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CollabDays @collabdays.org · 01/09/2026
September is here, and that means both CollabDays Bletchley Park and Collabdays Zagreb are just around the corner ❤️ If you are in the area, register now for a day full of content, networking and fun! #CommunityRocks www.collabdays.org
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 01/06/2026
June = CollabDays Month 😊
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 20/05/2026
But WHY, Windows?
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 22/12/2025
Meaningful commit messages are so underrated!
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 22/12/2025
A bit annoyed that 1Password seems to change its installation location from time to time - at least on my machine - which breaks my GitHub commit signing workflow. I used to fix this manually, but 1Password can do it for you now (also for WSL).
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 18/12/2025
When I grow up, I want to be a developer 🙈🍀 #HolidaysHobbyProject
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 16/12/2025
There's a special place in hell for companies who send you a confirmation email after you've unsubscribed from their emails.
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 13/12/2025
Small weekend project: Installing Linux on a 10yo Surface 3
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 01/12/2025
Trains, planes and automobiles again. En route to @espccommunity.bsky.social
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 17/11/2025
Unlocking the full power of Copilot code review: Master your instructions files github.blog/ai-and-ml/un...
github.blog
Unlocking the full power of Copilot code review: Master your instructions files
Ready to make your code reviews smarter and easier? Learn how to structure your instructions files for better results, avoid common pitfalls, and see real-world examples to get started. 🚀
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 14/11/2025
Yay! "Syncable" passkeys in Entra ID (public preview). Loving that 1Password AAGUID 😏 #EntraID #1Password
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 14/11/2025
Well hello there, belgiumcentral 💖 #Azure
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 22/10/2025
Throwback to a fantastic Vaarojen Maraton in most beautiful Kolin Kansallispuisto in eastern Finland. #trailrunning
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 21/10/2025
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 20/10/2025
Always interesting to see how many things I use are dependent on the same cloud services :-) #AWS
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 12/09/2025
Thanks for the heads-up... I guess 😏🤔
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 11/09/2025
Visiting and speaking at @mc2mc.be tonight at Van Roey in Turnhout. #CommunityRocks
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 04/09/2025
30 days to go until Vaarojen Maraton - Doing the 21K, but living in a flat part of the country sure make those 900m D+ challenging 😵 vaarojenmaraton.fi #trailrunning
vaarojenmaraton.fi
Vaarojen Maraton Kolin kansallispuistossa | Vaarojen Maraton
Ilmoittaudu Vaarojen Maratonille 2025! Kohtaa Kolin upeat polkujuoksureitit ja nauti luonnon lumosta ultrajuoksussa tai puolimaratonilla.
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 17/07/2025
Some mindfulness before work 😬
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 16/07/2025
Just when you thought you've seen it all... Mercedes will enable management with Microsoft Intune 🤔☺️ (and integrate Copilot obviously) media.mercedes-benz.com/article/931e...
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 16/07/2025
Maybe it's time for an alias 😂
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 13/07/2025
Even after all these years, @toriamos.bsky.social ’s virtuosity and seemingly effortless performance are utterly mind-blowing. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Tori Amos: Live At Montreux 1992 - YouTube
Live at Montreux 1992
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 11/07/2025
I’ve received the Microsoft MVP award for the 12th year in the Microsoft 365 and Security categories. Thanks to all organizers that let me speak at their event, and my employer for their continued support. Looking forward to another great year with the community! 🚀 #CommunityRocks #MVPBuzz
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 03/07/2025
Introducing the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/introdu...
devblogs.microsoft.com
Introducing the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo - Microsoft for Developers
Today we’re excited to announce the launch of the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo! The Awesome Copilot repo is a community-driven resource with custom instructions, reusable prompts, and cu...
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 03/07/2025
Planning your move to Microsoft Defender portal for all Microsoft Sentinel customers techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
Planning your move to Microsoft Defender portal for all Microsoft Sentinel customers | Microsoft Community Hub
In November 2023, Microsoft announced our strategy to unify security operations by bringing the best of XDR and SIEM together. Our first step was bringing...
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 20/06/2025
CollabDays Netherlands is tomorrow! Very much looking forward to my yearly pilgrimage to Vianen. My session at 09:00 will teach you the basics of using git & GitHub, even if you're not a developer. Hope to see you there! www.collabdays.org/2025-nl #CollabDaysNL #CommunityRocks
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 16/06/2025
Microsoft 365 Local - blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/06...
