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I’m Dominick Ryan. As a Senior Systems and Data Engineer, I build reliable data transformations and cloud-native infrastructure. NextValData is my curated repository of academic and technical documentation—a personal archive shared in the hope that it helps others, while being just self-serving enough.
Latest Posts
Standardizing Privilege: JIT Access and the Emergency Bypass
Managing an Entra ID tenant requires removing the technical debt of permanent administrative permissions.
Modern LAPS: Transitioning to Native Security
Moving from legacy LAPS agents to integrated encryption and Domain LAPS members.
What’s in a Named Instance?
A look into the costs, convenience, and lock-in of Microsoft's named instances.