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I explore my frustrating journey of migrating this blog from a native Azure PaaS setup plagued by severe performance issues to a more efficient static site architecture. By sharing my decision to abandon the unreliable WordPress-in-Azure configuration in favor of using WordPress solely for content management while serving static files, I offer a practical solution for achieving better speed and reliability on Microsoft’s cloud platform.

I share my live impressions from the second day of Build 2016, highlighting major announcements that finally deliver the wow-factor missing from the previous day. You’ll find details on Scott Guthrie’s Azure stats, the exciting news that Xamarin is now included with Visual Studio licenses, and the preview launch of Azure Functions.

Drawing on my experience consulting for organizations of various sizes, I provide a practical starting point for securing Microsoft Azure with ten actionable steps that require no additional licensing beyond a standard subscription. This guide focuses on improving your Identity Secure Score and leveraging Azure Advisor recommendations to enhance your cloud security posture effectively.

Discover why enabling encryption-at-rest on your Azure Linux VMs isn't enough to protect against disk image theft and how Azure Disk Encryption fills that critical security gap. I walked through the process of configuring DM-Crypt-based encryption on Ubuntu 18.04 VMs, detailing the necessary Key Vault setup and potential deployment quirks you should expect.

Join me in Prague as I share behind-the-scenes insights on the conference program I helped create and details about my upcoming talks on Azure solutions and Power Platform tools. I look forward to meeting you there to discuss these topics, share copies of our new books, and connect with friends and colleagues at the ShareGate booth.