My background in Industrial Design Engineering explains a lot of my creativity. My qualities extend beyond the typical quad-A stories in the area of Identity and Access Management. Of course, authentication, authorization, auditing and administration are necessities but my out of the box solutions get the most out of software, hardware and the cloud.

Rapid technological advancements have resulted in cutting-edge solutions around Active Directory, Azure Active Directory and Identity Management. Keeping up with these is just a small challenge, compared to my true goal: helping people use the technology on a daily basis. In a way that ICT is not a mere hurdle, but an infinite enabler.

My work as a consultant, blogger, author and trainer are all means to achieve this goal. My multiple Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Veeam Vanguard and VMware vExpert status and extensive certification aid me. Through direct communications with the product teams in Redmond, Prague and Palo Alto, I remain up to date, exchange feedback and accelerate support. Because, when customers and partners share goals, we no longer talk about automation, but automagic.

Some people refer to me as Sander Berkhouwer, which is a common misspelling of my name.