Guest Bio

Christos Matskas is a Senior Program Manager working as a Developer Advocate for the Microsoft Identity Division. His role involves helping developers write more secure and robust software, leveraging the power of Identity and Cloud.

Before joining Microsoft, he was a successful entrepreneur collaborating with companies such as MarkIT, Lockheed Martin, and Barclays. He routinely works with the Azure Active Directory, MS Graph, and Managed Identities and he’s got 15 yrs of experience writing Software on the .NET stack.

Christos contributes regularly to numerous OSS projects and works closely with the developer community to make the space bigger and better. He’s also a dad, husband, speaker, and passionate streamer.

Timestamps

• 0:45 Speakers Introduction
• 1:37 Christos typical day
• 3:12 The transformation of Cloud Advocacy
• 7:08 Which accounts to follow on TikTok/Discord
• 8:51 External and Internal communication
• 13:21 Managed Identities
• 19:47 Microsoft.Identity.Web Library
• 23:47 Securing Cloud Identity in the future
• 29:57 Managed Identity in Cosmos DB
• 32:29 Future of Tech
• 37:30 Diversity and inclusion
• 40:49 Community
• 42:05 Episode Wrap-up

Connect with Christos on:

• https://cmatskas.com
• https://twitter.com/christosmatskas
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/christosmatskas/
• https://www.instagram.com/cmatskas/?hl=en
• https://github.com/cmatskas

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