall SQL Database netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=SQLPort dir=in protocol=tcp action=allow localport=1433 remoteip=localsubnet profile=DOMAIN SQL Browser netsh advfirewall …

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I am often asked, usually on some form of IM media; “are you busy?”. I often find this question hard to answer since I regard busy-ness (is that a real English word?) as more of a state with varying degrees. This has led me to the definition of BUSCON or BUSy CONdition, based on the …

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I just started a new blog, hosted on Windows Azure. This blog will deal with cloud computing and related topics. Check it out: cloudpower.no. Morgan

So I thought I would put together a list of the stuff I use. Mostly as sort of a memo to myself, but if anyone finds this useful, so much the better.

Name Description Audacity Sound file editing Paint.NET Image editing HashCheck Checksum verification/creation MyDefrag Defragmentation VirtualDub Video edition Foxit Reader PDF Reader/PDF Ifilter 7-Zip File archiver Putty Telnet/SSH client FileZilla FTP client Simp Instant messaging encryption VLC Media player Wireshark Network protocol analyzer Notepad++ Text editor Bullzip PDF Printer CDBurnerXP CD/DVD Burning Application Folder2ISO ISO file creation Exact Audio Copy (EAC) CD Ripping Nmap Network mapping MailSend SMTP command line sender VHD Resizer Resizes VHD files VMDK to VHD Converter Convert VMware VMDK disk files to VHD Angry IP Scanner IP address scanner WinSCP SFTP, FTP and SCP client Fiddler HTTP Debugging proxy Stellarium Planetarium TFTPD32 TFTP client and DHCP, TFTP, DNS, SNTP and Syslog server RawWrite Disk image writer WinTail Tail application for Windows Cygwin Linux environment for Windows Free Download Manager Like the name says… uTorrent Tiny BitTorrent client MediaCoder Transcode files for portable devices

I just got word that I have been awarded the Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) Award for 2012, in the Directory Services discipline. This is a great honor, and I accept it humbly. First off, thanks to those who nominated me and gave me advice on how to become an MVP, and also Microsoft for …

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