Richard Waal

Do you use Private Endpoints for Azure PaaS services? Do you utilize multiple Azure regions for disaster recovery scenarios? If so, are you certain that your Private Endpoints are configured optimally? I wrote a new blog post about this exact subject. In my opinion, this is not heavily present in Microsoft's documentation. Shoutout to Adam Stuart, his YouTube videos and GitHub repos were the primary source of information that I used when writing my blog. You can find links to that info at the end of my blog. #mvpbuzz #microsoft #azure #networking #privatelink #privateendpoint #paas

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Why are some companies in The Netherlands considering the move from Azure to AWS? Traditionally, many companies in the Netherlands, especially in the financial sector, have relied on Microsoft Azure for their cloud infrastructure. Azure has been a popular choice due to: ⚒️ Enterprise-Friendly Tools: Azure provides robust tools for managing sensitive financial data. 🪪 Strong Security & Compliance: It meets key regulatory standards, including GDPR and ISO certifications. 🍃 Seamless Microsoft Integration: For companies already using Microsoft products, Azure fits smoothly into their existing tech stack. However, we're now seeing a shift, with many companies considering Amazon Web Services (AWS). Here’s why: 🌍 Global Reach & Scalability AWS offers unmatched global infrastructure, allowing companies to scale their operations quickly across regions. This is particularly important for growing businesses or those expanding internationally. 💡 Advanced Innovation & Services From machine learning tools to serverless architecture, AWS provides cutting-edge services that appeal to companies looking to stay ahead of the curve and innovate rapidly. 💰 Cost Flexibility & Optimised Pricing AWS offers flexible pricing models and cost-optimisation tools that help businesses manage expenses more effectively. Many companies find they can reduce their cloud costs by using AWS’s pay-as-you-go model and accessing its cost management features. With its global reach, innovative services, and flexible pricing, AWS is becoming an attractive option for companies seeking more advanced cloud capabilities beyond traditional enterprise needs. Are you seeing this shift in your industry? Which do you prefer?

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Hi guys, today I got a certified Banger for you. Last week I saw the article by Stephan van Rooij about creating a Hyper-V template https://lnkd.in/eHWXk3d6 and following this watched the video by Steven Weiner about automation. https://lnkd.in/eV3PjRgH So I really got inspired by that and thought to myself 'Yeah, this Windows 11 VM creation is great and all, but why do so much manual work'. So, I got to work to automate the creation part. Hope it helps save you a bit of time and you can get something out of it 😊 https://lnkd.in/e5tPK5Y2

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A great Loop overview within a use case. Worth the time. https://lnkd.in/e3MyasjG

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Rolling out all the infrastructure with Sander Trijssenaar for Global DevOps Experience! 600 teams will get a GitHub repository, Teams, CI/CD pipelines, Azure Resources (App services / storage accounts, etc.) 🤩✨. Tonight we will start (follow the sun, so staring in Australia) for ~36 hours of practicing what DevOps can bring for you and your team! With challenges around CI/CD, coding environments, GitHub Copilot, and even includes Azure OpenAI! Our infrastructure effort is now running to deploy all the resources for those teams so they can get started with a fully setup environment, and then learn the power of modern DevOps practices (like how easy it is to fix things if you have the control and trust to do so!). Can't wait for the teams to get started, looking forward to loads of fun! Below is a screenshot of the concurrent jobs that are running, and this is just the infra deployment part 💥. #gdex24 #github #xebia

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Wednesday #IBMAIX tip for all NIM administrators and automation developers. Want to see which NIM command smitty would execute without really executing it? Of course everyone knows about F6 in smit - Show command. It is easy! There is another easter egg. Export SMIT_NO_EXEC=0042 before calling smit, execute smit, choose all options for your NIM command you wish and press Enter. It will show command to you without executing it. Small demonstration: https://lnkd.in/ejakxq6m #IBMChampion  

