Jesper Nielsen
Cloud Endpoint Solution Engineer at Microsoft | Technology Provocateur
Århus, Denmark
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Cloud Endpoint Solution Engineer at Microsoft, helping enterprise customers modernize their endpoints, adopt Zero Trust, and accelerate their adoption of Windows 365, Microsoft Intune, and cloud-first strategies.
I believe great user experience comes before security - not instead of it, but because security that ignores the user will always be bypassed. Call it being a Technology Provocateur - I would rather challenge assumptions than repeat documentation.
I was awarded the Microsoft MVP for Windows and Devices for IT for 9 consecutive years (2016-2024) before joining Microsoft. I founded the Windows Management User Group Denmark (WMUG.dk), blog at dotjesper.com, and contribute open-source PowerShell tools on GitHub - all grounded in real-world deployments and lessons learned from production environments.
With 25+ years of hands-on experience across governmental, financial, healthcare, and enterprise organizations, I specialize in translating complex technical challenges into actionable guidance - both on stage and in the field.
I blend education with hands-on experience - connecting the dots between strategy, security, and user experience. I care as much about stagecraft and storytelling as I do about the technology itself - despite being an introvert, I have found that a well-told story beats a bullet list every time.
Area of Expertise
Topics
From Blank File to Production: Enterprise-Ready Remediation Scripts for Microsoft Intune
Most organizations still treat Microsoft Intune remediation scripts like one-off PowerShell files held together with duct tape - written to fix the immediate problem with no thought for what happens at scale. The difference between scripts that break and scripts that scale is not cleverness - it is a proven, standardized approach to how remediation scripts are structured from the start.
As organizations move from Group Policy to cloud-native device management, remediation scripts are becoming a critical operational layer - yet most teams have no shared standard for how to write them. Constrained Language Mode, silent script failures, and limited visibility into execution results make the gap between ad-hoc scripts and production-ready automation wider than ever.
This session breaks down what enterprise-ready remediation scripts actually look like. The session walks through a modular, production-ready script structure designed for real-world environments - consistent logging, robust detection logic, idempotent remediation, error-safe recovery, and standardized error handling. The structure returns results to Microsoft Intune, writes detailed logs to the device for troubleshooting, and optionally forwards collected data to a centralized service like Log Analytics for fleet-wide visibility. The session also demonstrates how GitHub Copilot can accelerate script development without sacrificing quality.
Through live demonstrations, the session builds remediation scripts from scratch, explores real-world examples including Constrained Language Mode pitfalls, and shares the thought process behind scripts that run reliably at scale. The patterns and practices covered apply equally to platform scripts, custom compliance discovery scripts, and other PowerShell workloads managed through Microsoft Intune - all based on lessons learned from production use across enterprise environments.
What to expect
The session covers the following topics through live demonstrations:
- Unpack the anatomy of a remediation package - from configuring Visual Studio Code with workspace settings, extensions, and PSScriptAnalyzer rules, through detection scripts, remediation scripts, execution contexts, and how Microsoft Intune orchestrates them
- Demonstrate structured script patterns - idempotent remediation, error-safe recovery, condition checks, and standardized error handling that prevent deployment failures
- Build a remediation script live using GitHub Copilot - from a blank file through PSScriptAnalyzer validation to a deployment-ready package
- Explore real-world examples: LSA protection monitoring, unquoted service path remediation, and PowerShell execution policy configuration
- Implement CMTrace-compatible logging and reporting that traces exactly what happened on each device
- Handle PowerShell Constrained Language Mode constraints that silently break scripts in production
What to take home
Four takeaways attendees can apply immediately:
- A reusable script structure with condition checks, structured error handling, and CMTrace-compatible logging - applicable to remediation scripts, platform scripts, and custom compliance discovery scripts alike
- Confidence to build detection and remediation pairs that handle edge cases - 64-bit requirements, execution context validation, and missing registry paths - without trial-and-error deployments
- A practical approach to reporting and troubleshooting that gives visibility into script execution across the device fleet
- Experience using GitHub Copilot to accelerate remediation script development while maintaining structure and reliability
From slide deck to stage presence - five tricks for the reluctant speaker
Most technical presentations fail before the speaker opens their mouth. Overloaded slides, no narrative, reading bullet points aloud - the audience checks out in the first five minutes. The problem is not nerves. The problem is that nobody taught IT professionals how to move from delivering a slide deck to actually speaking.
