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Followers
20.4K
Posts
15.1K
Following
4K
Account age
19 yrs
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$115 – $186 / sponsored post
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Known for
740.5K views
Me going back to macOS after being forced to spend an hour on Windows
725.6K views
It's 2023 and your IT team is still forcing the entire company to change their passwords every few months 🤦
PS. I work at Microsoft, and we stopped doing this nearly four years ago.
Send the link below to your IT team 👇
359.7K views
Frank Shaw, Microsoft's Chief Communications Officer, explains why Microsoft can't lock down Windows the way Apple can.
255.5K views
Folks it's 2024 and the new NIST draft for digital identity is asking you to STOP the madness of 30/90 days password resets and moving it from a
recommendation → to a REQUIREMENT
Microsoft admins here's what you need to do:
→ Turn on risk based conditional access policy
→
📊 Post performance
134.5K
Avg views / post
6.6×
Reach vs followers
Mar 2007
On X since
🔥 Top post: Me going back to macOS after being forced to spend an hour on Wi · 740.5K views
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.09 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 1 video · 14 image · 3 text.
Follower / following
5.1×
Follows 4K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Verification
✓ X Premium
A paid X Premium (Blue) verified account.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Me going back to macOS after being forced to spend an hour on Windows
Why did I leave Microsoft?
To work full time on 🔥 Maester.
Over 40,000+ tenants today rely on Maester to monitor their tenants daily.
I wanted to make sure that the tests they are running continue to be relevant and evolve as Microsoft …
👋 Folks, I'm super excited to announce the launch of the Microsoft Zero Trust Assessment!
I've been working on this project for the past year at Microsoft with an extended team including our security researchers, product feature teams and…
Folks it's 2024 and the new NIST draft for digital identity is asking you to STOP the madness of 30/90 days password resets and moving it from a
recommendation → to a REQUIREMENT
Microsoft admins here's what you need to do:
→ Turn on r…
Folks, the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), Microsoft, and 24 other organizations have collaborated to provide you guidance on Zero Trust implementation, including labs from Microsoft for the Microsoft Security pro…
Frank Shaw, Microsoft's Chief Communications Officer, explains why Microsoft can't lock down Windows the way Apple can.
Folks, Microsoft just released a Microsoft Recovery Tool.
See details at https://t.co/ais0BEIKtb
‼️ M365 admins ➡️ Did you know there are two types of conditional access policies that can COMPLETELY BLOCK phishing attacks on your users? 👇
I just published a video with heaps of demos showing...
❌ how easy it is for attackers to phis…
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What are HAR files?
A HAR file is a recording of your current session & includes all web traffic including secrets & tokens.
Admins usually share these files with customer support when troubleshooting issues.
Here's a thread on h…
It's 2023 and your IT team is still forcing the entire company to change their passwords every few months 🤦
PS. I work at Microsoft, and we stopped doing this nearly four years ago.
Send the link below to your IT team 👇
As promised, here is my deep dive into the Microsoft Enterprise Single Sign On (SSO) plug-in for Apple devices
This works on all Apple devices including iOS, iPadOS & macOS!
Windows users have long enjoyed SSO, now you can bring that…
I have absolutely no words to express how I'm feeling right now.
My team at Microsoft has been gutted. 😢💔
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined X in 2007 — 19 years ago.
👁️Averages 134.5K views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
💬9.93% engagement rate.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🛡️ Audience credibility
95/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~6.6× of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (19+ years old).
- 9.93% engagement — around average for this size on X.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Ex-Microsoft PM | Tweets my own
Built → http://maester.dev • http://graph.pm • http://lokka.dev • http://youtube.com/@merillx
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