Welcome to my blog!
My name is Albert Hoitingh. I’m Dutch and live in The Hague. I try to be a family guy first and then, in no particular order, a technical architect for the Microsoft Innovation Hub, CISSP, speaker, history buff, and Ripperologist.
What’s a Ripperologist? That’s anyone who’s very interested in Jack the Ripper. And in my case, Victorian Era London.
On the professional side, I’m an Office 365 business consultant with a core interest in everything to do with Microsoft Purview, information management, (Azure) information protection, governance, and security. I frequently speak at CollabDays (Netherlands, London, Cambridge, Lisbon), Office 365 Engage, and the Dutch Information Worker User Group.
I’m very honored to have been awarded the MVP award on Enterprise Mobility in 2018. Since then this was rebranded to Security and in 2024 I was awarded with the MVP award for Security and Microsoft 365. As of March 1st, I’m working for Microsoft Netherlands and will no longer be an MVP.
I hope you’ll enjoy the things I write. And if you want to contact me, drop me a line at albert.hoitingh [at] gmail.com.
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