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As organizations across industries accelerate their journey into AI, cloud, hybrid, edge and multicloud operations, the conversation at Microsoft Ignite 2025 covers on two pivotal paradigms: Sovereign Cloud and Adaptive Cloud. These frameworks are not isolated—rather, they complement each other to meet both the governance/compliance needs of regulated sectors and the flexible innovation required by … The post Driving Impact in the Era of AI: Sovereign Cloud & Adaptive Cloud at Microsoft Ignite 2025 appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/driving-impact-in-the-era-of-ai-sovereign-cloud-adaptive-cloud-at-microsoft-ignite-2025/

In this episode of the Azure Essentials Show, I am joined by Priyanshi from Microsoft Azure to explore how organizations can optimize their cloud spending using Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances. The discussion covers the fundamentals of reserved instances, practical strategies for leveraging Azure’s recommendations, and key best practices to maximize savings while maintaining performance … The post Optimize Azure Costs with Reserved Instances appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/10/optimize-azure-costs-with-reserved-instances/

In today’s hybrid and multicloud world, ensuring consistent recovery and resiliency across Windows Server environments is critical. In this video, we dive into how to audit and enable the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) for Windows Server machines managed through Azure Arc–enabled servers. This new capability—now in Public Preview—helps IT administrators standardize recovery readiness and improve … The post Strengthen Server Resilience: Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) for Windows Server with Azure Arc appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/strengthen-server-resilience-windows-recovery-environment-winre-for-windows-server-with-azure-arc/

Keeping your Azure Local instances up-to-date is essential for ensuring security, performance, and access to the latest Azure innovations. In my latest video, I walk you through how to manage and update Azure Local instances directly from the Azure Portal, making it easier than ever to maintain your hybrid cloud environment. You’ll learn how Azure … The post Manage Azure Local Updates appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/12/manage-azure-local-updates/

As organizations increasingly adopt Azure Local to run modern and traditional applications across on-premises and edge environments, ensuring a robust and scalable architecture becomes essential. That’s where the Azure Local Well-Architected Review Assessment comes in—a powerful tool designed to help you evaluate and improve your Azure Local deployments. What is Azure Local? Azure Local extends … The post Azure Local Well-Architected Framework and Review Assessment appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/azure-local-well-architected-framework-and-review-assessment/

Last week was not only Microsoft Ignite in San Francisco but also Commvault SHIFT 2025 virtual event — The Cyber Resilience Revolution Goes Global — which delivered a powerful vision for how enterprises can build true resilience in the age of AI. With on-demand access now open, attendees (and anyone who missed the live broadcast) … The post Commvault SHIFT Virtual: A New Era of AI-Driven Cyber Resilience (On-Demand) appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/commvault-shift-virtual-a-new-era-of-ai-driven-cyber-resilience-on-demand/

As organizations race to adopt AI, many teams face the same recurring challenges: inconsistent architectures, unclear governance patterns, and difficulties scaling solutions with confidence. In a new episode of the Azure Essentials Show, I sat down with Bilal and Mike from the Microsoft Azure engineering team to unpack how Azure AI Landing Zones solve these … The post Build Smarter with Azure AI Landing Zones: Your Blueprint for Scalable, Secure AI Solutions appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/__trashed/

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations are under increasing pressure to migrate, modernize, and innovate—quickly and securely. But cloud adoption isn’t always straightforward. Many teams struggle with limited resources, skill gaps, or uncertainty about best practices. That’s why I sat down with Ravi from Microsoft Azure on the latest episode of the Azure Essentials … The post Cloud Accelerate Factory – Accelerate Cloud Adoption with Expert Guidance appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/12/cloud-accelerate-factory-accelerate-cloud-adoption-with-expert-guidance/

Migrating workloads to the cloud can feel like navigating a minefield — full of potential misconfigurations, inconsistent environments, and compliance pitfalls. That’s why the latest episode of the Azure Essentials Show — “Reimagine migration: Agentic platform landing zone with Azure Migrate” — is such a game-changer. We walk you through a modern, agentic approach to … The post Reimagine Migration: Agentic Platform Landing Zone with Azure Migrate 🚀 appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/12/reimagine-migration-agentic-platform-landing-zone-with-azure-migrate/

