Azure Networking – Simplified

Software defined networks in the cloud can be a bit daunting when coming from a traditional on-premises environment where you rack/stack equipment and can visibility trace the interconnects. Many of these traditional concepts extend into the cloud and these 2 records take you on a journey demonstrating basic networking and extending to setting up a full VPN tunnel from my […]

Tales from the Breakdown Lane: Real World stories of customer mistakes

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” ― Albert Einstein. When it comes to cloud computing, I’m in full agreement with Albert Einstein. Deploying and operating workloads in the cloud, especially at scale, is functionally different than on premises and it’s important to review and apply some of the recommended practices and practices we provide […]

Simplifying Cloud Connectivity

Azure provides many options for stitching together networks using partner solutions from vendors like Cisco and Barracuda but also provides native features to help you quickly get started such as the Azure VPN Gateway where you can easily bridge an on-premises network with a network in the cloud. Check out Taste of Premier where I walk through connecting up my […]

Azure Platform Announcements – Simplified!

Looking for an easy to understand overview on some of the recent announcements and enhancements in Azure? Check out the latest Taste of Premier Episode where I walk through some of the latest enhancements of Azure and demonstrate how to leverage them for important workloads!  In this webcast we walk through subscription policies where you can control regions users deploy […]

Welcome!

Welcome to Cloud Simplified!  Check out the background and details on this new site here! Subscribe to our Webcast! Sound Cloud – Audio Only To provide some initial content, I’m pointing to a number of shows I’ve done previously on Channel 9 to highlight specific ways to do things in Azure – until our first episode is posted, enjoy! Taste […]