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8 posts on cloud, networking, virtualisation and the infrastructure I build.
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Azure
7
Networking
1
VMware
3
AVS
1
Security
1
Hybrid
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IaC
2
Homelab
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DevOps
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Governance
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2026.05.28
From vCenter to Azure Arc: Bridging Two Worlds
On-prem estates aren't going anywhere — but they don't have to feel like a different planet. Here's how I extend Azure's control plane down to the hypervisor with Arc, and the gotchas nobody warns you about.
Hybrid
Azure
9 min
2026.05.09
Landing Zones That Don't Make You Cry
Most landing zone failures aren't technical — they're decisions deferred. A pragmatic take on scaffolding subscriptions, policy and identity before the first workload lands.
Azure
Governance
8 min
2026.04.21
Azure VMware Solution: When Lift-and-Shift Actually Makes Sense
Re-platforming everything into native cloud sounds great on a slide and terrible in a delivery plan. Sometimes the pragmatic move is to bring VMware with you — and AVS is how.
AVS
VMware
8 min
2026.04.02
Bicep vs Terraform: Choosing Your Weapon on Azure
I've shipped both into production. This is the honest comparison I wish I'd had — state, modules, drift, and the team factors that matter more than syntax.
IaC
Azure
11 min
2026.03.15
The Hybrid Identity Puzzle: Entra ID Meets On-Prem AD
Sync, federation, pass-through, seamless SSO — the identity layer is where hybrid projects quietly succeed or fall apart. A field map of the options.
Hybrid
Azure
10 min
2026.02.26
Azure Policy at Scale Without Losing Your Mind
Initiatives, exemptions, remediation tasks — governance that scales is a design problem, not a compliance checkbox. How I structure policy across a tenant.
Azure
Governance
7 min
2026.02.04
FortiGate Meets Azure: Securing the Hub-and-Spoke Edge
Azure-native firewalls are great until a client has standardised on Fortinet everywhere else. Here's how I drop a FortiGate into a hub-and-spoke without fighting the platform.
Networking
Security
9 min
2026.01.12
What I Run in My Homelab (and Why It Makes Me Better at Work)
The fastest way I've found to actually understand a technology is to run it badly, at home, where the only thing I can break is my own weekend.
Homelab
VMware
6 min
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