After three decades in IT and a decade of entrepreneurship, a period of global travel and reflection revealed my need for new intellectual challenges without leaving my current company. I decided that pursuing an Executive MBA was the perfect way to step out of my comfort zone and continue growing both professionally and mentally. This post shares my personal journey and the reasons behind this significant next step in my career.

If you’ve ever struggled with the cumbersome process of resizing Remote Desktop sessions, I’ll show you how to finally make the experience smoother and more intuitive. By leveraging the dynamic resizing and resolution change features available in modern Windows versions, you can adjust your remote session window freely while connected, eliminating the need to disconnect or purchase third-party tools.

I challenge the prevailing narrative that email is obsolete by explaining why I still rely on it daily despite being a consultant who implements modern collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams. By comparing email’s enduring utility to the occasional but vital phone call, I argue that these communication channels serve distinct, complementary purposes and should coexist rather than compete.

Drawing on my long history with command-line tools, I share my journey from early scripting days to adopting Azure CLI as a nimble, cross-platform alternative to PowerShell. This guide is designed to help IT professionals and developers transition to Azure CLI or enhance their efficiency by mastering this flexible command-line interface for managing Microsoft Azure resources.

If you are planning to migrate legacy SQL Server databases to Azure, this post explores practical methods for anonymizing sensitive data within your on-premises infrastructure before moving it to the cloud. I walk through my experience setting up a local test environment with the AdventureWorks sample database and demonstrate how PowerShell can be used to effectively mask personally identifiable information while keeping costs in mind.

Drawing on nearly thirty years of experience, I share practical guidance and personal habits that have helped me consistently succeed in the tech industry without the need for complex formulas. I invite you to take what resonates from my journey—particularly my emphasis on daily, purposeful learning—and discard the rest to help you reach your own professional goals.