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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/

In this video I will provide a brief Azure Local Overview, why it exists, and where it fits in with your hybrid cloud architecture. I cover primary use cases such as hybrid infrastructure, edge computing, digital sovereignty, and disconnected scenarios, and I walk through the benefits of running diverse workloads locally while retaining cloud management. … The post New Video: Azure Local Overview appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/10/new-video-azure-local-overview/

Microsoft has just dropped the Azure Local 2510 release, and it’s packed with powerful new features aimed at boosting edge resilience, security, and deployment flexibility. You can leare more about this release here: New Azure Local features and previews At the same time the Azure Local team also made new feature and previews available: Let … The post Azure Local 2510 Release And New Preview Features appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/10/azure-local-2510-release-and-new-preview-features/

Welcome to another episode of the Azure Essentials Show, in which Thomas Maurer and Clayton Siemens from Microsoft Azure dive into the world of multi-agent AI orchestration. This conversation explores how specialized AI agents can collaborate to solve complex enterprise challenges, moving beyond simple information retrieval to real business impact through coordinated action and automation. … The post Optimize Complex Workflows Using Multi-Agent AI Patterns appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/10/optimize-complex-workflows-using-multi-agent-ai-patterns/

In this episode of the Azure Essentials Show, host Thomas Maurer and guest Britt Henderson from Microsoft Azure dive into the Azure Pricing Calculator, exploring its features, benefits, and practical applications for cloud cost estimation. The discussion covers how the calculator provides precision, clarity, and confidence for users planning and managing Azure workloads, and highlights … The post Azure Pricing Calculator: Estimate Smarter, Plan Confidently appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/10/azure-pricing-calculator-estimate-smarter-plan-confidently/

Microsoft Switzerland just launched a new website dedicated to one big topic that’s on everyone’s mind: digital sovereignty. In other words — how Swiss organizations can stay in control of their data while taking full advantage of the cloud. This can also be applied in other countries in the EMEA region. You can check it … The post How Microsoft is addressing digital sovereignty in Switzerland appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/10/how-microsoft-is-addressing-digital-sovereignty-in-switzerland/

I am thrilled to share some exciting news with you all—I am starting a new chapter in my Microsoft journey as Global Black Belt (GBB) for Sovereign Cloud! 🎉 In this role, I’ll be focusing on Microsoft sovereign cloud solutions, including hybrid cloud, multicloud, and edge computing. My mission is to work with some of … The post My New Role as EMEA Global Black Belt (GBB) for Sovereign Cloud at Microsoft appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/10/my-new-role-as-emea-global-black-belt-gbb-for-sovereign-cloud-at-microsoft/

If you’re in IT, cloud architecture, or make decisions about your organization’s technology roadmap, finding ways to modernize infrastructure while controlling cloud costs is likely high on your agenda. The latest episode of the Azure Essentials Show, featuring Thomas Maurer and Shreya Baheti, dives into just that—exploring how the Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux enables … The post Unlock Cloud Savings for Linux VMs with the Azure Hybrid Benefit appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/09/unlock-cloud-savings-for-linux-vms-with-the-azure-hybrid-benefit/

In this episode I sit down with Thomas Bryant from Commvault to explore one of the most critical topics in modern cybersecurity: identity protection and recovery in Active Directory and Microsoft Entra. 💡Links: 🔐 What We Cover: 💡 Whether you’re an IT leader, security architect, or just passionate about protecting digital identities, this episode is … The post Protecting Identity in Active Directory & Microsoft Entra appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/09/protecting-identity-in-active-directory-microsoft-entra/

Azure has officially launched the Generally Available feature of same-region replica clusters for Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB (vCore) , enhancing high availability and disaster recovery capabilities within the same Azure region. This capability allows continuous data streaming between a primary cluster and one or more read-only replica clusters in the same region, providing improved read scalability and resilience without needing a multi-region setup. Key points about this launch include: Same-region replica clusters enable disaster recovery and read scalability by maintaining real-time data replication within a single Azure region. These replica clusters store full copies of the MongoDB data—databases, collections, and documents—and provide a separate endpoint for read operations. They can be promoted to handle write operations in case the primary cluster becomes unavailable. The feature complements existing cross-region replication, which duplicates data across geographically ...

I’m excited to share that I recently passed the AI-900 exam and earned the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals certification! This certification validates a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) concepts and how they are implemented in Microsoft Azure. It covers key areas such as: For me, this journey was not only about achieving a … The post Passed the Microsoft AI-900 exam for Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals! 🎉 appeared first on Thomas Maurer . อ้างอิงค์ : https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2025/08/passed-the-microsoft-ai-900-exam-for-microsoft-certified-azure-ai-fundamentals-%f0%9f%8e%89/