Tag: Presenter

May312019May 31, 2019May 31, 20190Commentby Thomas Maurer
Experts Live Netherlands 2019 - Tech panel

Speaking at Experts Live Netherlands 2019 Breakout and Tech Panel!

Posted in Cloud, Events, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Speaking, Work

I am happy to let you know that I will be speaking again at Experts Live Netherlands 2019! Experts Live Netherlands 2019 will take place on 6 June 2019 in Den Bosch. I have excellent professional and personal memories from the latest Experts Live Netherlands conference, and it is always a tremendous honor to speak at a such a great event. This year again, I will be talking about Windows Server 2019 and how it is will enable your hybrid datacenter.

Besides my Windows Server 2019 breakout session, I am proud to also be part of the keynote tech panel with Mary-Jo Foley, Paul Thurrott, and Marc van Eijk.

Experts Live Netherlands 2019

Windows Server 2019 - The Next big thing for Hybrid Cloud

Join this session for the best of Windows Server 2019, about the innovation and improvements of Windows Server. Learn how Microsoft enhances the SDDC feature like Hyper-V, Storage, and Networking and get the most out of the new Azure Hybrid Integration and Container features. You’ll get an overview of the new, exciting improvements that are in Windows Server and how they’ll improve your day-to-day job. In this presentation Thomas Maurer (Microsoft MVP) will guide you through the highly anticipated innovations in Windows Server 2019 and the Semi-Annual Channel including • Windows Server Containers • Azure Integration • Hyper-V features • Storage • Networking • Security • Windows Server Containers • And more!

There are still a couple of tickets left, so make sure you reserve yours soon! Our Microsoft Azure Cloud Advocates team with Anthony Bartolo, Orin Thomas and I, are hoping to see you there!


May232019May 23, 2019May 23, 20190Commentby Thomas Maurer
Experts Live Switzerland 2019

Speaking at Experts Live Switzerland 2019

Posted in Azure Stack HCI, Cloud, Cloud Advocate, Events, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Stack, Speaking, Work

I’m excited to be chosen again as a speaker at Experts Live Switzerland 2019. Experts Live Switzerland 2019 will take place on June 20 in the new Workspace Welle 7 in ​Bern Switzerland. Experts Live Switzerland is a one-day event with 17 sessions in three parallel tracks focusing on Microsoft Cloud, Datacenter and Workplace Management topics, with Microsoft MVPs, speakers from Microsoft and other industry experts.

I am happy to speak about Microsoft Azure Stack and how you can extend Azure to your locations. I will also give an overview of the newly announced Azure Stack HCI solutions.

Experts Live Switzerland 2019

Extend the Intelligent Cloud to the Edge with Azure Stack and Azure Stack HCI

Azure Stack allows you to extend Azure to your datacenter and run Azure Services under your terms. With Azure Stack HCI, the latest member in the Azure Stack family, we also offer a great hyper-converged infrastructure solution, with optional Azure connected services. Find out more about Azure Stack and Azure Stack HCI, how these solutions can help you to in your Hybrid Cloud strategy. Learn about the features and services you will get by offering Azure Stack to your customers and how you can build a true Hybrid Cloud experience.

Experts Live Switzerland 2019 is limited to only 200 attendees, so make sure you reserve your ticket right now! There will be a lot of other great sessions and a lot of experts from the Microsoft Cloud community. One of the main advantages of joining the Experts Live events is that you get this great networking opportunity to learn from each other.

Some more information about the conference:

  • 1-day event
  • In the heart of Switzerland (Bern)
  • Keynote about Azure Switzerland
  • 17 sessions
  • 3 parallel tracks
  • Top Community speakers
  • limited to 200 attendees
  • Partner booths in the expo hall
  • modern location
  • focusing on Microsoft Cloud Technology

I hope to see you all there!


