cloud computing

If you are interested in staying current with the latest Azure developments, my recent episode with Tobias Zimmergren covers the key announcements and updates from the past month. We discuss these changes in detail on our Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast, which you can stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or directly in your browser.

If you are curious about how we successfully organized the first Helsinki Hackathon, I invite you to read about our collaboration with Blue Meteorite and the community-driven development focused on Office 365 APIs. I share details on the event’s logistics, the impressive solutions built by attendees like the winning Team Smartwatch, and why fostering a local tech community is both rewarding and fun.

If you are interested in attending a series of free, full-day Azure events across four Finnish cities, I am excited to announce the return of the Azure Tour for 2021. Join Jouni Heikniemi, Sakari Nahi, and me for sessions tailored to security, infrastructure, development, and architecture roles, with all talks conducted in Finnish and slides in English. Secure your complimentary ticket by visiting the registration link.

As a long-time SQL Server user, I share my experience exploring Azure Database for PostgreSQL to expand my knowledge beyond my usual defaults. I walk through the platform's history and edition options before demonstrating how to provision a single server instance using Azure CLI, including a breakdown of compute generations and associated costs.

Discover how I successfully migrated an on-premises Hyper-V virtual machine to Azure using Azure Migrate, overcoming previous challenges by deploying a dedicated Windows Server 2019 host. This guide walks through creating a server assessment and importing the Azure Migrate Appliance VM to facilitate a seamless 1:1 cutover migration from my local network to the cloud.