Monthly Archives: May 2022

Speaking at NIC X Edition 2022!

I’m very happy and excited to once again speak at NIC (Nordic Infrastructure Conference), which will be held May 31 – June 2, Oslo Spektrum, Norway. Previously held in a winterly Oslo in February, and last time held just before the Corona outbreak in 2020, attendants and speakers should this time experience a beautiful Oslo spring surrounding the event.

NIC is celebrating 10 years anniversery this time, and this in-person event gathers over 1000+ attendees, international and well-known speakers, in addition to partners, vendors and a great exhibition area, it is truly the place to be for IT professionals and decision makers that want to see and experience the latest and greatest content!

Some of the highligths of NIC X:

  • Pre-Conference where you can choose to learn from one the best in the industry: Sami Laiho, Paula Januszkiewicz, or John Craddock!
  • 2 full days of conference content including Opening Keynote from Chen Goldberg (VP Google Cloud) and Closing Keynote from Ulrich Hoffman (Corporate VP Microsoft), and 65+ Breakout sessions, all honoring the conference motto: Less slides – more demos!
  • Session tracks for Security, Data, AI & ML, Architecture & Code, Server & Client, Operations & Automation, and Cloud!
  • Anniversary party with the Valentourettes!
  • Awesome exhibition area with over 20+ https://www.nicconf.com/xedition/partners, including Microsoft, AWS, Google and many more.
  • .. and as always at NIC, the best food and mingling with fellow members of the industry.

Myself I will present two breakout sessions during the main conference, focusing on Security with Azure AD and Microsoft Cloud Solutions:

In my first session on the first day I will speak about How to Create an Azure AD Protected API in Azure in one hour!, where I will show you how you can create your own API in Azure and protect it with Azure AD using Oauth2. API’s can be anything you want, and in true NIC spirit this session will really will be most about the demos and very little slides!

In my second session the last day, I will speak about why and how you can use Azure Authentication using Managed Identities vs. Service Principals in Azure AD. Do you use Azure Services that need to authenticate to other resources and APIs? Have you been using App Registrations and Service Principals to achieve this? Have you felt the pain of managing secret credentials, who has access to the credentials and lifecycle management of these and want at better way to achieve Azure Authentication? This is where Managed Identities is the way to go.

Sessions details:

There is still time to book your conference pass: https://www.nicconf.com/xedition/tickets

For a full list of session program and speakers, see the conference website: https://www.nicconf.com/

Hope to see you there!

Speaking at Oslo Power Platform & Beyond!

I’m excited and very much looking forward to speak at the upcoming Oslo Power Platform & Beyond Community Event, which will happen in-person at May 21st 2022 at Microsoft Norway offices i Oslo.

Oslo Power Platform & Beyond is a Community Event hosted by the Dynamics User Group Norway , and will on this upcoming Saturday feature 21 sessions delivered by 23 international speakers and rockstars, MVP’s and community leaders!

My session will be about how you can Connect Power Platform to any Azure AD protected API using OAuth2 and Custom Connectors. While there are hundreds of built-in connectors you can use in your Power Automate Flows or Power Apps, there are many scenarios where you would want to access API’s like Microsoft Graph, or any other API that is protected by Azure AD. In this session I will show how you can access this using Custom Connectors and OAuth2, and my demo will show a self-built API using Azure Serverless solutions like Azure Functions and Logic Apps!

Session details:

The event starts in a few days, but there is still time to register for FREE:

For a full list of session program and speakers, see here: https://oslo-power-platform-and-beyond.sessionize.com/

Hope to see you there!