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My colleague Travis Roberts wrote an informative article about Azure Stack HCI about a month ago. During the last 30 days, I have been talking to customers and partners where the questions about Azure Stack HCI have emerged as a theme. Therefore, I recommend that you read Travis's article. He explains the difference between Azure Stack and Azure Stack HCI since many people think this is the same. Take a moment to read about what type of use cases Azure Stack HCI is meant for, the benefits, and what considerations to consider. At the end of the article, he will tell you what we at Nerdio will bring to the table, what Nerdio can do to help you, and the value Nerdio Manager for Enterprise will deliver to you. https://lnkd.in/dt-ZZNab #Nerdio #getNerdio #msftadvocate #microsoft #vdi #daas #azurevirtualdesktop #CloudPC #Windows365 #MicrosoftIntune #AVD #AzureStackHCI #AzureStack

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Thank you very much Stephan van Rooij for giving your time and sharing your knowledge and expertise with us in the Microsoft Security User Group. We really appreciate you. Missed the live meetup last month ? - now you have chance to watch it on our youtube channel, check it out down below. #MVPBuzz #sharingiscaring #communityrocks #keyvaultsecurity #microsoftsecurity #meetup #lunchandlearn

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What?!? You haven't submitted your session proposals to Azure Fest NL already? Be sure to submit your #Azure-related sessions to the open CFP https://lnkd.in/etkqrcXk We'll be selecting sessions in about a month from now, so make the reviewing hard on us. While I'm not an official attendee, I'd love to see some sessions on: - event-driven solutions on Azure - Handle and consume big data - Real GenAI solutions on Azure - Scaling multi-region - Secure your Azure environment - Assume breach solutions - ..and of course, many more topics because I have a wide interest in tech #containers #azure #genai #networking #data #paas #saas #iaas #security

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An AKS cluster installed on my Azure Stack HCI home lab, fully managed by the Azure cloud. How cool is that? Read all about it in my blog post. I also include a link to my GitHub, where there's a Bicep template I created to help me deploy this with IaC. #azurestackhci #azurearc #aks #microsoft #azure #mvpbuzz #bicep #iac

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Yesterday I posted my first newsletter. In that post, I mentioned to open the repository publically. Well... here it is: https://lnkd.in/e5xqeCEk You can also find the MailChimp PowerShell module here. This module is published in the PowerShellGallery. To make it even more easier, you can follow the following guide to get started if you want to create your own newsletters: https://lnkd.in/e9mPM7Wr #blog #newsletter #ittrends #github #powershell #azuredevops #mailchimp

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Learn how to configure the #AVD clipboard redirection here:

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[Tip] What is Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric? Learn about Mirroring for Microsoft Fabric which provides an easy-to-set-up data replication of a source database in Microsoft Fabric. Author: Koen Verbeeck >>> https://lnkd.in/enkpBbub #sql #sqlserver #microsoftsqlserver #mssql #mssqlserver #fabric #mirroring #businessintelligence #sqlbi #replication

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The recording of my talk at #PSConfEU is online! Check out this follow along session about #Azure #API #Management and #PowerShell #Functions. Learn how to offload #Security to the APIM and make it easier for your #developers! https://lnkd.in/eKHkTYH7 #Microsoft #AzOps #MVPBuzz

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A better step-to-step guide for BRE in LogicApps! Extending thanks to Harold Campos for the nice article!! #azure #logicapps #integration #businessrules #bre #biztalk

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It was time to pick up the pen again and write how you can streamline Azure infrastructure deployments using the new extendable parameter files using Azure Bicep. In this post, I dive into how you can enable the new experimental feature "extendable parameter files". This brings in another level of modularity and efficiency when you are deploying Azure resources. Check out the post at: https://lnkd.in/esaBtQAU #azure #blog #bicep #azurebicep #iac #devops #cloudcomputing #modularization

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Two new blog posts have been released. Got some time this weekend :) Introducing Cross-Regional Load Balancer: https://lnkd.in/eUy6mn96 Passing Variables Across Stages in Azure DevOps Pipelines: https://lnkd.in/ehpVUmn9 #ado #terraform #cloud #azuredevops #azure #cloudfamily

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🧐 How do you deploy and manage your virtualization layer? This week we went through the most commonly used API publishing techniques we could observe at customers. #azure #apimanagement #apimhotrod #techtalks Stéphane Eyskens https://lnkd.in/d8eYv34Z

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