Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and other Cloud Musings.
Episode 5 of Cloudy With a Chance of Insights is available now, in this weeks episode we cover the announcement from CISA regarding Microsoft's Expanded Logging Playbook for M365, RedTeaming AI Products, the world's largest DDoS attack, and contemplate precisely what the term Cloud Native means.We also let the cat out of the bag and... Continue Reading →
I was reading an article on The Stack a few weeks ago (https://www.thestack.technology/warren-buffetts-geico-repatriates-work-from-the-cloud-continues-ambitious-infrastructure-overhaul/), which was talking about their cloud journey, and more importantly about a recent decision to move some workloads back from the cloud to on-premises, the main reason provided in this article for the move was cost and complexity related to storage, and... Continue Reading →
The latest episode of our little side project, Cloudy with a Chance of Insights, is out and available on YouTube, Apple Podcast and all good podcast platforms.This week, we discuss our highlights from 2024 and what we are looking forward to in the Microsoft Cloud for 2025. As usual, our topics meander through the importance... Continue Reading →
Continuing the Identity Discussion Introduction Identities are the cornerstone of any cloud service or application, including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services. As a result, the starting point for any organisation moving to the cloud should be its identity strategy. In the Zero Trust model, identity also forms the strategy's first pillar and forms the basis... Continue Reading →
Introduction I was unsure how to title this article, as I am not technically discussing trends. Still, predictions sounded far too grandiose, and the below are more personal thoughts/opinions than formal statements based on empirical data or IBM (or Microsoft) policies, etc. So, “Trends” will have to do. The Good Increased Focus on Hybrid /... Continue Reading →
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