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Speaking at WVD Tech Fest 2021 about Azure Files

Due do the covid pandamy, many organizations in Germany are in a challenging phase as many employees need to be given the opportunity to work from home. Many companies have not yet made this option available to their employees, or only to a few. Microsoft has created a new option with Windows Virtual Desktop to give employees the ability to work from anywhere and the clients are always hosted in Azure and accessible via an app or browser.

I am very happy to have received an invitation to the WVD Tech Fest. The first conference only focusing on WVD with three parallel tracks around everything you need to know about Windows Virtual Desktop. The agenda is pretty complete and the organizers Simon Binder and Patrick Köhler are doing a great job. The conference will take place on 25/02/21 and is free. So take a look at the Website, plan your Agenda and grab your Ticket.

Azure Files is one of my favorite topics and due to many WVD projects in the past, I will address the question is Azure Files the optimal WVD profile store solution. And I can say: it depends – but you will learn more in my session on Thursday between 10:50 – 11:20 AM 🙂

Take this oppurtunity to learn more about Windows Virtual Desktop and hopefully this can be a solution for your organization to enable more people to work from anywhere and get everyone safely through these challenging time. I hope to see many of you there 🙂

My favorite Azure Announcements from the Microsoft Ignite 2020

The Microsoft Ignite 2020 has moved to a free, virtual conference with a lots of online sessions about the Microsoft Product world like Azure, Microsoft 365 and more. As every year Microsoft announced new services and new features for existing services. In this blog post I will report about my highlights of the last 48 hours of Microsoft Ignite.

First of all, I’m a little sad because this was to be my first Microsoft Ignite I was able to attend in person. However, I’m glad that Microsoft offers this conference as a virtual version and gives us the opportunity to participate for free and get in contact with the product owners.

Satya Nadella opened the MS Ignite with his Keynote about Challenging Times, Producivity and Modern Work and how Microsoft services can help in every section with different services.

My focus area is Azure, you know it 🙂 And there were a lot of new announcements before and during the Ignite.

This article will be updated after the MS Ignite ends.

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New Azure Exams Az-303 and Az-304 are available (replacement for Az-300/301)

In one of the last blog article on the old Microsoft Community Learning site was announced the new Azure exams Az-303 and Az-304 as beta. Why the last blog article, because they move the blog and all related content to a new page at TechCommunity.

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Microsoft MVP for Azure 2020-2021

Yesterday was beginning of the new fiscal year for Microsoft and the renewal day for all MVPs from the last year. I´m very happy to announce that I received my 2nd MVP award in the category Microsoft Azure 🙂

I feel so honored to have received my 2nd award and now I am really sure that the first time was no mistake. It is a honor to work for the community, to discuss and learn from and with the community. I hope to share additional good things and hints in the next year for Microsoft Azure. Please feel free to reach for questions or ideas to some Azure topics. Hope to see you soon in person.

I would like to thank my wife Jessica for her great support, my best buddies Eric, Marcel and Thomas for their constant support. And finally, thanks the community and Microsoft for this great award.

Passed Azure Administrator Associate Exam Az-104

I reveived a cool mail some days ago with an information, that I had passed successful the new Azure Administrator Exam Az-104 and get the renewal of the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.

Two years ago Microsoft released the first new Rolebased exams with the Az-100/Az-101. I´ve passed both exams, but the exams are only valid for two years after passing. With the new Az-104 I got a renewal of the title for the next two years.

The Az-104 certification is a further development of the Az-103, as it will be discontinued at the end of July. To see the necessary skills and the differences to the Az-103, please have a look at the document “Az-104 Skills measured“.

Preparation and study guides

In preparation, all I can say is practice, practice, practice. Create different Azure Services, manage and administer them and interact with them. This helps a lot to understand the individual service and the different functions.

There are a lot of good study guides out there:

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Good luck and happy study.