May082019May 8, 2019May 8, 20190Commentby Thomas Maurer
Azure Saturday 2019 Munich

Speaking at the Azure Saturday 2019 in Munich

Posted in Cloud, Cloud Advocate, Events, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, PowerShell, Speaking

Azure Saturday Munich is a free community-focused Azure event dedicated to educating and engaging members of the local technical community. Azure Saturday draws upon the expertise of local Azure IT professionals, developers and solutions architects who come together to share their real-world experiences, lessons learned, best practices, and general knowledge with other like-minded individuals. With 30 speakers delivering 25 sessions in front of 500 attendees. I am happy that this year I will be speaking about the Azure Cloud Shell on the Azure Saturday 2019 on May 18 in Munich.

Azure Saturday 2019

Mastering Azure using Cloud Shell, PowerShell and Bash!

Azure can be managed in many different ways. Learn your command line options like Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI and Cloud Shell to be more efficient in managing your Azure infrastructure. Become a hero on the shell to manage the cloud!

If you want to use your Saturday to learn about Azure, come by and I hope to see you there!


Apr292019April 29, 2019April 29, 20190Commentby Thomas Maurer
CDC-Germany 2019

Speaking at the Cloud and Datacenter Conference Germany 2019

Posted in Azure Stack HCI, Cloud, Cloud Advocate, Containers, Events, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Stack, PowerShell, Speaking, Virtualization, Windows Admin Center, Windows Server, Windows Server 2019, Work

One of the best conferences when it comes to cloud and datacenter topics of IT Pros, is the Cloud and Datacenter Conference Germany 2019 organized by Microsoft MVP Carsten Rachfahl. I had the opportunity to speak at CDC-Germany 2016, 2017 and also in 2018. I am happy that I again was invited to speak at CDC-Germany 2019. The two day, Cloud & Datacenter Conference Germany will be held in Hanau, Germany on May 21-22. The CDC Germany will be focusing on Microsoft Technology and will have 6 tracks full of great Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter content with speakers from all over the world.

Featured Speakers CDC-Germany 2019

My Sessions at the Cloud and Datacenter Conference Germany 2019

I happy to speak in 1 of the main sessions and 2 breakout session about Hybird Cloud topics, like Azure Cloud Shell, Azure Stack, Windows Server 2019, Windows Admin Center, Azure Stack HCI and much much more.

CDC-Germany

Hybrid is the New Black!

Hybrid Cloud is not just a state during your cloud migration, it is here to stay! Hybrid Cloud goes far beyond Microsoft Azure Stack, and in this session you will see an overview about the different solutions you can use to extend your on-premises environment with Microsoft cloud services.

CDC-Germany

Windows Server 2019 – The Next Generation of Software-Defined Datacenter

Join this session for the best of Windows Server 2019, about the new innovation and improvements of Windows Server. Learn how Microsoft enhances the SDDC feature like Hyper-V, Storage and Networking and get the most out of the new Azure Hybrid Integration and Container features. You’ll get an overview about the new, exciting improvements that are in Windows Server and how they’ll improve your day-to-day job. In this presentation Thomas Maurer (Microsoft MVP) will guide you through the highly anticipated innovations in Windows Server 2019 and the Semi-Annual Channel including: Windows Server Containers Azure Integration Hyper-V features Storage Networking Security Windows Server Containers And more!

CDC-Germany

Mastering Azure using Cloud Shell, PowerShell and Bash!

Azure can be managed in many different way. Learn your command line options like Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI and Cloud Shell to be more efficient in managing your Azure infrastructure. Become a hero on the shell to manage the cloud!

My Session at the Hyper-V Community + Hybrid Cloud Community Pre-Day

I will also be speaking at the Hyper-V Community + Hybrid Cloud Community Pre-Day at May 20, 2019.

