I’m a Lead Cloud Consultant specialising in Microsoft Azure, with 6+ years in Azure/DevOps and 20+ years in tech.
... started on the Internet Helpdesk,
... moved to Systems Administration,
… racked and stacked servers as a Systems Engineer,
… built platforms as a Platform Engineer,
… embraced DevOps as a Senior Cloud Engineer,
… and now deliver innovative solutions as a Lead Cloud Consultant.
Along the way, I’ve made mistakes, tackled tough challenges, migrated datacenters, led complex projects, and learned that creativity and collaboration turn obstacles into results.
This blog is where I share my journey and curiousity, lessons learned, and tips for navigating the Cloud world.
Check out all the latest blogs and videos.
Master Terraform state with essential commands every engineer needs. Learn how to import, move, remove, unlock, backup, and restore your state safely!
Automate Azure Reporting with PowerShell! Update or Audit Your Azure Infrastructure at Scale!In this video, I walk through how I use PowerShell to create inventory reports on Azure virtual machines and how to add conditional expressions to deal with different scenarios.
In this video, I walk through how to build an Azure Lab with Terraform. Its a long video but it was requested, so get your popcorn ready! I'll walk through how I build the code scratch and explain my logic and how I overcome some challenges.
Microsoft Exam Updates to Lower Your Stress Levels and Pass! Watch This Before Taking Your Exam!
I recent renewed my Microsoft Certification Azure Security Engineer Associate and to share my 5 key strategies on how I passed Microsoft Certifications.
A final Cloud Diaries for the end of the year! I talk about attempting to de-cluttering and re-organising my home to hopefully improve productivity and creativity, working on analysis paralysis, imposter syndrome and the future of this this channel!
In this video, I share with you my minimalist setup for DevOps and Cloud Engineers: WSL, VS Code, Terraform, and Oh-My-Posh for Azure. Streamline your workflow! #Azure #DevOps #CloudEngineering
In this video I walk through my current home office setup for 2023. I tried to keep things simple and practical with plants to add a touch of zen and make it a place to work and be productive.
I travelled to Sydney for the ExpertsLiveAU event this week, it was held at the Microsoft office in North Sydney. I thought I would create a short vlog of the journey and share with you some highlights of the event! Looking forward to next year!
Create a FREE Website with GitHub Pages and Jekyll in less than 10 minutes! No need to know HTML code or CCS because everything is in markdown!
Build a Website with an Azure Static Web App and use GitHub Actions to manage your continuous deployment with Terraform Cloud for Infrastructure and Jekyll to generate your static website content.
I share with you my experience in taking the AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies Exam in 2023. I will talk about the Cyber Security certifcation path, details around the exam, things to consider and tips if you plan on taking the exam!
So its been a while! Starting a new series called Cloud Diaries, this is a like a vlog style channel update! Stay tuned, more content to come!
I'll show you how to manage your github organisation with Terraform Cloud, scenarios on how to structure your repositories, using templates to standardise deployments and controls and guardrails to protect you from issues.
I had the opportunity to participate on a Microsoft OpenHack on Containers.
I had the opportunity to chat with Jan De Dobbeleer, CTO of Trend Miner, Microsoft MVP and the creator of Oh My Posh!
I’ll share with your how to level up your command line with Oh My Posh! Add some colour and feedback with Github and Azure right in your command line! Never commit code to the wrong branch or execute commands to the wrong Azure subscription again!
I share with you my work from home desk setup for 2022. I go through my decision around a stand up desk, lighting and audio equipment and tips to help may you more productive and efficient whilst working from home or working in your own studio.
Create your first Terraform Module to use in Azure! We will walk-through, the standard terraform code and how to generalise it into a module. I’ll run through a demo to show you how to write code.
