Tag Archives: Community

5 years as a Microsoft MVP

Back in July I was rewarded with the precious Microsoft MVP award in the category Microsoft Azure. It took a while to receive my MVP award disks, especially the 5 years disk. I am looking forward to my fifth award year and my upcoming speaking engagements at the Cloud Summit 2021 in September and the European Cloud Summit at the end of November. -> https://azuresummit.live/ -> https://www.cloudsummit.eu/ Read more [...]

Microsoft MVP Award – Microsoft Azure

Today, I received an exciting email that I got the Microsoft MVP award in the category Microsoft Azure. In total this is my fourth award after being awarded in the category Cloud and Datacenter Management in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Then I joined Microsoft and hence as a Microsoft employee was not eligible anymore for receiving the MVP award. After nearly three years at Microsoft I decided Read more [...]

Speaking at Global Azure Bootcamp 2020 Virtual – Cologne

Unfortunately, the in person event of the Global Azure Bootcamp 2020 Cologne is postponed due to the Corona virus pandemic. But the team worked hard behind the scenes and announced last week that the event will be held virtually. I am happy to be part of the Global Azure Bootcamp 2020 Virtual - Cologne on April 25th. -> https://www.meetup.com/Azure-Cologne-Meetup/events/266727986/ The Read more [...]

Speaking at Azure Saturday Cologne

After a break of nearly five months from public speaking I am back on stage since October. The last public speaking engagement was in May at the European Collaboration Summit in Wiesbaden. Then in October I presented the topic “Terraform on Azure” at the Azure Meetup Bonn hosted by LeanIX. The next event I am presenting at is the Azure Saturday Cologne on December 7th where I talk about Read more [...]

Speaking at Experts Live Europe 2018 in Prague

We are only a month a way from one of the superb conferences held in Europe, Experts Live Europe. Being in Berlin the last two times Experts Live Europe takes place this year in the beautiful city of Prague. Why you should attend, if you have not a ticket yet? The answer is easy. Learning from top industry experts, networking, having a good time and making new friends. Most of the experts Read more [...]

Microsoft Ignite session recording of Azure IaaS design and performance considerations: Best practices and learnings from the field available

I am back from an awesome Microsoft Ignite in Orlando. If you missed my session at Microsoft Ignite or you were not able to attend the conference in Orlando, have a look at the Microsoft Ignite YouTube Channel where nearly all sessions are published now. Here is my session about Azure IaaS design and performance considerations: Best practices and learnings from the field. -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hoIHXQTSbo The Read more [...]

Speaking at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando

Microsoft Ignite in Orlando starts in a few weeks and I am happy to be one of the many speakers attending Microsoft Ignite. Even this is my second time, I attended the first one in 2015, it is my first time being a speaker at Ignite. If you are coming to Orlando, I am inviting you to join my session on Friday at 9 a.m. about "Azure IaaS design and performance considerations: Best practices Read more [...]

Speaking at Experts Live Europe

I am honored to be able to speak at Experts Live Europe, former System Center Universe Europe, for the fourth time in a row. The conference takes place in Berlin from 23rd August 23rd till August 25th. I will be on-site the whole conference and having the following sessions. Thursday at 12 pm: Discussion Panel: Business Continuity together with Robert Hedblom and Janaka Rangama -> https://expertsliveeurope2017.sched.com/event/AH9J/discussion-panel-business-continuity?iframe=no&w=100%&sidebar=yes&bg=no Read more [...]

Microsoft Technical Summit 2016 sessions online available

The Microsoft Technical Summit 2016 took place again in Darmstadt from 6th December till 7th December and the sessions are available since a few weeks through Channel 9. Most of them are in German and only a few in English. -> https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/microsoft-techncial-summit/Technical-Summit-2016 My sessions were about “Azure IaaS Security” and “Providing test environments Read more [...]