Cloud
Take care of your data, also in the Cloud!
Introduction To be able to give optimal support to our customers, Centric makes use of Microsoft technology for its services.
Blog
Get our take on topics that have the IT world talking
Microsoft 365
Data governance with Microsoft Azure Purview
Microsoft changed the branding of Microsoft Azure Purview to Microsoft Purview just recently and added more Microsoft 365 compliance portfolio
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Entra – The NEW Central platform for digital identity and access management
Microsoft has recently rebranded several products. In April, for example, all data governance and compliance solutions were moved to Microsoft
Microsoft 365
Shared Channels Revolutionize Collaboration Between and in Organizations in Microsoft Teams
Teams Connect shared channels will be rolling out to public preview in the coming weeks. But what is it? Shared
Microsoft 365
A new Way of Working, in Virtual Reality
In the new world of ‘hybrid’ working, where people can work from the office, from home, or just from anywhere,
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Priva – How to create a Privacy Management Policy
Privacy is top of mind for organizations and consumers today, and concerns about how private data is handled are steadily
Life hack
‘I was always overly interested in games and IT’
Introducing: Kevin van Wonderen (28), our new CRAFT ambassador! Kevin is an experienced game streamer on Twitch and has managed
Life hack
‘They choose me because of the conviviality’
Your CRAFT crew is happy, because – drum roll – as of now Madelief van Ginkel (24) is an ambassador
Cloud
Software Delivery with CI/CD and Containers | Continuous is the new norm
Introduction Those were the days! Working for months on a release, undisturbed by customers involvement, so relaxed… Was it? Of
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Endpoint Manager – Block Removable Storage
In this article, I will show you the steps to take to block removable storage using Microsoft Endpoint Manager. There
Microsoft 365
How to Use Group Policy Analytics in Intune Portal | Endpoint Manager
In this blog I will show you how you can use the Group Policy Analytics option in Intune. Group Policy Analytics
Testing
Automatic testing for dummies
Automatic testing is no substitute for all tasks around testing. However, for some parts of the test cycle, it is
Cloud
Block it with blockchain
Bitcoin has been around for more than 15 years now. When it comes to Bitcoin, another term is often used:
Microsoft 365
How to enable noise suppression on Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams has a feature that can automatically suppress unwanted background noise during meetings and calls. This feature uses Artificial
Microsoft 365
Is the Power Platform the new Acces?
Unfortunately, when I talk enthusiastically about PowerApps and Flow, developers sometimes react cynically. “It’s just the latest iteration of MS-Access
Cloud
Using Terraform and PowerShell for deploying IaaC environment
For automated deployment, you will find a different kind of tooling available for DevOps purposes, for example, Jenkins or Ansible,
Testing
Three test automation patterns for C#
Whether you like it or not, test automation also entails software development. So, the usage of standards like developing unit
Testing
IT’s (not!) a man’s world
‘He, that’s great, another woman in the team!’ I hear myself say, happily surprised when I’m introduced to my new project team. But why
Microsoft 365
Embrace your power users
If you work for a medium-sized or large organization, you may be familiar with the phenomenon: somewhere in the organization,
Testing
Running a capture the flag event (for testers)
After a few workshops and presentations by security experts and fellow testers I have realized that security is everybody’s responsibility.
Cloud
Some useful tips for managing the Microsoft Teams Admin Center
As an admin, you may need to update the Teams that your organization is using for collaboration on a regular
Cloud
PowerShell your DevOps environment – Part 2
In this blog post, we are going to look at automated application deployment to VMs using continuous deployment in Azure
Cloud
Microsoft 365 – Enable combined registration of MFA and SSPR
To give users a better end-user experience, you can combine the registration of Multifactor Authentication with Self Service Password Reset
Cloud
Powershell your DevOps environment – Part 1
During one of our projects, we needed to automate the deployment of the middleware layer. The reason for this was
.NET
Custom Build / Release Management Task to execute a SQL script
Introduction A lot of the projects I work on are not code-first projects. In most of the projects a database
Cloud
Microsoft Productivity Score
In this article, I am going to have a closer look at the new feature that Microsoft recently released, Productivity
.NET
Chasing shadows and planting trees: the Shadow DOM
The Shadow DOM sounds like a bad guy from a superhero tale; luckily, it’s nothing quite that sinister. Still, it’s
.NET
Trigger a release in an external Azure DevOps Server farm and Azure DevOps
Introduction I recently stumbled on a problem that required the ability to trigger a release outside the project and even
Cloud
Angular components: How to talk to your children and listen to what they have to say – Part 2
This is the second part of a two-part introduction to inter-component communication in Angular. So check part 1 first. This article
.NET
RxJS: reactive is usually more fun than passive
Having started to toy around with Angular, you can’t help but take it apart to see what makes it tick.
.NET
Let’s get on board: how to make a one-button USB keyboard
Writing code for websites is all good and well but sometimes you want to do something more, well, tactile. How
Cloud
Angular components: How to talk to your children and listen to what they have to say – Part 1
Angular is an open-source, front-end framework for building applications. The web apps produced with it are very modular in design
Microsoft 365
Power(apps) to the people!
In another blog I argued for the citizen developer, the power user who plays a significant role in digital transformation
.NET
Angular App Architecture – Services
This is my second article about the way I would design LinkedIn’s web app architecture using Angular. My first article
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