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SC-900 Microsoft Security Compliance and Identity Fundamentals

Posted on Zach Olinske

I was able to take the SC-900 Microsoft certification exam a few weeks ago. This is how I passed it, but of course, it will be different for everyone. It did take a few weeks before I received the exam results, but I was delighted to see that I passed the SC-900 exam. I know what you are thinking, is the SC-900 like the other fundamental certifications? SC-900 did require

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Azure Resource Mover – How does it work!

Posted on Zach Olinske

Azure Resource Mover is a new offering within the Azure echo system. It became a global service available for use in all regions at the start of March 2021. It allows the ability to move resources across regions, subscriptions, and resource groups. This is an excellent feature for organizations who want to use a hero region like Europe West, but then move to another region closer to customers. That could

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Azure DP-900

Posted on Zach Olinske

I was able to take the DP-900 Microsoft certification exam today. This is how I passed it, but of course, it will be different for everyone. It did take a few weeks before I received the exam results, but I was delighted to see that I passed the DP-900 exam. I know what you are thinking, is the DP-900 like the other fundamental certifications? DP-900 did require me to understand

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Azure Cost Optimization

Posted on Zach Olinske

Visualization of Azure Spending As businesses move and provision resources in Azure, they find themselves with the need to understand resource consumption and find trends that can help reduce the cost. In this article, I will go over some of the multiple options that azure can offer to help analyze, monitor, and provide cost-saving options. Let’s jump into it! Shut down unused resources Azure uses multiple billing models, but one

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Azure N-series VMs

Posted on Zach Olinske

**This Article is being improved all the time. N-series is a set of the various microarchitecture of GPUs. They come in all sizes with fractional, single, and multiple (up to 8). You won’t find an N-Series in all the regions and thus it is best to check if that region supports it first. Let’s take a deeper dive into each SKU and the specs for them: GPU Optimized Virtual Machines

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Introducing the Cloud Center of Excellence

Posted on Zach Olinske

Why do companies fail when adapting to the cloud? Simply the lack of foreshadowing. Some companies think only about the cost-saving and elastic benefits the cloud provides but forget that people and governance are where it really starts. Others might see that competitors are using the cloud and they are falling behind, thus they must migrate/deploy resources in the cloud “yesterday”. As a result, the cloud journey could be costly,

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Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) for Azure

Posted on Zach Olinske

The Cloud Adoption Framework is a guide for the full lifecycle of cloud adoption. It helps apply various guidance, tools, best practices, and reference architectures within each of the methodologies. Before using CAF, you should have a general understanding of your current cloud adoption plan and of course an understanding of Azure. Who should care about CAF The goal of the CAF in my opinion is leveraging all levels of

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