I like to meet people, and spend time with people. In this day and age, it’s a rare luxury as everyone’s very, very busy. We… Read More »Stretching time, or how to get things done when you’re busy
Today I was on stage with my good friend Maarten Eekels to deliver a keynote together. We were invited to deliver the keynote for SharePoint… Read More »Insights on planning, crafting, delivering and enjoying a keynote
I currently own three mice – a Microsoft Arc mouse, and two MX Master 2S from Logitech. I carry the Microsoft one with me, as… Read More »Top 10 Windows 10 shortcuts you didn’t know existed
I’m an avid fan of challenges, especially those that are just hard enough but where I can still prepare to have enough confidence for accomplishing… Read More »How I prepare and (often) succeed with technical Microsoft certification exams
Today, Microsoft announced that Azure Sentinel is now Generally Available (GA). What this means, is that Azure Sentinel can be used in production, the pricing… Read More »Understanding and getting started with Azure Sentinel
It’s not a secret by now, that I love writing. Yesterday I wrote 15 pages for my upcoming book on Microsoft Azure – it will… Read More »Insights: How I write and what I’ve learned on writing this year
I’ve used and worked with Microsoft Azure for a decade now. Often I’m working in customer subscriptions, and don’t have to worry about the cost… Read More »A look at Azure costs based on a real solution
About three months ago, Microsoft announced a new command-line interface for Windows called Windows Terminal. Occasionally I am seeing it being called Microsoft Terminal also.… Read More »Getting started with Windows Terminal
This is a quick post, as this was a quick procedure. I’ve been running a Synology-branded NAS for ages. 86 months, or over 7 years… Read More »Upgrading Synology DS412+ RAM to 4 GB
I purchased a Surface Go device in the summer of 2018 while I was visiting New York City. It was also the same weekend when… Read More »Becoming passwordless in Microsoft 365 using Surface Go and a FIDO2 key
Yesterday, Microsoft announced Azure Lighthouse. This post will walk you through what the service is, what benefits it brings, and why you should start using… Read More »Azure Lighthouse – managing customer Azure tenants as a Service Provider
I’m currently running my blog (the one you’re reading, thanks!) in Azure, Microsoft’s cloud platform. For the longest of times — which is maybe five… Read More »Running a static site in Microsoft Azure using WordPress for content management
By now, if you’ve read any of my posts in the past few years, it should be obvious I’m a geek, nerd, and techie by… Read More »Doing sales as a techie: Efficient strategies for sales
[Note: Some things have changed with RDP in recent Windows versions so I updated this article accordingly in April, 2019] I remember reading about this… Read More »[Updated] Making Remote Desktop fun again: Dynamic resizing and resolution changes while connected
I grew up with Perl, tcsh, bash, sh, awk, sed, grep, pico, vi, command.com and cmd.exe. Building scripts, batch files and little automation here and… Read More »Mastering Azure CLI