Congrats Community Contributors! An App Governance Roundtable Recap

Last month, Microsoft MVPs from around the globe gathered in Seattle, WA for the 2025 Microsoft MVP Summit at Microsoft's Redmond campus. The MVP Summit is an annual event where Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and Regional Directors (RDs) gather to learn and share new insights. The MVPs and RDs attend sessions, workshops, and keynotes facilitated by Microsoft leadership.  

Application Governance Roundtable

During the Summit, ENow’s AppGov Score team hosted a roundtable dinner to connect and honor some of the brightest minds in Security & Governance. Guests shared their insights and real-world experiences around application governance, identity, and security. Many interesting perspectives and anecdotes were shared; for example, the challenge and importance of finding the right balance between enabling business and securing the business, and the need for education and training to support IT teams, often struggling to keep pace with Microsoft's ever-changing product landscapes.  

                                                                                                           Figure 1: Roundtable Attendees 

ENow AppGov Score Community Awards for 2025 

We also announced the recipients of the ENow AppGov Score Community Awards for 2025. Our AppGov Community Contributors are key to educating fellow IT pros on recommended practices in this area that's often a blind spot. 

The first award given was the ‘Beacon Award’ presented to Louis Mastelinick for guiding thousands of learners with his easy-to-follow technical content and high-impact brilliance. 

Check out Louis's Blog Posts: 

• Enhancing Security with Conditional Access for Workload Identities
• Authenticating to the Microsoft Graph API with PowerShell
• How to Restrict Microsoft Graph API Access to Mailboxes

Next, the ‘Keystone Award’ was presented to Matthew Levy for delivering great feedback to increase AppGov's positive impact on organizations, providing valuable insight, and exuding community energy.  

Learn from Matthew's guides:

• Tackling and Surviving Microsoft's Azure AD Graph API Retirement
• Application Sprawl in Entra ID
• Entra ID Application Consent: What Identity Admins Need to Know

The last award was the ‘Engine Award’ presented to Sander Berkouwer for fueling our progress with passion in the App Governance space and providing value to the IT community.  

Don't miss out on Sander's insights:

• Should 'Do not allow user consent' be the new Microsoft recommendation to tackle malicious OAuth apps? 
• Black Hat Sessions Highlight Key Challenges in Cloud Security [video interview]
• After Attackers Force Their Way In - They Stay In Through Malicious Entra ID Apps

Nicolas Blank and Alistair Pugin, the hosts of the AppGov Preventive Maintenance Webinar Series, were also recognized. Their dedication to sharing their App Governance, Security, and Identity knowledge with the community and commitment to education over the past 18 months is incredible. They're gearing up for 3 more educational (and entertaining) sessions, starting April 23, 2025! 

Watch on-demand sessions from Nic and Al for must-know App Governance tips:

• Identity Security Predictions for 2025: Application Governance for Everyone
• The Biggest Problem with Application Governance in Entra ID
• App Governance Biomarkers in Entra ID - Your 100-Day Health Check

  “These individuals have gone above and beyond, driving the application governance community forward with their passion, expertise, and dedication.”

- Jay Gundotra CEO & Technical Founder of ENow Software  

 
Figure 2: 2025 AppGov Score Community Award Recipients. From Left to Right, Louis Mastelinck, Sander Berkouwer, Matthew Levy.

Figure 3: AppGov Score Top Contributors & AppGov Preventive Maintenance Webinar Series Hosts with the ENow Team.
From Left to Right, Jay Gundotra, Nicolas Blank, Alistair Pugin, and Laura Zawacki.

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