Links

How I pass the Azure Security Exam Az-500

In the past I have taken several Azure exams, and yesterday I took the Azure Security exam Az-500. I am really glad that I passed the exam. In this article I will give you a brief overview of the topics I saw in the exam and what materials I used to prepare for the exam. I can say directly that the best way to succeed in the exam is practice.

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Azure File Sync – V7 Agent Update Unterstützt nun Fileshares >=5TB

Für Azure File Sync ist eine neue Agent Version verfügbar, die einige Interessante Funktionen mitbringt. Insbesondere der lang erwartete Support für Azure Fileshares <= 5TB wird nun integriert. Die Aktualisierung erfolgt Schrittweise, daher kann es etwas dauern, bis ihr von den Verbesserungen profitiert. Allerdings gibt es auch eine Möglichkeit, das ganze zu beschleunigen.

Mit Version 7 kommen folgende Neuerungen:

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Azure Management Groups und Blueprints – Ueberblick und Einrichtung – Teil 2

Im ersten Teil habe ich vorgestellt, warum ein Azure Governance Konzept sinnvoll ist, wie sich Management Groups als organisatorisches Mittel in Azure dafür nutzen lassen und warum diese für Azure Blueprints als Vorraussetzung notwendig sind. Im 2. Teil werde ich nun zeigen, was Azure Blueprints sind, wie sich diese einrichten lassen und was beim erzeugen einer neuen Subscription passiert, wenn ein Azure Blueprint darauf angewandt wird.

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Azure Management Groups und Blueprints – Überblick und Einrichtung – Teil 1

Der Weg in die Cloud ist eigentlich simpel, ein Konto im Azure Portal angelegt, die Kreditkartendaten hinterlegt und schon können alle verfügbaren Azure Ressourcen ausgerollt werden. Dies mag für Testumgebungen durchaus ein möglicher (wenn auch nicht empfohlener) weg sein. Für Produktiv Workloads, unabhängig ob Cloud only oder Hybrid-Szenario, sind Regeln erforderlich und sinnvoll. Um die Umgebung zu Strukturieren, um Kostenexplosionen zu vermeiden und um die Umgebung abzusichern.

Solche Richtlinien und Regeln lassen sich mit einem Governance Konzept erstellen und festlegen. So können bereits simple Fragen, wie ein zentrales Namensschema für Azure Services, das Design der Netzwerke oder die maximal erlaubten VM-Größen, geklärt werden. Ein Governance Konzept ist für den gesamten Tenant gedacht und damit Subscriptions übergreifend gültig. Die Subscriptions wiederrum eignen sich um unterschiedliche Kostenstellen zu erfassen oder Projektgrenzen zu definieren.

Bisher war es nicht einfach möglich, zentrale Einstellungen für neue Subscriptions vorzugeben. Dies hat sich mit der Einführung von Azure Blueprints geändert. Mit Azure Blueprints lassen sich zentrale Einstellungen vorgeben, die beim Rollout einer neuen Subscription auf diese angewandt werden. Um Azure Blueprints einsetzen zu können sind Management Groups notwendig. Management Groups geben die Möglichkeit den Azure Tenant aus Organisatorischer Sicht zu strukturieren.

Dieser zweiteilige Beitrag wird zunächst die notwendigen Management Groups als Voraussetzungen von Azure Blueprints erläutern und anschließend die Möglichkeiten von Azure Blueprints und deren Rollout vorstellen.

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Azure Soluctions Architect Expert Az-300 Az-301 Bestanden

Im letzten Jahr habe ich an ingesamt 5 Beta Prüfungen teilgenommen und war besonders auf die Ergebnisse der beiden Beta Prüfungen Az-300 und Az-301 gespannt. Diese habe ich Ende Oktober abgelegt und gerade die Az-300 hatte es aus meiner Sicht wirklich in sich. Gestern gab es Ergebnisse und ich bin besonders froh, dass ich beide Prüfungen erfolgreich bestanden habe und damit den Titel Azure Solutions Architect Expert erhalten habe.

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