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Azure: What to use When?
On August 17, 2017 I presented on the topic of Azure: What to use When? To the Nashville Microsoft Azure Users Group. For those of you who know me you know that I founded this group four years ago with … Continue reading
What is your Azure Maturity Level?
Figure 1 – The Azure Maturity Model The Azure Maturity Model is based on the Cloud Maturity Model developed by the Open Data Center Alliance. Its purpose is to help you determine where you stand in your ability to adopt … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud, Cloud Computing, Governance, Microsoft Azure, Windows Azure
Tagged Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Governance
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A Cloud is a Cloud is a Cloud?
It never fails to amaze me that it seems like every vendor in the industry, every hosting company and every virtualization or database vendor that puts something in one of the Public Clouds is quick to claim that “They have … Continue reading
The Nashville Microsoft Azure 2017 Bootcamp
Those of you who know me know that I am also the Founder and President of the Nashville Microsoft Azure Users Group. This group has grown from four members four years ago to 563 members today. In fact, the group … Continue reading
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Tale of Two Clouds: A Feature Comparison of Azure and AWS
Comparing Azure and AWS is a bit like comparing apples and oranges. Each platform has features that either duplicate or overlap with features of the other platform. In reality the focus needs to be on solving the business problem … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Azure, Windows Azure
Tagged aws, Azure
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The Future of Azure is Azure Stack!
I realize that the title above might be a bit controversial to some. In this blog post I will attempt to defend that position. The two diagrams above, taken from recent Microsoft public presentations, symbolically represent the components of Public … Continue reading
Posted in Azure Stack, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Azure, Windows Azure
Tagged Azure, Azure Stack
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Microsoft Virtual Academy’s new more agile approach to Azure IT Pro training.
Microsoft Virtual Academy is launching a new series for IT Pros that will be delivered in smaller replaceable chunks that will be more consistent with how Azure Features are delivered, rather than long recorded units that are obsolete by the … Continue reading
My Favorite Azure References
In my “day job” as an Azure specialist I am often asked for Azure references on various topics. Here is a list of some of the most important references that I have been sending out recently: Sizes for Windows … Continue reading
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Free Azure!!!
Short note: Microsoft just announced Visual Studio Dev Essentials. You get $25/month of Free Azure for a year. Also see Microsoft introduces free resources to help IT pros get started and build their careers in the cloud Bill
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Azure at //Build 2016
The dust has barely settled on //Build 2016; one, of the two premier annual Microsoft conferences: //Build and Ignite! For those of you who not aware of it these two conferences morphed from two earlier Microsoft conferences. //Build is the … Continue reading
Posted in Application Development, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Event, IaaS, Microsoft Azure, PaaS, Windows Azure
Tagged Azure; //Build;
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