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Azure Blueprints – Overview
Azure Blueprints were announced during Microsoft Ignite 2018. I had the privilege to already get access some months earlier and played with the new feature/service to gain some experience. In this blog post I want to give you a quick … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, DevOps
Tagged azure, blueprint, compliance, Control, govern, governance, policies, policy
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Terraform – using multiple files for configurations and variables
Welcome back to the third post of the Terraform series. In this post I will cover, how Terraform can merge multiple configuration and variables files into one. This gives you better transparency, flexibility and control for your Terraform-based deployments. Enjoy!
Posted in Azure, DevOps
Tagged azure, IaC, infrastructure as code, multiple files, terraform, variables
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Azure Resource Policies Management in the Azure Portal
A while back I blogged about Azure Policies. Policies can be used as part of Azure Governance to audit and enforce compliance. For instance, it lets you enforce the use of specific regions, or enforces you to tag your resources. … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged assignment, azure, compliance, governance, initiatives, policies, policy
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Quick Overview: Azure Container Instances (Preview)
Windows containers are getting more and more popular. Azure already has multiple container-related features and more will be added in the near future. Today I quickly want to cover Azure Container Instances (ACI). This allows you to spin up containers … Continue reading
Delivering the Keynote at InfoNet Day 2017
On October 31 2017, I will again present at the annual InfoNet Day event in Olten-Switzerland. The event is focused on a technical audience and covers Microsoft topics across the board – cloud, datacenter and workplace. I will present the … Continue reading
Posted in Events/Speaking
Tagged azure, cloud, conference, event, infonetday, it pro, itpro, news, trends
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Speaking at geekmania 2016
For many years – since 2007 – I have been a speaker at the annual technical conference “geekmania” in Switzerland. It’s the time of the year again when the geeky conference comes to live! This year in the Pathé Cinema … Continue reading
Posted in Events/Speaking
Tagged 2016, ARM, azure, azure resource manager, azure stack, bi, cloud, community, datacenter, event, geek, geekmania, hybrid, hyper-v, MSOMS, oms, operations management suite, power, PowerBI, private, public, s2d, sofs, spaces, storage, System Center (without SCSM), windows server, wssc
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My new certification: MCSD – Azure Solutions Architect … or why I re-focus
Normally I do not blog about certifications I earned, but this one is somewhat special. The IT industry is transitioning, going through huge changes and the term “cloud” is in everyone’s head. This change will also impact many IT companies. … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, Exams/Awards
Tagged 70-532, 70-533, 70-534, azure, Azure Solutions Architect, MCSD
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Speaker @ System Center Universe (SCU) APAC 2015
This year I have a chance to present at System Center Universe APAC in Singapore – as far as I remember this is the first time I present in Asia More than 20 speakers that you might know from the … Continue reading
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Tagged automation, azure, cmdb, data model, SCU, self service, service manager, ssp, System Center Universe
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Microsoft Azure Operational Insights – use SCOM and the alert intelligence pack
In my last post I explained how servers can be connected directly with OpInsights. Another option is to use an on premise SCOM infrastructure. While you are already collecting information with SCOM, you can still forward information to OpInsights for further … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, System Center (without SCSM)
Tagged azure, monitor, operational insights, opinsight
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Microsoft Azure Operational Insights – basics and direct agent communications
OpInsights is a Microsoft cloud-based service that gives you the ability to collect, combine, correlate and visualize data from your infrastructure without having to build anything on your own. You just need to connect your servers to OpInsight – either … Continue reading
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