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Announcing comprehensive sovereign solutions empowering European organizations - The Official Microsoft Blog
Today, we are taking the next step in strengthening our European Digital Commitments to empower our customers with greater choice, more control over their data privacy and the most robust digital resi...
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 15/06/2025
Playing with @astro.build the last few days to create my new website. Not a (real) developer, so a slightly steeper learning curve - but it has actual good documentation! (contrary to gohugo.io, which I currently use)
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 13/06/2025
No, it isn't... Change my mind!
wired.com
Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs
Engineering was once the most stable and lucrative job in tech. Then AI learned to code.
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 10/06/2025
GitHub for Beginners: Code review and refactoring with GitHub Copilot
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GitHub for Beginners: Code review and refactoring with GitHub Copilot
Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to help review and polish your code.
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 10/06/2025
New policy enhancement tools in Entra Conditional Access techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
New policy enhancement tools in Entra Conditional Access | Microsoft Community Hub
Discover how new Conditional Access capabilities—Per-Policy Reporting, What-If Evaluation API, and Reauthentication—help admins improve tenants' secure...
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 04/06/2025
Struggle to find what you need when managing your Microsoft 365 or Entra ID environment? Shoutout to cmd.ms by @merill.net - My favorite ones these days are cmd.ms/pim and cmd.ms/sentinel 🏆
cmd.ms
🖥 Home | [cmd.ms]
Are you tired of clicking around in Microsoft portals to get to a blade?
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 22/05/2025
As someone who's not really a developer but wants to stay on top of everything M365, I thoroughly enjoyed the @codedeploygo.live podcast by @julieturner.net and @andrewconnell.com Definitely worth subscribing! codedeploygo.live
codedeploygo.live
Code. Deploy. Go Live.
Welcome to the Code. Deploy. Go Live. podcast! Our mission is to deliver prescriptive guidance on Microsoft 365 and Azure for Full-Stack Developers. Get the latest news in the Microsoft 365, Microsoft...
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ESPC @espccommunity.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
✨ #ESPC25 Session: Microsoft 365 tenant setup & configuration. Been there, done that? 🎤 Speaker: Thomas Vochten, MVP @thomasvochten.com Think you've mastered Microsoft 365 tenant setup? Think again! 💡 #M365 #CloudSetup #ITPro #TechTips #Microsoft365 #Microsoft Find out more 👉 ow.ly/jM3v50VR0NC
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 08/05/2025
I've always been able to write decent enough English texts (as a non-native speaker). These days, people often assume AI wrote them. Funny how working on a skill over time now gets mistaken for prompting! 👀
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 19/04/2025
Quick morning trail run #trailrunning
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 17/04/2025
Testing 1, 2, 3... #Purview
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 17/04/2025
The call for speakers for @collabdaysbe.bsky.social on 18 October 2025 is now open. I submitted some sessions, will you? #Microsoft365 #CollabDaysBE #BIWUG #PowerAddictsBE www.collabdays.org/2025-belgium/
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 17/04/2025
Maester is one of those invaluable FREE tools that gets way too little attention. maester.dev #EntraID #Microsoft365 #CommunityRocks
maester.dev
Maester | Maester
Your Microsoft Security test automation framework!
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 17/04/2025
The number of times my self-imposed Privileged Identity Management restrictions in Entra ID slap me in the face cannot be counted anymore 😝 Dangit.
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Elio Struyf @eliostruyf.com · 02/04/2025
Mark your calendar - 18/10/2025 - #CollabDaysBE We just signed the contract for our next annual #CollabDaysBE event, which we'll co-organize with #PowerAddictsBE. More information will follow very soon. www.collabdays.org/2025-belgium/
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 31/03/2025
It's World Backup Day - A good time to reconsider your backup strategies www.worldbackupday.com/en
worldbackupday.com
World Backup Day
Be prepared against data loss and data theft. March 31st is the day to backup and better protect your data.
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 27/03/2025
A rare sighting of a Microsoft Mouse in its natural habitat (Microsoft HQ in Redmond)
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 26/03/2025
Microsoft MVP Summit - day three in full effect!
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 23/03/2025
Trains, planes and automobiles . En route to #MVPSummit
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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The 2025 Barkley Marathons is over. There are no finishers. #BM100
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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
After multiple failed attempts, the conch was blown at 10:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100.
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 18/03/2025
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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · 17/03/2025
I doubt they really want to know 😬
Dialog box requesting feedback on the New Outlook client from Microsoft with 'Love it' or 'Needs work' as possible answers.
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