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    Posts by Pierre Roman, Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

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    Azure Orbital, and why you should skill up for the future 

    23/02/2023
    • Pierre Roman
      By Pierre RomanSenior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

    How far do you think your career can take you? I believe it can take you anywhere, and yet I’m the first one to be surprised at the heights we can achieve. As far as I’m concerned space is the limit, or as we geeks like to be reminded… the final frontier. Read more

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    Have a cloud native new year! 

    20/01/2023
    • Pierre Roman
      By Pierre RomanSenior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

    Check out the upcoming Cloud Native New Year – 30 days of free online and self-paced content. Read more

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    How Azure Backup Center deals with constant change 

    27/10/2022
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      By Pierre RomanSenior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

    There might be one thing that has not changed for IT Pros and operation folks, and that’s the need for an appropriate backup strategy.  Read more

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    Applying cloud goodness to your existing environments 

    19/08/2022
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      By Pierre RomanSenior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

    Pierre looks at how you can add cloud goodness to your environments, without shifting everything to do so. Read more

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    End of support woes! 

    28/07/2022
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      By Pierre RomanSenior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

    Pierre Roman talks about product end of services, and how you can keep on top of them. Read more

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    Leveraging PowerShell SecretManagement modules to generalise a shared environment 

    22/07/2022
    • Pierre Roman
      By Pierre RomanSenior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

    I recently came across an issue while working with colleagues on a shared demo environment, which required notification of the entire group should anyone change the local admin password or redeploys said environment with a password of their own. Read more

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    A look at new Windows Server Hybrid certification 

    23/02/2022
    • Pierre Roman
      By Pierre RomanSenior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

    Hybrid is the end state I believe we’re all chasing, which means that all of your on-prem skills are valuable. But we as a community must ensure we’re maintaining well rounded skills. Read more

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    Becoming hybrid by design 

    27/10/2021
    • Pierre Roman
      By Pierre RomanSenior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

    Is cloud the end state? Do I need to migrate all of my workloads? We have been having this conversation for years now, and the answer is a resounding no. Read more

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    It’s up to you to lead the hybrid future: New Hybrid certification arrives this December 

    23/09/2021
    • Pierre Roman
      By Pierre RomanSenior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft

    There have been many questions regarding the lack of updated Microsoft Windows certification exams in the last year or so. During the Windows Server Summit, it was announced that we will have a new Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification, releasing early December 2021.  Read more

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