Hyper-V Community + Hybrid Cloud Community Pre-Day

Extend the Intelligent Cloud to the Edge with Azure Stack and Azure Stack HCI

Azure Stack allows you to extend Azure to your datacenter and run Azure Services under your terms. With Azure Stack HCI, the latest member in the Azure Stack family, we also offer a great hyper-converged infrastructure solution, with optional Azure connected services. Find out more about Azure Stack and Azure Stack HCI, how these solutions can help you to in your Hybrid Cloud strategy. Learn about the features and services you will get by offering Azure Stack to your customers and how you can build a true Hybrid Cloud experience.

I am really looking forward to the Cloud and Datacenter Conference Germany 2019, and I hope to see you there!


Apr282019April 28, 2019April 28, 20191Commentby Thomas Maurer
Microsoft Ignite The Tour Amsterdam 2019 Thomas Maurer Speaking

Microsoft Ignite The Tour 2019 Azure Hybrid Session Recordings

Posted in Cloud, Cloud Advocate, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Speaking, Windows Admin Center, Windows Server, Windows Server 2019, Work

As you might know, had the chance to present my first sessions as a Microsoft employee at Microsoft Ignite The Tour 2019 in London and Amsterdam. A couple of weeks ago, the session recordings from Amsterdam are now available. My sessions were part of the Azure Hybrid Cloud learning path.

Building and maintaining your Azure hybrid environment
Tailwind Traders has seen exponential growth over the last two years, transitioning from a midsize company to a worldwide corporation. This growth has required extending Tailwind’s existing infrastructure into Microsoft Azure in a hybrid deployment, with some important workloads remaining in the organization’s on-premises datacenter, while increasing numbers of critical workloads running in Azure.

In the five modules for this learning path, you’ll learn how to plan and configure hybrid network connectivity, apply best practice security configuration to Azure resources, learn how to effectively monitor and maintain those resources, ensure that those resources meet organizational compliance requirements, and ensure that workloads in Azure are highly available and protected against catastrophe.

Sessions at Microsoft Ignite The Tour 2019

Microsoft Ignite The Tour

HYB10 - Planning and implementing hybrid network connectivity

Once your organization has decided to implement a hybrid model, you need to start figuring out how to ensure that communication between your on-premises environment and your hybrid workloads is both secure and reliable. You also need to ensure that those workloads are protected from internal and external network threats. In this module, you’ll learn how to assess your organization’s on-prem network infrastructure, how to plan and then implement an appropriate networking design for Azure. You’ll learn how to implement appropriate Azure virtual network technologies, including securing connectivity between on-premises and Azure using VPNs and ExpressRoute as well as how to strategically deploy firewalls, network security groups and marketplace appliances to protect those resources and workloads.

Microsoft Ignite The Tour

HYB20 - Securing your Azure environment

With Cloud resources now connected with our datacenter, secure administrative access to critical workloads needs to be configured appropriately. It’s also important from an organizational and compliance perspective to ensure that workloads have a security configuration aligned with industry best practice. In this module, you’ll learn how to improve the security of privileged accounts used to manage Azure resources, manage software updates for both on-premises and cloud hosted virtual machines, and how to get the most out of Azure Security Center for assessing and remediating security configuration issues in a hybrid environment.

You can find more  Microsoft Ignite The Tour recordings on the offical website.


Apr202019April 20, 2019April 20, 20190Commentby Thomas Maurer
Global Azure Bootcamp 2019

Speaking at the Global Azure Bootcamp 2019

Posted in Azure Stack HCI, Cloud, Cloud Advocate, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Stack, PowerShell, Speaking, Virtualization, Windows Server, Windows Server 2019, Work

On April 27, 2019, it is again time where all the Azure communites come together for the sixth Global Azure Bootcamp event. And I am happy to be part of it again this year. Last year I was speaking at Azure Global Bootcamp 2018 in Zürich, Switzerland, and I will be back to speak at the Global Azure Bootcamp 2019 in Zürich this year. Besides this in person session, I will also be presenting online at the Global Online Azure Bootcamp (Ireland). This is an Azure Global Bootcamp event for those who don’t have something local or cannot travel, organised by Microsoft MVP and Azure expert Aidan Finn from Ireland. Hosted on GoToWebinar, presenters will share their expert knowledge on Microsoft Azure with an audience that can join in from anywhere around the world.

