This post was born out of the question that I get asked a lot, which is “How did you transition to the PM role after being a software engineer with no MBA?” After giving it much thought, I have come to the conclusion that I want to share 5 things…

If you are interested in knowing what is happening at the bleeding edge in the identity space, Verifiable Credentials powered by Decentralized Identities (DID from here on) is what you need to keep an eye on. Note: I have seen people use the terms Verifiable Credentials and DID interchangeably but…

A few weeks back, I wrote a post explaining App roles in Azure AD. In that, we saw how one can create app roles in Azure AD via the UI in the azure portal. This post aims to take it up a notch by looking at a couple of programmatic…

Let’s look at app roles in Azure Active directory. Before we get started, let me tell you what this post is NOT about. It’s not a detailed technical documentation on the nitty gritty of app roles and its implementation in the Azure Active Directory. …

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. — Phil Karlton This post has something to do with the latter, namely, naming things. Before we go any further, let me talk a little bit about the intended audience. If you are an absolute beginner…

‘Hi grandma, I am joining the Microsoft Identity platforms organization as a Program Manager! ‘I am sure that is great, but what is identity?’ The above conversation I had with grandma got me thinking. …

I managed to read 6 great books during this pandemic and would highly recommend all of them. An ultra-brief summary below. 1. ‘Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World — and Why Things Are Better Than You Think’ by Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Hans Rosling, and Ola Rosling The authors…

Here I am, waiting for my turn for the interview to come and I see other candidates glide over this small step without even noticing that it’s there. The same step which two people had to lift me over and the same step which I’ll have to ask people to…