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AperiTeams podcast: my interview video is now available!
Despite the effects of the cocktail consumed on an empty stomach becoming increasingly apparent as the episode progressed, 🥴 I managed to stay on track and explain why Platform Single Sign-On on macOS with Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Intune is such a big deal. 😀
Don’t miss this episode of AperiTeams!
Thanks to Irene and Silvio for the super fun chat and the cocktail (by the way, DELICIOUS).
Your IT Specialist,
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I will be a speaker at WPC 2024!
My personal holiday calendar says that after Halloween but before Christmas, there’s at least one more: WPC! 😀
WPC (November 26-27-28), the most important annual event in the Italian ICT landscape, is just around the corner!
This year, I’ll be there again as a speaker, with a session that has a bit of a “crossover” flavor: Microsoft Intune and Apple macOS. Microsoft and Apple—a dualism that used to stir passions but, in my view, no longer has any reason to exist in terms of “opposition.
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AperiTeams Conference: the video of the session at Security Day is now available
Last October 9, 2024, the AperiTeams Conference Security Day 2024 took place at the Microsoft House in Milan and was streamed live. If you missed the live stream, no worries! All the event videos organized by Inside Technologies are now available online.
As always, it was a great day! I had so much fun with my “partner on the stage” Simone Frigerio, and I hope it will be the first of many sessions together.
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Defender for Podcast: new season! Guest Carlo Mauceli (S02E01)
After a brief behind-the-scenes look a few days ago, here we are: Defender for Podcast, new season! This year, some new features: new locations and guests! And, speaking of guests, we couldn’t have started better: with us Carlo Mauceli for this first episode!
What did we talk about?
🎯 Geopolitics and the use of cyberattacks in war scenarios
🎯 Evolution of attack tactics through Artificial Intelligence
🎯 The black market where anyone can become a hacker
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AperiTeams Conference Security Day 2024: thank you all!
What a great day as always at the AperiTeams Conference Security Day! I had so much fun with Simone Frigerio and I hope this is the first of many sessions together.
Special thanks to Silvio Di Benedetto and Irene Bugatti for giving me this amazing opportunity, and finally, thank you to everyone who followed us, both remotely and in-person. It’s always a pleasure to chat with those who attend in person after the sessions.
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The video of the session at Be Connected Day 12 is now online
The video of the session that my friend Davide Salsi and I held at Be Connected Day 12 on May 30, 2024, is finally online.
In recent years, Microsoft Intune has been the main path towards a “Modern” device management. With the advent of AI and the release of new features, a new era in the device management paradigm is opening. In this session, we will see in detail how these latest solutions can contribute to a cloud-native management of endpoints:
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I will be a speaker at #POWERCON2024 on June 14, 2024
I look forward to seeing you on Friday, June 14 at the next #POWERCON2024 with a session on Conditional Access: new features, advanced usage ideas, and the reasons why, in 2024, it is increasingly a fundamental security tool.
For information, registration, and all agenda details:
➡️ #POWERCON2024 – Digital Revolution in Action – Free Online Event
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Fragments and Images from Be Connected Day 12 + CollabDays Italy 2024
It was a memorable BeConnected Day + CollabDays: so many people, a new and incredible location, everything vibrated with amazing energy that involved everyone, including the audience and speakers.
Beautiful. We needed it.
Thanks to my partner in crime on stage, Davide Salsi: yesterday, after the speech, someone literally told me “you guys make a great couple on stage.” 😅🤣
Thanks to Lodestar S.p.A., present in full force at the event, for choosing me to represent them along with Fabio Luinetti and Riccardo Fona.
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Defender for Podcast - Episode 7 - Passkey the Future of Identity
🚨 If, like me, you’ve had intense weeks and missed the latest episode of Defender for Podcast, don’t worry, here’s all the info you need.
Spoiler: we talk about passwordless and, above all, Passkey!
In particular:
Multi-factor authentication is not perfect, what are the risks and issues? Microsoft Authenticator FIDO 2 keys Certificate-based authentication Passkey Lots to discuss, plenty of useful information, and a pinch of fun (don’t miss the “Goat dance”).
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Fragments and Images from Global Azure 2024 in Turin
The Global Azure in Turin always leaves me with great feelings: shaking hands, putting faces to the community members, laughing at the curses hurled at stuck slide changers, 🤣 sharing knowledge. A wonderful day, the kind that should never be missing, from time to time.
Thank you to everyone who attended our session.
Thanks to my “partner in crime on the stage” 😃 Pietro Visentin who did an extraordinary job in creating the content.
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AperiTeams Conference: Microsoft Defender XDR Session Video Now Available
If you missed the live stream, no worries! Starting today, all the videos from the AperiTeams Conference (Modern Workplace Day) 2024, organized by Inside Technologies, are available online. It was my first participation and I had a great time, as always during such days where training and networking come together.
Here’s the complete video of my session, where I discussed how Microsoft Defender XDR represents a significant step forward towards a unified tool for managing the security of our infrastructure, whether it’s in the cloud, hybrid, or multi-cloud.