With more community events, user groups, and internal knowledge-sharing sessions than ever, the ability to present well is no longer optional for IT professionals who want to grow. Yet most advice targets professional speakers, not the IT admin who has 45 minutes, a PowerPoint deck, and a room full of peers.
This session tackles the five sins of presentation - the habits that turn a good topic into a forgettable slide deck - and offers five practical tricks to break free from them. Built on years of real-world speaking experience as a self-described introvert, the session connects unexpected influences - a smile, running a marathon, science, storytelling, and procrastination - to reveal how each one shapes the way we show up on stage.
The journey moves from understanding why presentations fail, through the mechanics of stagecraft and storytelling, to practical techniques for controlling nerves, owning the room, and finding your authentic voice - even when every instinct tells you to hide behind the slides.
What to expect
- Identify the five sins of presentation and recognize them in your own slide decks.
- Apply five concrete tricks to shift from "doing a presentation" to speaking with purpose.
- Explore how stagecraft and storytelling techniques translate to technical sessions.
- Discover why a smile, a marathon, science, storytelling, and procrastination all connect to how you perform on stage.
- Practice techniques for controlling nerves and managing energy as an introvert.
- Walk through real examples of what goes wrong on stage - and how to recover.
What to take home
- A checklist of the five presentation sins to audit any slide deck against.
- Five actionable tricks attendees can apply to their very next speaking opportunity.
- Techniques for managing nerves and energy before and during a session.
- A reframed perspective on what "being a speaker" means for IT professionals who are not professional speakers.
Getting started with GitHub, Git and Visual Studio Code
Every IT professional writes code - they just do not call it that. PowerShell scripts, configuration baselines, and deployment fixes live in folders no one else can navigate. The difference between a folder of scripts and a professional body of work is structure - and that structure reflects who you are and how you work.
This session targets device administrators and IT professionals with no or limited GitHub or Git experience. It is not a session for developers. Attendees learn how to turn an unstructured folder into a version-controlled repository - with change history, safe collaboration, and a professional way to share their work.
With more teams adopting infrastructure-as-code practices and community-driven PowerShell repositories growing rapidly, version control is a core skill for IT professionals - not just developers. A well-structured repository signals quality, makes work accessible to others, and sets the author apart.
The session is a demo-heavy, hands-on walkthrough covering the full journey from first install to confident daily use. Every concept is demonstrated live using a publicly available repository and companion wiki that serve as a take-home reference. All demos are based on real-world experience from production use and hands-on learning.
What to expect
The session covers the following through live demonstrations:
- Set up a complete working environment - Visual Studio Code, Git, and GitHub - ready for daily use
- Turn a folder into a professional project by adding the configuration files, documentation, and structure that make your work navigable and shareable
- Structure your repository with README, CONTRIBUTING, LICENSE, community health files, and consistent formatting - so your folder reflects the quality of your work
- Download files and repositories programmatically using PowerShell and the GitHub REST API
- Use GitHub Copilot as a learning companion to generate, review, and understand PowerShell scripts - and explore Vibe Coding as a mindset for AI-assisted coding
What to take home
Participants leave with practical skills and a reference they can use immediately:
1. A structured repository that reflects how they work. The ability to turn a folder of scripts into a professional, version-controlled repository - with clear documentation, consistent formatting, and the configuration files that signal quality to anyone who finds the work.
2. The daily Git workflow as a practical skill. Pull, stage, commit, push - practiced hands-on and ready to apply to real-world IT tasks from day one.