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations are under increasing pressure to migrate, modernize, and innovate—quickly and securely. But cloud adoption isn’t always straightforward. Many teams struggle with limited resources, skill gaps, or uncertainty about best practices. That’s why I sat down with Ravi from Microsoft Azure on the latest episode of the Azure Essentials … The post Cloud Accelerate Factory – Accelerate Cloud Adoption with Expert Guidance appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/12/cloud-accelerate-factory-accelerate-cloud-adoption-with-expert-guidance/

Keeping your Azure Local instances up-to-date is essential for ensuring security, performance, and access to the latest Azure innovations. In my latest video, I walk you through how to manage and update Azure Local instances directly from the Azure Portal, making it easier than ever to maintain your hybrid cloud environment. You’ll learn how Azure … The post Manage Azure Local Updates appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/12/manage-azure-local-updates/

Migrating workloads to the cloud can feel like navigating a minefield — full of potential misconfigurations, inconsistent environments, and compliance pitfalls. That’s why the latest episode of the Azure Essentials Show — “Reimagine migration: Agentic platform landing zone with Azure Migrate” — is such a game-changer. We walk you through a modern, agentic approach to … The post Reimagine Migration: Agentic Platform Landing Zone with Azure Migrate 🚀 appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/12/reimagine-migration-agentic-platform-landing-zone-with-azure-migrate/

As organizations race to adopt AI, many teams face the same recurring challenges: inconsistent architectures, unclear governance patterns, and difficulties scaling solutions with confidence. In a new episode of the Azure Essentials Show, I sat down with Bilal and Mike from the Microsoft Azure engineering team to unpack how Azure AI Landing Zones solve these … The post Build Smarter with Azure AI Landing Zones: Your Blueprint for Scalable, Secure AI Solutions appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/__trashed/

Last week was not only Microsoft Ignite in San Francisco but also Commvault SHIFT 2025 virtual event — The Cyber Resilience Revolution Goes Global — which delivered a powerful vision for how enterprises can build true resilience in the age of AI. With on-demand access now open, attendees (and anyone who missed the live broadcast) … The post Commvault SHIFT Virtual: A New Era of AI-Driven Cyber Resilience (On-Demand) appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/commvault-shift-virtual-a-new-era-of-ai-driven-cyber-resilience-on-demand/

Last week, Microsoft announced the Digital Sovereignty Specialization for the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program — a new opportunity designed to help partners demonstrate deep expertise in delivering sovereign, compliant, and trusted cloud solutions built on the Microsoft Cloud. To dive deeper into what this means for partners and customers, I sat down with Chris … The post Introducing the Digital Sovereignty Specialization for the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/introducing-the-digital-sovereignty-specialization-for-the-microsoft-ai-cloud-partner-program/

In today’s hybrid and multicloud world, ensuring consistent recovery and resiliency across Windows Server environments is critical. In this video, we dive into how to audit and enable the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) for Windows Server machines managed through Azure Arc–enabled servers. This new capability—now in Public Preview—helps IT administrators standardize recovery readiness and improve … The post Strengthen Server Resilience: Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) for Windows Server with Azure Arc appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/strengthen-server-resilience-windows-recovery-environment-winre-for-windows-server-with-azure-arc/

As organizations across industries accelerate their journey into AI, cloud, hybrid, edge and multicloud operations, the conversation at Microsoft Ignite 2025 covers on two pivotal paradigms: Sovereign Cloud and Adaptive Cloud. These frameworks are not isolated—rather, they complement each other to meet both the governance/compliance needs of regulated sectors and the flexible innovation required by … The post Driving Impact in the Era of AI: Sovereign Cloud & Adaptive Cloud at Microsoft Ignite 2025 appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/driving-impact-in-the-era-of-ai-sovereign-cloud-adaptive-cloud-at-microsoft-ignite-2025/

As organizations increasingly adopt Azure Local to run modern and traditional applications across on-premises and edge environments, ensuring a robust and scalable architecture becomes essential. That’s where the Azure Local Well-Architected Review Assessment comes in—a powerful tool designed to help you evaluate and improve your Azure Local deployments. What is Azure Local? Azure Local extends … The post Azure Local Well-Architected Framework and Review Assessment appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/11/azure-local-well-architected-framework-and-review-assessment/

In this episode of the Azure Essentials Show, I am joined by Priyanshi from Microsoft Azure to explore how organizations can optimize their cloud spending using Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances. The discussion covers the fundamentals of reserved instances, practical strategies for leveraging Azure’s recommendations, and key best practices to maximize savings while maintaining performance … The post Optimize Azure Costs with Reserved Instances appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/10/optimize-azure-costs-with-reserved-instances/