Around the world, user groups and communities want to learn about Azure and Cloud Computing. On April 27, all communities will come together once again for a great Global Azure Bootcamp event. Each user group will organize their own one day deep dive class on Azure the way they see fit and how it works for their members. The result is that thousands of people get to learn about Azure and join together online under the social hashtag #GlobalAzure.

I will be speaking about two extremly interesting topics inluding Azure Cloud Shell and Azure Stack.

Global Azure Bootcamp 2019 in Zürich

Global Azure Bootcamp

Mastering Azure using Cloud Shell, PowerShell and Bash!

Azure can be managed in many different way. Learn your command line options like Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI and Cloud Shell to be more efficient in managing your Azure infrastructure. Become a hero on the shell to manage the cloud!

Oganized by:

 

Stefan Johner

Stefan Roth

Manuel Meyer

Global Online Azure Bootcamp 2019 (Ireland)

Global Azure Bootcamp (Online)

Extend the Intelligent Cloud to the Edge with Azure Stack and Azure Stack HCI

Azure Stack allows you to extend Azure to your datacenter and run Azure Services under your terms. With Azure Stack HCI, the latest member in the Azure Stack family, we also offer a great hyper-converged infrastructure solution, with optional Azure connected services. Find out more about Azure Stack and Azure Stack HCI, how these solutions can help you to in your Hybrid Cloud strategy. Learn about the features and services you will get by offering Azure Stack to your customers and how you can build a true Hybrid Cloud experience.

If you have time and you want to spend a whole day learning about Azure, join one of the events around you, or check out the online streaming events. I am also happy to meet you in Zürich!


Apr082019April 8, 2019April 8, 20190Commentby Thomas Maurer
Skane Azure Usergroup

Speaking at the Skane Azure Usergroup in Malmö

Posted in Azure Stack HCI, Cloud, Cloud Advocate, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Stack, Virtualization, Windows Admin Center, Windows Server, Windows Server 2019, Work

I am happy to say that I will be speaking at the Skåne Azure Usergroup in Malmö. On Tuesday April 9, I have the opportunity to speak at the event of the Skåne Azure Usergroup with a couple of Microsoft MVPs like Stefan Johner, Eric Berg, Henk Boelman and Tom Janetscheck.

“These speakers are in the region because of the Intelligent Cloud Conference (https://intelligentcloud.dk/) taking place in Copenhagen on April 9-10 (preconference workshops on April 8). Regardless If you attend this meetup, we would encourage you to check-out the conference and use this Discount code: azugskaane to get 10% discount on attendance”

I will be speaking about Azure Stack and the latest Azure Stack family member, Azure Stack HCI solutions. There will also be a lot of great other topics like:

  • Azure Stack: How to build a true hybrid cloud experience based on experiences from early programs and how to offer services from Azure stack to customers
  • Azure Labs: Deliver test environments quickly, controlled and cost effective with Azure DevOps CI/CD
  • Azure Governance: Keep you Azure investments secure, under control and healthy in automated or manual way.
  • AI: DevOps for AI and also Global AI/MR Bootcamp.
  • Azure Security Center: Protect against attacks and keep your Azure secure
Join Meetup

Azure Community Heroes visits Skåne Azure Usergroup

Preliminary Agenda 17:30 – Introduction 17:45 – 18:45 – Presentations 18:45 – 19:15 – Meet & Eat 19:15 – 20.30 – Presentations

I always enjoy the great community work and great conversations about cloud technology when I am in the nodrics. I hope to see you there and also the the Intelligent Cloud Conference in Copenhagen. Let me know if you are there as well. If you can’t join on that date, there is also a meetup by the Skane Azure Usergroup with Orin Thomas about Azure Networking on Apirl 16.



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