3. GitHub Copilot as a learning companion. Confidence to use AI-assisted coding to generate, review, and understand PowerShell scripts - with the judgment to validate output and build understanding along the way.
Participants also leave with access to the "Hello World" repository and its companion wiki as a take-home reference, along with companion exercises organized by topic to practice every concept covered in the session.
Intune Master Class
As organizations accelerate their cloud transformation, managing Windows devices securely and efficiently becomes critical. This Master Class brings together experts and practitioners to explore the full potential of Microsoft Intune’s advanced capabilities for cloud-native Windows management. Through deep-dive sessions, attendees will learn to streamline device onboarding, enforce Zero Trust security principles, and leverage the Intune Suite and Security Copilot to elevate operational excellence. Whether you're modernizing your endpoint strategy or scaling secure management across the enterprise, this class is designed to equip you with actionable insights and huge amount of live demoes.
The art of balancing Windows Security and Usability
In today's world, organizations face a constant challenge of balancing security and usability in IT systems. Security is essential to protect data, assets, and reputation from cyber threats, but it can also impose restrictions and limitations on the users, affecting their productivity, satisfaction, and performance.
If the usability of application security features is weak, users will try to avoid or bypass them. However, if done correctly, security does not impact usability, on the contrary, usability increases security.
This delicate equilibrium is particularly crucial in the realm of the Modern Workplace, where security protocols are paramount to safeguard sensitive data and systems. Unfortunately, when forming the Modern Workplace, organizations are often met by strict self-propelled security requirements. We, however, propose to aim to follow the usability trio principle, often referred to as the usability triangle:
• Usability
• Security
• Manageability
The tree areas are all equally important, despite security measures often getting the “most airtime” we have focus on usability, pursuing goals to meet and exceed productivity requirements as well as deliver on expectations for more personal computing on the devices in use.
The art of balancing Windows Security and Usability, go headfirst into the intricate dynamics of the perpetual struggle between security and the pursuit of a great end-user experience.
The focus of this presentation is to show how security does not have to be a hindrance to usability, but rather an enabler, and we will discuss the following objectives:
• Explain the concept of security and usability and why it matters for both users and IT Professionals.
• Identify the common pitfalls and challenges of designing secure systems that are also user-friendly.
• Provide examples and Best Practices of how to balance security and usability in different scenarios and domains.
• Demonstrate how usability can increase security by reducing user errors, increasing user satisfaction, and enhancing user trust.
This session is for everyone working within the management sphere, whatever area within the usability trio you reside. All configurations, functional scripts and tools is freely available, and you will be able to start balancing Windows Security and Usability right after the presentation.
Experts Live Denmark 2026 Sessionize Event
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Experts Live Denmark is happy to announce our first conference in Copenhagen on March 20, 2024, bringing a full day of 100% focus on Microsoft technologies covering AI, Azure, Microsoft 365, Datacenter and Security.
The day will consist of a keynote, breakout sessions and exclusive roundtables, where you will have a chance to discuss topics like NIS2, AI, Security Copilot, modern workplace and more. You will have lots of time to engage with our wonderful sponsors, who are also bringing lots of fun.
Microsoft Modern Management Summit vol. 3
As more organizations switch to digital workplaces, device management strategies must adapt. The modern hybrid work model requires a new approach to security, but don't worry - we've got you covered.
At this year's Modern Management Summit version 3, we'll show you the latest developments and insights from experts in the field. Plus, you'll have the chance to connect with peers and compare management strategies, all while enjoying a delicious breakfast and lunch. Get hands-on with the newest Surface products and chat with our knowledgeable experts. We hope to see you there!
Modern Management Summit
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Come and hear from the experts why 'modern management' is worth considering and easy to implement to meet the demands of the new modern organization.
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“Our community, and communities in general, is known for sharing what we know, what we do and what we create.
Using GitHub gives everybody a platform to do so, and I wanted to share wat I learned setting up my very first *really* GitHub repository and how I got started with GitHub, Git and Visual Studio Code.”
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