My notes on the AZ-301 certification Exam
The AZ-301 is one of the two required exams to achieve the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification. Contrary to the AZ-300 which has lab based exercises on the actual Azure… Read More →
Schedule the Start of a VM in Azure
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- by Roberto Lopez
Background: I used to carry my own personal laptop all around the place, customers, conferences, libraries, etc. In order to have my tool of choice for work. As things have… Read More →
Choosing the Right Cloud Migration Strategy
In 2011 Gartner published 5 migration strategies. Eight years later let’s see how valid they still are and where are we in terms of evolution: 1. Rehost: The infamous “lift… Read More →
My notes on the AZ-300 certification Exam
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- by Roberto Lopez
Quickview First time I do a certification exam using my own computer with a remote proctor over video watching me. I didn’t mind, sometimes was a little bit too much… Read More →
Synchronize your Office 365 and iPhone Calendars
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- by Roberto Lopez
In Office 365 you have the usual authentication method: Username: mynameis@iworkhere.com Password Once these are provided you can log-in and work with the services (mail, calendar, etc). As we live… Read More →
Understanding Azure Reserved Instances
If you are consuming cloud resources you’re probably facing some challenges such as cost management, optimization and confidence on how spending is happening. Have you ever faced any surprising cost… Read More →
Azure Traffic Manager for Multi Cloud Vendor endpoints
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- by Roberto Lopez
Some customers and organization talk about having a multi-cloud environment in order to not be locked and also to provide redundancy and continuity in case of disaster with any of… Read More →
Flow: Tell me how long does it take to get to the Office
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- by Roberto Lopez
Simple fact of life: One goes to work and is subject to the everyday hassles of the industrial existence: Traffic and the normal inconveniences of our environment, it’s a good… Read More →
Understanding Availability Zones
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- by Roberto Lopez
Let’s recap some of the principles of Cloud computing design: High Availability Scalability Redundancy Platforms like Azure, AWS and Google have a solid way to deal with these requirements. The… Read More →
What Cloud Computing is
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- by Roberto Lopez
It is normal for different people to have different understandings of what Cloud Computing is. I will detail the basics below: Definition According to the The National Institute of Technology… Read More →