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The DevOps journey

I have been working for several years with different customers looking to transform their digital strategy and adopt the correct DevOps mindset.…

February 4, 2021

Introduction Shifting Left on security has been the main focus for lots of Elite DevOps organizations. But what does shifting on security…

January 22, 2021

Shocked to see that my last blog post was from September. Although I do have 7 unpublished drafts that I did not…

December 29, 2020

Azure Key Vault is a great resource to keep your secrets out of your repos and to follow the least-privilege methodology.One of…

September 4, 2020

As an Azure Consultant whose goal is to deliver solutions by following the DevOps methodology, Azure DevOps is the starting and closing point when…

August 14, 2020

MFA (Multi-factor authentication) has become a required security measure with regards to work and personal accounts. In this quick article, I talk…

July 9, 2020

Since we are now in the era of digital conferences and meetups, Microsoft’s popular Build conference turned digital too with the event…

May 21, 2020

Again this year, I had the honour and pleasure to give a workshop to 4th-year Software Engineering students at my alma-mater regarding…

March 26, 2020

Right after university, I was lucky enough to start working with IBM. Back then, IBM had a very friendly WFH (Work From…

March 17, 2020

Introduction As an Azure SME at my current company, I am usually tasked with interviewing new candidates and assessing their Azure Technical…

January 22, 2020