In late November, I wrote a brief update on how it seemed professionals could renew their existing Microsoft certifications. As… Read More »Another update on renewing Microsoft certifications in 2021
I love doing certification exams! I might be in the minority here, but I’ve done something since 1997, and I… Read More »An update on renewing Microsoft certifications
In Finland, we have a ubiquitous and affordable Internet connectivity available. Almost everywhere. At home, I have a 1 Gb… Read More »Building a simple speed test solution using Microsoft Azure
As in-person events have generally stopped happening since March, many in the community are now preparing for both digital-only events,… Read More »Updated dates for major Microsoft-focused tech conferences in H2/2020
At home, I run Ubiquity Networks’ Unifi hardware. I wrote briefly about this just recently here, and I also found… Read More »Building a site-to-site VPN between Unifi network hardware and Azure
Many times when I’ve worked with Microsoft partners and customers in projects the need arises when we need a custom… Read More »Building a custom container-based API using Docker Desktop and Azure App Service
Microsoft Azure offers multiple ways to run, schedule and trigger business logic code in the background. Business logic is a… Read More »How to run business logic code as background jobs in Microsoft Azure
As part of my work at Microsoft, I support and help local communities that revolve and evolve around technologies I… Read More »Interesting events and meetups in Finland for January and February
Azure Heroes is a program for the community from Microsoft, that aims to recognize and empower technical Azure practitioners to… Read More »Azure Community: Azure Heroes is now live
Don’t worry. This is not one of those end-of-the-year/end-of-a-decade posts. I’ll do that next week. I’ve taken the habit to… Read More »So, what’s up?
I spent some time in early December building an integration between Azure Log Analytics (and Azure Sentinel, obviously) and Office… Read More »Building a monitoring solution for Office 365 service availability using Azure Logic Apps
I’m writing this from the beautiful and sunny city of Prague, where I’m attending the European SharePoint, Office 365 and… Read More »Building a monitoring solution for Power Platform events using PowerShell, C#, Azure Log Analytics, and Azure Sentinel
One of the many announcements Microsoft made during Ignite 2019 was the capability to add free SSL certificates to Web… Read More »Adding a free SSL certificate to an Azure Web App
I used to have a lava lamp when I was young. I mean, I’m still relatively young, but I haven’t… Read More »Generating random numbers from a lava lamp using .NET Core
At home, I run several PCs – a few laptops, and one workstation which is a bit more performant, so… Read More »Building a simple backup solution for Hyper-V-based virtual machines using OneDrive for Business and PowerShell
I wrote about my experiences and challenges when building a secure remote access solution for Azure-based virtual machines back in… Read More »Building a secure remote access solution using Azure Bastion Host
Today, Microsoft announced that Azure Sentinel is now Generally Available (GA). What this means, is that Azure Sentinel can be… Read More »Understanding and getting started with Azure Sentinel
This week has been very productive for me. I’ve been running and thinking, and in the mornings I’ve written about… Read More »Building a custom Twitter Analytics tool using .NET Core, Azure Storage, and Power BI
I’ve used and worked with Microsoft Azure for a decade now. Often I’m working in customer subscriptions, and don’t have… 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… Read More »Getting started with Windows Terminal