Alistair Laing

IT consultant based in Scotland working for Quorum with Microsoft Cloud ( and riding a BMW Motorcycle!) Used to do a lot of SharePoint . Views are my own.

[Scottish Government @scotgov]

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[Will Velida 🇺🇦 @willvelida]

The @MicrosoftLearn team have released a new path for "Designing and Implementing Platform Engineering" - This path covers the principles of Platform Engineering, and how you can build platforms that enhance DevEx, operational excellence etc. https://t.co/7VnQGkCbHm #MVPBuzz

[Lukas Beran @lukasberancz]

#Passkeys in Microsoft #Authenticator will be generally available in mid-January 2025!

With the general availability of passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator, the need to have key restrictions set to use passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator will disappear.

So, by mid-January, passkeys will become a fully functional phishing-resistant authentication option equivalent to physical #FIDO2 keys. Attestation is already supported now, and in mid-January the preview phase will disappear and support without key restrictions will come.

Conversely, if you don't want to support passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator for some reason, you'll need to implement key restrictions and start actively blocking iOS and Android apps. If you plan to allow users to sign in with passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator, you don't need to do anything and it will be fully functional by mid-January.

And if you have conditional access policies that require passkey/FIDO2, users will automatically be prompted to register passkeys in Microsoft Authenticator.

Details can be found directly in the Microsoft 365 Message Center https://t.co/iZBDF8NPin

[Quorum @QNRLtweets]

#Windows10 will reach its end of life on October 14, 2025. This means no more support, updates, or free security patches from Microsoft.

Even though this is a year away, it's crucial to start planning now 👇

Click the link to read more: https://t.co/DhCzTJGMvN

#OneQuorum

[Microsoft Events @events_msft]

Feeling festive? 🎡🎈 Tune in to Microsoft Ignite Unplugged as we preview the #MSIgnite & @AMD Celebration happening in Chicago: https://t.co/QRjIXumJ4U

[Alistair Laing @alistairl]

@JenMsft Flying

[Alistair Laing @alistairl]

@gregor_suttie Me 😉

[Alistair Laing @alistairl]

@chrisjohnson_nz 😳

[Microsoft Events @events_msft]

Registration for #MSIgnite is open NOW! 🎉
https://t.co/gkVUzNC9F2

[Quorum @QNRLtweets]

Quorum have long been supporters of @DataScotland! This year, Senior Data Engineer, Emma Dolling is giving a session on "Women in Tech: Navigating Unique Journeys and Challenges".

Learn more: https://t.co/sV9iUJKu0N

#OneQuorum #DataScotland2024

[Quorum @QNRLtweets]

Discover the benefits of migrating to #SharePointOnline with insights from our Senior Consultant, Dale Willemburg.

Learn how you can streamline your workflow, enhance data management, and make #flexiblework more accessible.

Learn more: https://t.co/3Uw4MlJDZN

#OneQuorum

[Alistair Laing @alistairl]

@anthonymashford Liking the wheeled stool and dryer - proper!

[Alistair Laing @alistairl]

@EmmaBostian Take care - best place to be

[CISA Cyber @CISACyber]

🚨Continuing to respond to Friday’s outage? See #Microsoft blog for remediation solutions and a USB recovery tool to repair systems. Stay vigilant as threat actors leverage the outage for phishing and other malicious activities. Ongoing updates at https://t.co/SrHsgG9LqO

[Sarah Armstrong-Smith @SarahASmith75]

Here are the recovery options for Azure virtual machines:

https://t.co/eLrvSxI8Bd

[Alistair Laing @alistairl]

What really happened to the Lotus Evija X at the Festival of Speed? https://t.co/QBP9l4evEg

[Quorum @QNRLtweets]

#DataLeftUnattended at @redgate 's Software's Cambridge offices is happening this Thursday! 👇

Data Engineer @data_abhinavj will present "Moneyball: How Data and AI Revolutionised Sports Analytics."

Learn more: https://t.co/Nq5m8NK1Vm

#OneQuorum #DataEngineer

[Quorum @QNRLtweets]

Welcome to interview number 16 in our series on the first 6 months of life in Quorum! https://t.co/snx5FnjpUa

Today we find out a bit more about Hannah Bleck, a Junior Developer in our Development team.

#OneQuorum

[Alistair Laing @alistairl]

@shanselman Oh wow, I wrote my first pseudo-code on work experience on a PDP-11. A little bit vague but I think that was in 1984 (ish). Now work in IT and I still use VSCode every week - stay curious everyone!!

[Alistair Laing @alistairl]

@onedrive Yes, on my Windows Phone...