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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Sep 12

Thanks for the heads-up... I guess 😏🤔

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Sep 11

Visiting and speaking at @mc2mc.be tonight at Van Roey in Turnhout. #CommunityRocks

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Sep 4

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

Vaarojen Maraton Kolin kansallispuistossa | Vaarojen Maraton

Ilmoittaudu Vaarojen Maratonille 2025! Kohtaa Kolin upeat polkujuoksureitit ja nauti luonnon lumosta ultrajuoksussa tai puolimaratonilla.

vaarojenmaraton.fi

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jul 17

They are 🤣

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jul 17

Some mindfulness before work 😬

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jul 16

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 · Jul 16

Maybe it's time for an alias 😂

Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jul 13

Even after all these years, @toriamos.bsky.social ’s virtuosity and seemingly effortless performance are utterly mind-blowing. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Tori Amos: Live At Montreux 1992 - YouTube

Live at Montreux 1992

www.youtube.com

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jul 11

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 · Jul 3

Introducing the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo devblogs.microsoft.com/blog/introdu...

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...

devblogs.microsoft.com

Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jul 3

Planning your move to Microsoft Defender portal for all Microsoft Sentinel customers techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...

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...

techcommunity.microsoft.com

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jun 20

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 · Jun 16

Microsoft 365 Local - blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/06...

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...

blogs.microsoft.com

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jun 15

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 · Jun 13

No, it isn't... Change my mind!

Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs

Engineering was once the most stable and lucrative job in tech. Then AI learned to code.

www.wired.com

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jun 10

GitHub for Beginners: Code review and refactoring with GitHub Copilot

Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to help review and polish your code.

github.blog

Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jun 10

New policy enhancement tools in Entra Conditional Access techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...

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...

techcommunity.microsoft.com

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Jun 4

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 🏆

🖥 Home | [cmd.ms]

Are you tired of clicking around in Microsoft portals to get to a blade?

cmd.ms

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · May 22

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

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...

codedeploygo.live

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ESPC @espccommunity.bsky.social · May 21

✨ #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 · May 8

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 · Apr 19

Quick morning trail run #trailrunning

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Apr 17

Testing 1, 2, 3... #Purview

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Thomas Vochten ☕️👨‍💻🏃‍♂️ @thomasvochten.com · Apr 17

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 · Apr 17

Maester is one of those invaluable FREE tools that gets way too little attention. maester.dev #EntraID #Microsoft365 #CommunityRocks

Maester | Maester

Your Microsoft Security test automation framework!

maester.dev

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