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PowerShell 2.0 - Where it All Began
Last evening I had the privilege to host the Ask the Experts: PowerShell Unplugged session at Microsoft Ignite, our largest tech conference every year.
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02
Moving from a Senior Software Engineer to a Cloud Developer Advocate
In 2019, Abel Wang (aka The Rockstar) gave me an amazing opportunity. I flew out to Redmond, WA and recorded my first episode on Microsoft’s developer...
03
Securing Azure Logic Apps
Logic Apps are awesome, creating "no code" workflows to connect systems or orchestrate a process is a great way to integrate systems in your datacenter or...
04
Deploying a LogicApp with Terraform (Bonus: in an AzDO pipeline)
Terraform is a great Infrastructure as Code tool, but it does have its limitations.
05
GitHub CLI is released!
Context switching, using different tools, and losing track of what you were doing is common.
06
Managing Application Delivery with Azure DevOps and A/B Testing in Azure
What is your deployment strategy? Let’s talk about how we can leverage managing our applications in the cloud. The cloud offers so many benefits, opening...
07
Hashicorp's Terraform AzureRM Provider v2.0 - Updates and Features
You can watch the video that myself and Abel Wang recorded on Channel9 There are some great feature additions to the Terraform AzureRM 2.0 provider.
08
Azure Resource Dependencies and Terraform Depends_On
We have deployed a full CI/CD pipeline in Azure DevOps that is deploying our infrastructure into Azure using Terraform.
09
Breaking Down a Monolith - Static MAC address licensing in Azure
Many antiquated established software companies have tied their licensing to the MAC ADD of your server/computer.
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Automating you Kanban board and to-do lists with Power Automate
Using automation to ease that work/life integration! With most of us working from home it is new for some of us, but not all of us. From newbies to...
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Terraform - Modules
Deploying Re-usable Code In my series of Terraform, from the basics <link> to the more advanced topics, we’re going to cover off Modules.
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Terraform - State Files
Scaling and securing your deployments - managing remote state Welcome to my series on Terraform, starting with the basics and moving into more advanced topics.
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Terraform on Azure
The Basics When customers begin working with Azure they usually log into the portal and start to build things using the GUI.
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DevOps Interview with a local Microsoft MVP
Microsoft is a massive organization with so many talented people, but there is also a massive technical community outside of Microsoft filled with subject...
15
Azure Bastion - A real life use case
I am currently working with a customer that has massive restrictions on how they can access resources, not only from their office WAN, but also from their...
16
Deploying your Azure Infrastructure with Terraform
Myself and Abel Wang talk about the benefits of Terraform and show you how to deploy onto Azure in a few easy steps.
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Cycling to Amsterdam in support of BowelCancer UK
Late in 2018 the Microsoft UK STU (Success Team Unit) led by Sue Preston, decided to do a charity bike ride for Bowel Cancer UK.
18
Securing your Azure App Service with vNet’s and Service Endpoints
When I meet with a customer and we talk about migrating their apps into Azure there is always discussion around how to secure their applications in the cloud.
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Charity Ride For Bowel Cancer UK
Earlier this year I decided to join in on a charity ride with my company to benefit Bowel Cancer UK.
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DevOps as a process, not a function
What is DevOps? DevOps is very much a buzzword and many do not fully understand what it really means. Let's break it down: Dev and Ops - we are combining...
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Datacentre Modernization with N4Stack
For customers there are many triggers that initiate discussions about the cloud.
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