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Defender for Podcast - Episode 5 - Copilot for Security Has Arrived!
🚨 New episode of Copilot for Pod… oops… no… sorry, I meant Defender for Podcast! 🤣 With all these Copilots, I’m getting a bit carried away!
Caught up in a frenzy of memes and various quotes (absolute gems not to be missed), Marco Moioli (henceforth known as Mar-Copilot) and I couldn’t miss the opportunity to talk about the current star: Copilot for Security! We’ll explore what it is, how it integrates with various Microsoft products, and, most importantly, share our impressions on the significant value this product brings.
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I Will Be a Speaker at Global Azure Turin on April 20, 2024
Spring event season is in full swing! I’ll be among the speakers at the Global Azure event in Turin, alongside Pietro Visentin. We’ll be discussing Conditional Access: the latest updates, best practices, and why it’s becoming an increasingly vital tool in Zero Trust Security strategies.
🗓️ Saturday, April 20
📍 Turin - Fondazione ITS ICT - Via Jacopo Durandi, 13
🎟️ Info and registration
I have a special connection to the Global Azure event in Turin, and I can’t wait to be there!
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Snapshots from Microsoft Ignite Italy 2024
Morning at Microsoft Ignite Italy 2024, before heading to the watch party organized by Microsys!
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I will be a speaker at the AperiTeams Conference Modern Work on April 3, 2024
Folks, I’m excited: I can finally announce that I will also be participating in the AperiTeams event on April 3rd, in the beautiful setting of the Microsoft House in Milan! When Silvio Di Benedetto invited me, I accepted with great joy! Here are all the details to participate. 👇🏻
📆 Wednesday, April 3
⌚ 4:00 PM
🎟️ Registration: https://www.aperiteams.it
In the session, I will talk about how Microsoft Defender XDR is a huge step towards a single control panel to oversee all aspects of security in our environment.
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Defender for Podcast - Ep. 2 - Training in Microsoft Security
We’re getting used to it! Here we are with the second episode of Defender for Podcast, where we talk about training!
We’ll try to organize the multitude of resources available for training in Microsoft Security:
Official resources such as the Learn platform SC certifications that allow validating your skills but also the brand new Applied Skills Blogs, YouTube channels, and other useful resources 🚨 If you enjoy this content and want to make sure you don’t miss any updates, we invite you to join our community!
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#POWERCON2023: the video of my session on Intune used as a security tool is now available
⚠️ 🇮🇹 To my Italian speaking followers!
A few days ago, the winter edition of #POWERCON2023, an online conference organized by the ICTPower.it community, took place.
It is certainly correct to say that Microsoft Intune is an MDM, and its main purpose is to manage devices. However, paraphrasing a famous song from the ’80s, “beyond the endpoints, there is more”! Intune is, in fact, the pivotal tool through which to implement and deploy an infinite variety of security settings, in addition to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint configurations.
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Azure Italia Podcast: WPC 2023 narrated by the speakers.
⚠️ 🇮🇹 To my Italian speaking followers!
WPC 2023 is also about coming together in person and quickly organizing new community activities! That’s exactly what happened with Carlo Sacchi, the host of Azure Italia Podcast, whom I finally had the chance to meet in person.
After exchanging greetings, in less than 10 minutes, we had already organized a post-WPC 2023 chat, along with friends Pietro Visentin, Stefano Nieri, and Andrea Palumbo.
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I'll speak at #POWERCON2023 on December 6, 2023
⚠️ 🇮🇹 To my Italian speaking followers!
Just finished one event, and here I am jumping into another, one that I hold dear to my heart: thrilled to announce that I will be among the speakers at #POWERCON2023 organized by the folks at ICT Power!
📌 When?
🗓️ 6 december 2023 from 9.00 AM till 5.30 PM
🙋🏻♂️ My session will be at 11:00 AM
📌 Where?
💻 Online, all the details here 👇🏻
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Thank you WPC and see you in 2024!
As always, WPC is a mix of emotions, meetings, and learning: experiencing all of this is always incredible. I can’t wait for WPC 2024! 😃
Without too many words, here are some snapshots from this super intense 3-day event.
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Your IT Specialist,
Riccardo
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Azure Italia Podcast: the episode where I was a guest is now online
⚠️ Warning for English-speaking followers: this podcast is in Italian language ⚠️
Fun chat, lightning-fast editing: the episode of Azure Italy Podcast that I was a guest on is already available online!
🎙️ You can find it here:
➡️ Azure Italia Podcast - Puntata 11 - Da Azure AD a Entra ID con Riccardo Corna
And on all the other major podcast platforms: Apple, Amazon, etc. 😉
Beyond this episode, I recommend subscribing to the podcast so you don’t miss any: it’s rare to find content like this in the Italian language, and Carlo Sacchi is doing an excellent job!
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#POWERCON2023: Watch the video of the session on Windows Hello for Business
A few days ago, the #POWERCON2023 was held, an online conference organized by the ICTPower.it community. As always, I was very happy to participate, and this year, I chose to present a session on Windows Hello for Business, discussing an aspect that I believe is underestimated and not well-known to most: Windows Hello for Business is a passwordless and multi-factor authentication!
