Kerberos and SharePoint

Keeping a SharePoint environment secure is one of the biggest challenges for an IT-Professional. Kerberos is the strongest Integrated Windows authentication protocol available so far. That is why it should always be used in a SharePoint Farm instead of NTLM.

Inferno, Canto VI, 12-35, Cerberus – From William Blake
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Kerberos supports advanced security features including Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption and mutual authentication of clients and servers. The protocol allows delegation of client credentials and from all the available secure authentication methods. It also requires the least amount of network traffic to the Active Directory controllers. Kerberos can reduce webpage loading latency in certain scenarios as well.

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Pictures of the European SharePoint Conference 2014

Like last year I've visited the European SharePoint Conference. This year the conference took place in Barcelona and I must admit it's a very interessting place to be. If you have never been to Barca so far, you should add it to your list. So far here are a few impression from this years event.

Arrival in Barcelona

The conference place from outside

The lobby of the conference place

Check-In and grab your gear

These two guys were having a bath in the morning

Break time in the hotel garden

Keynotes

Jumping between the sessions

People twittering IRL

More chatting going on

The exhibitors are waiting for us

Session in progress

Girls just want'a have fun

Gala dinner

Av. Diagonal

1st Place in the AvePoint Walk Challenge

La sagrada familia

Impressive from the outside and even more from the inside

Fontana Magica in all it's glory

You might get wet

Ops :)

Best Tapas in town. Trust me!

View from Montjuïc

The BFG9000

Castell de Montjuïc

Looking down from Castell de Montjuïc on the city

People in the streets are having a party

The Barcalona lizard

Entrance to Park Güell

The grand staircase

Get ALL of the sessions from SharePoint Conference 2012 in Las Vegas

You couldn't attend last year SharePoint conference in Las Vegas? Well neither could I, but Channel 9 has releases all the videos for the unlucky.

Now I need more time to watch them.

Missed the last #SharePoint Conference? Get ALL of the sessions from #SPC12 here: http://t.co/eI701SKxYv #SPC14

— SharePointConference (@SPConf) September 4, 2013

Auftritt von Blake Lewis auf der CeBIT 2013

Hier noch die Aufnahme von Blake Lewis während seines Auftritts auf der CeBIT 2013

 

Wer sich nun wundert was das ganze soll. Blake Lewis ist der Künstler der für die aktuelle Internet Explorer 10 Werbung die Musik beisteuert.