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Passionate PKI Expert, author of PowerShell PKI (PSPKI) tool. Microsoft MVP: Cloud and Datacenter Management

Joined March 2015
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Hey Twitter fellows! I've got some updates, I'm now available in Gopher Hole: `gopher://hole.sysadmins.lv`. It is my new space for random thoughts and PKI rants.
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It happened again! 19 years in the program! #mvpbuzz @MVPAward
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An update to the PSPKI #PowerShell module is now available. Download release v4.4.1 here. via @Crypt32 #identity #security #pki github.com/Crypt32/PSPKI/rel…
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It's official: Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) received their first PQC support! AD CS AIN'T DEAD!!!!!1111oneone Here is a blog post with first impressions: sysadmins.lv/blog-en/meet-pq… #PKI #ADCS #PQC #MLDSA
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Hello world! A final part in my "AD CS Partitioned CRLs - A Comprehensive Guide" series is ready for reading: 👉 Part 5 - Partitioned CRL API and Windows Events 🔗 sysadmins.lv/blog-en/ad-cs-p… #PKI #ADCS
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Hello world! A 4th blog post in "AD CS Partitioned CRLs - A Comprehensive Guide" series is arrived: 👉 Part 4 - Recipe Guide and best practices 🔗 sysadmins.lv/blog-en/ad-cs-p… More stuff on the way! #PKI #ADCS
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Hello world! A new blog post in "AD CS Partitioned CRLs - A Comprehensive Guide" series is arrived: 👉 Part 3 - Configuration Components 🔗 sysadmins.lv/blog-en/ad-cs-p… More stuff on the way! #PKI #ADCS
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Hey peeps! A new blog post in "AD CS Partitioned CRLs - A Comprehensive Guide" series is arrived: 👉 Part 2 - Design Strategies 🔗 sysadmins.lv/blog-en/ad-cs-p… More stuff on the way! #PKI #ADCS
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And here we go, the first part: Introduction to Partitioned CRLs is here: sysadmins.lv/blog-en/ad-cs-p…. Few more are coming. Stay tuned! #PKI #ADCS
With 2025-10 windows update, Microsoft AD CS received partitioned CRL support. Though it is not the RFC one, it is much simpler and effective. If you suffer from larhe CRLs, it is for you. Soon I will write a comprehensive guide on this stuff. Stay tuned! #PKI #ADCS
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With 2025-10 windows update, Microsoft AD CS received partitioned CRL support. Though it is not the RFC one, it is much simpler and effective. If you suffer from larhe CRLs, it is for you. Soon I will write a comprehensive guide on this stuff. Stay tuned! #PKI #ADCS
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A new blog post is arrived: sysadmins.lv/blog-en/key-rec…. In this bog post I talk about private key archival and key recovery agent (KRA) certificate management. #PKI #ADCS
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I'm still alive! 17th (sic!) consequent Microsoft MVP award! And yes, I'm really this old. #MVPBuzz @MVPAward
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Though I dropped its public support due to low community interest and maintain it solely for my needs. But it may be handy for you. Converter functionality is implemented in DLL, so you can automate this process.
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I really spent quite a lot of time to figure various PowerShell quirks when reading MAML and CBH, so you may find it handy. In fact, it has a Metaweblog publishing functionality, but it is merely broken because of some non-compliant MW servers.
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'var' must be banned when type is not evident. This becomes a big problem when you try to statically analyze the code in PR for example. Moreover, I always use CLR types. Built-in types is just another evil.
var is the single worst language addition to C# in 20+ years How did we ever survive without var counter = 5; Tragic What’s your .NET pet peeve?
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