Do you want to know why and how it works?
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I'll be a speaker at #POWERCON2023 on July 14, 2023
🗓️ #SaveTheDate July 14, 2023: one last exciting event before going on vacation, the #POWERCON2023! A whole day with many sessions together with industry experts, talking about security, Microsoft Entra, Intune, Virtual Desktop and Windows 365, Defender for Endpoint, and much more. In short, I would probably run out of characters in a LinkedIn post if I wanted to list everything.
🗓️ When? 14 Luglio 2023
🌍 Where? Online, all the information to register can be found at these links:
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Online: Video of My Session at Be Connected Day 11 (June 15, 2023)
The video of the session Artificial Intelligence in the Service of Cybersecurity: From 0 to Microsoft Security Copilot that I held (together with Michele Sensalari) at Be Connected Day 11 on June 15, 2023, in Bologna, is now available online.
For convenience, I have embedded the video to start directly at the beginning of our presentation, but from the same link, you can actually watch the live stream of the entire day.
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Be Connected Day 11: What a beautiful day!
What a beautiful day I had yesterday! So many inspiring contents, lots of friends to greet, many new people to meet, and plenty of ideas to develop for the community. As always, it was a fantastic #BeConnectedDay.
Thanks to BeConnected and Microsys for giving me the opportunity to participate, to Michele Sensalari, with whom I had the honor of sharing the stage, to all my colleagues in the SEC track, and lastly, to all the people from the communities I met—it’s fantastic to see each other in person!
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June 15, 2023: See You at Be Connected Day 11 in Bologna!
Here we go! Tomorrow is #BeConnectedDay with Michele Sensalari and many other friends. Don’t miss our session at 15:25 in Main Room Sirio P27 for those attending in person or via streaming for those following from home!
📌 There is still time to register for the streaming!
📌 Want to learn more about our session?
📌 Complete event agenda
See you tomorrow!
Riccardo
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A Coffee with... Maura Perra
Since 1994, Microsoft has been involved in device management: first with SMS, which later became SCCM, and then in 2011, with the advent of mobile devices, the Mobile Device Management service called Intune was created, which has grown… and grown… And today, it has become a suite! Let’s clarify the various pieces of technology we can find within this suite with Maura Perra, Technical Specialist in Cloud Endpoint for Microsoft!
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Video of the Tech Bits Event: Modern Endpoint Management is Available
On March 22, 2023, the Microsys event “Tech Bits: Modern Endpoint Management” took place, and now the video of the event is available!
Together with the legendary Paolo Bodini, we presented the 10 key elements to consider for modern management of corporate and personal devices.
Enjoy watching!
Riccardo
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A coffee with... Elisa Pirrone
Here we are with a new episode of “A Coffee with…”! Today’s protagonist is Elisa Pirrone, CSA Security for Microsoft Italy. Together with her, we will talk about disabling legacy protocols, creating conditional access policies, best practices, and why Windows Hello for Business is an MFA!
Here are some additional links for further information:
Common Conditional Access policy: Block legacy authentication Windows Hello for Business Overview How Windows Hello for Business works in Windows Devices Don’t forget to subscribe to our other channels as well:
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I will be a speaker at Global Azure 2023 in Turin
Spring means Global Azure, and I am delighted to announce that I will be a speaker at Global Azure 2023 in Turin, taking place on Saturday, May 13, 2023!
However, I won’t be alone on stage: joining me will be Pietro Visentin, Head of Security at Moresi!
By the way, I recommend checking out his blog Azvise, which is full of useful and interesting content.
For all the details about the agenda, it will take a few more days, so staytuned and don’t miss the event updates that you can find here:
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A coffee with... Valeria Sava
Today’s episode is a true injection of caffeine and valuable resources: Valeria Sava talks to us about ADFS and how to retire it by migrating applications to Azure AD.
Are you interested? Yes? Then after watching the video, don’t miss this workshop in Italian dedicated to this very topic! Valeria and I extensively discussed it while enjoying our coffee. Here are all the details!
🗓️ March 28, 2023
➡️ Microsoft Workshops: How to successfully migrate away from AD FS to Azure AD
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Sessions from the community event on March 8, 2023, now available
On March 8, 2023, a joint event was held between the Microsoft Intune Italian Users Group and the Microsoft Security Italian Users Group: the video of the sessions is now available.
Together with the legendary Michele Sensalari, we talked about certificate-based authentication on Azure AD.
Marco Moioli and Davide Salsi, on the other hand, delved into how to use the MAM (Mobile Application Management) features of Intune to provide security in BYOD scenarios, and Davide also demonstrated the new Microsoft Tunnel for Mobile.
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A coffee with... Francesco Molfese
“How can we leverage a public cloud while maintaining a proper security posture?”
Today, we ask this question (while sipping a cup of coffee) to Francesco Molfese (MVP), who has a clear understanding of how to maintain the right level of security both in the cloud and on-premises.
Here are some additional links for further reading:
Francesco’s blog Defender for Cloud Don’t forget to follow us on our social channels as well: