Tag: Thomas Maurer

Sep282022September 28, 2022September 28, 20220Commentby Thomas Maurer
Clouded Clouded Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud (2022) Thomas Maurer Coming Soon

Clouded – Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud (2022) Documentary

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I am excited and proud to share with you that I will be part of the Clouded – Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud (2022) Documentary produced by Dark Matter Film. The documentary will be shown as a premiere in London on October 18th and until then you can watch the official trailer here.

Clouded Clouded Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud (2022) Thomas Maurer Coming Soon
Clouded Clouded Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud (2022) Thomas Maurer

Clouded | Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud (2022)

An original film that is uncovering the realities of cloud technology and its effects on both business and society. Many have grown confused with our relationship with a rapidly expanding cloud market, others are reflecting on their strategies. The question is, when did cloud become so ‘Clouded’.

Clouded confronts some of the uncomfortable truths that exist in today’s cloud culture. This is a journey of discovery that uncovers topics which undoubtedly require further thought by governments, enterprise businesses and technology executives.

Clouded | Uncovering The Culture Of Cloud (2022)

Register for the Exclusive “Clouded” Premiere in London

I hope to see you at the premiere of Clouded in London!

When and Where: 18th October 2022 | Ham Yard Hotel, London

Register to secure your seat to join us at the exclusive premiere of ‘Clouded’. The event will include an exclusive screening followed by afternoon tea.

There are a limited number of spaces at the in-person event – you will be contacted to confirm your space and provided with further details. If you are unable to attend in-person, the documentary will be available on general release in the weeks following the premiere.

About Thomas Maurer

Thomas works as a Senior Program Manager & Chief Evangelist Azure Hybrid at Microsoft (Cloud + AI). He engages with the community and customers around the world to share his knowledge and collect feedback to improve the Azure hybrid cloud and edge platform. Prior to joining the Azure engineering team (Cloud + AI), Thomas was a Lead Architect and Microsoft MVP, to help architect, implement and promote Microsoft cloud technology.

If you want to know more about Thomas, check out his blog: www.thomasmaurer.ch and Twitter: www.twitter.com/thomasmaurer


Oct292021October 29, 2021October 29, 20210Commentby Thomas Maurer
Azure Hybrid News Live Stream MS ignite

Livestream: Azure Hybrid News from Microsoft Ignite

Posted in Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Speaking, Thomas Maurer, Windows Server

On November 2-4, 2021 Microsoft will host a free online event called Microsoft Ignite. As usual, there will be a lot of news and announcements around different Microsoft technologies. We also expect some announcements and sessions around Azure hybrid and multicloud. Lior Kamrat (WW Tech Lead Azure Hybrid at Microsoft) and Thomas Maurer (Senior Cloud Advocate Azure Hybrid) will host a livestream on November 3, where you can learn about the latest Azure hybrid cloud news announcements from Microsoft Ignite.

Livestream: Azure Hybrid News from Microsoft Ignite

Make sure you join us on November 3, 10 am (PST) – 6 pm (CET) live on YouTube or directly here on ThomasMaurer.ch.

 ▶ Download the calendar ICS file here. 📅✔

Join the livestream with Lior Kamrat and Thomas Maurer to learn about the latest Azure hybrid

Join us on the YouTube Livestream

If you are interested, join us on November 3 online. I am really looking forward to chatting with you in the Livestream about the latest Microsoft Azure Hybrid news from Microsoft Ignite. You can find the live stream here on YouTube.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.


May062021May 6, 2021May 6, 20210Commentby Thomas Maurer
CTRL ALT AZURE Podcast

CTRL+ALT+AZURE Podcast Exploring Azure Arc with Thomas Maurer

Posted in Microsoft Azure, Speaking, Thomas Maurer

This week I was on the CTRL+ALT+AZURE podcast hosted by Tobias Zimmergen & Jussi Roine to talk about Hybrid Cloud and Azure Arc.

080 – Exploring Azure Arc with Thomas Maurer

In this episode, we invite Microsoft’s Thomas Maurer to talk about Azure Arc. What is it, how does it help us, is it difficult to start with, and what does it cost? Also, Swiss chocolate!

You can find the episode here.

About CTRL+ATL+AZURE
We love working with Azure, and we also love sharing our experiences with the community, our customers, and families (if they choose to listen). Our semi-random chats over coffee gave us the idea to produce this podcast, where we talk more about what’s interesting Azure, and how things can be built on Azure.
Our aim is to bring fresh topics, deep insights, and easily digestible episodes for IT Pros, developers, and techies alike! Feel free to ping us directly should you have any feedback, questions, or ideas.

CTRL+ALT+AZURE

More here:

I hope you enjoy the CTRL+ALT+AZURE Podcast episode Exploring Azure Arc with Thomas Maurer.


Mar232021March 23, 2021March 23, 20212Commentsby Thomas Maurer
Azure Enablement show Microsoft Azure Certifications

Azure Enablement Show: How and why to earn an Azure Certification

Posted in Certification, Microsoft Azure

I am happy to let you know that I was part of the Azure Enablement show with April Edwards, to talk about Azure Certifications!. In this video, April and I discuss why Microsoft Azure certifications are worth your time and energy; and how they can lead to more confidence and clarity in your job. Thomas and April share their own experiences and recommendations on how to prepare for exams and how to approach getting your own certifications.

You can watch the full Azure Enablement Show: How and why to earn an Azure Certification video here on Microsoft Channel 9.

You can learn more here:

Also make sure you check out my blogs on Microsoft Certification:

And my Microsoft Azure certification exam study guides!

I hope this Azure Enablement show video on Microsoft Azure certifications and the included information is valuable for your Microsoft Azure certification journey! If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment below!


Feb162021February 16, 2021February 15, 20210Commentby Thomas Maurer
Azure Friday Building modern hybrid applications with Azure Arc and Azure Stack

Azure Friday: Building modern hybrid applications with Azure Arc and Azure Stack

Posted in Microsoft Azure

Last Friday, I had the chance to chat with Scott Hanselman on Azure Friday to talk about how you can architect, deploy, and manage hybrid applications using Azure Arc and Azure Stack. In this Azure Friday video, I join Scott Hanselman to show how developers can be more collaborative in developing, deploying, and managing applications across multiple environments and clouds. Build and deploy a truly consistent app experience everywhere in your hybrid cloud using your existing DevOps pipelines, Kubernetes manifests, and Helm Charts – as well as your choice of tools. Azure Arc is integrated with GitHub, Azure Monitor, Security Center, Update, and more.

To learn more about Azure Hybrid Architectures, check out the Azure Architecture Center.

Azure Friday – Building modern hybrid applications with Azure Arc and Azure Stack

 You can watch the full episode here on Microsoft Channel 9.

If you want to know more about the Azure Arc, Azure Stack and Azure Hybrid architecture, check out the following blog post and Microsoft Docs articles:

If you want to check out my other Azure Friday episodes, in which I was joining Scott Hanselman to talk about how you can connect Windows Server to Azure Hybrid Cloud services using Windows Admin Center. Or then one where I join Donovan Brown on Azure Friday to talk about how you can manage and govern your hybrid servers using Azure Arc.

I hope you liked this Azure Friday episode about how you can architect, deploy, and manage hybrid applications using Azure Arc and Azure Stack. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.


Dec162020December 16, 2020December 16, 20200Commentby Thomas Maurer
Cloud Advocate AMA Thomas Maurer

Cloud Advocate AMA – Festive Tech Calendar

Posted in Certification, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Speaking, Thomas Maurer, Virtualization, Windows Server

The holidays are only a couple of days away, and we wanted to take that opportunity to host a Cloud Advocate Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) for the Festive Tech Calendar. So join Pierre Roman, Sarah Lean, and Thomas Maurer for a Cloud Advocate Ask Me Anything (AMA) session as part of the Festive Tech Calendar event. We will be happy to field questions about Azure, Azure Stack HCI, Azure Arc, Certification, Hybrid Cloud configuration, Windows Server, or even what our favorite Christmas movie is.

The Cloud Adovate AMA will be hosted on YouTube on December 16 at 16:00 CET. Come armed with your questions and let’s have some festive fun! To ask your questions, join us on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpFvv4OFE_M

For more content from Pierre, Sarah and Thomas be sure to check out https://aka.ms/itopstalk. If you want to see more of the Festive Tech Calendar, check out the official website.


Nov252020November 25, 2020November 17, 20200Commentby Thomas Maurer
Azure Stack Hub Bordonaro IT

Azure Stack Hub Partner Solutions Series – BORDONARO IT

Posted in Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Thomas Maurer

This week, Tiberiu Radu (Azure Stack Hub PM) and I, had the chance to speak with Microsoft MVP Dino Bordonaro from Azure Stack Hub Partner BORDONARO IT. BORDONARO IT is an Azure Stack Hub partner and Preferred SI that focuses on managed services. They are lead by Dino Bordonaro, who is an Azure Stack Hub MVP, and together with his team, they are delivering value to their customers by creating hybrid solutions on Azure and Azure Stack. BORDONARO IT runs the Center of Excellence where they offer Validation as a Service and PoC environments that partners and customers can use.

We created this new Azure Stack Hub Partner solution video series to show how our customers and partners use Azure Stack Hub in their Hybrid Cloud environment.  In this series, as we will meet customers that are deploying Azure Stack Hub for their own internal departments, partners that run managed services on behalf of their customers, and a wide range of in-between as we look at how our various partners are using Azure Stack Hub to bring the power of the cloud on-premises.

Links mentioned through the video:

I hope this video was helpful and you enjoyed watching it. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below. If you want to learn more about the Microsoft Azure Stack portfolio, check out my blog post.


Nov202020November 20, 2020November 20, 20200Commentby Thomas Maurer
Lisa At The Edge Podcast - Thomas Maurer - Career Development & Azure Arc

Lisa At The Edge Podcast – Thomas Maurer – Career Development & Azure Arc

Posted in Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Speaking, Thomas Maurer, Virtualization

This week I had the honor to be on the Lisa at the Edge podcast, where I had the chance to speak with Lisa Clark, who is an EMEA Microsoft Hybrid Cloud Business Strategist at Dell Technologies. In her podcast, we talked about Azure Arc and Azure Hybrid Cloud, as well as career development. You can watch the full episode on here and on YouTube as well as on Lisa at the Edge – Hybrid Cloud & Careers in Tech.

Episode 21: Lisa At The Edge Podcast – Thomas Maurer – Career Development & Azure Arc

Thomas is a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft for Azure focused on Azure and Hybrid and former MVP. Thomas runs a very successful blog jam-packed with useful content on Azure Certification Guides, Windows Server, Azure IaaS, and more. He is a successful speaker and I was extremely lucky to have him on the podcast. In this episode, we talk about Thomas’s career path from apprentice to landing a dream role at Microsoft. We also discuss Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud terminology and then get stuck into the hot topic of the moment: Azure Arc.

About the Lisa at the Edge Podcast

“On the Lisa at the Edge Podcast, you will find all kinds of interesting topics as I speak to amazing people from across the global tech community.

I started this podcast at the beginning of lockdown here in Scotland as Covid-19 took over and changed our world. Podcasting and blogging are activities I had always wanted to try but for one reason (excuse) or another, I never got started. I decided lockdown was the perfect opportunity to give it a go! It is a way for me to stay connected to the tech community and learn new skills. I haven’t ruled any topics out and I haven’t stuck to the advice of ‘find your niche’ because that’s just not me! However, there will be a heavy focus on two of my favorite topics: Careers in Tech and Microsoft Hybrid Cloud.”

Learn more about Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure

I hope you enjoyed that episode as much as I did. If you want to learn more about Microsoft Azure and Cloud Computing, check out my blog post, in which I summarized a couple of useful links.


Nov032020November 3, 2020November 2, 20200Commentby Thomas Maurer
Experts Live Switzerland 2020 Azure Hybrid - Learn about Hybrid Cloud Management with Azure

Experts Live Switzerland 2020: Azure Hybrid – Learn about Hybrid Cloud Management

Posted in Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Speaking, Thomas Maurer

A couple of months ago I was speaking at Experts Live Switzerland 2020 in Bern. Now the recording of my session: “Azure Hybrid – Learn about Hybrid Cloud Management” is available online! In this session, I will give you an overview of the Hybrid Cloud offering of Microsoft Azure and how you can use the Azure Hybrid services like Azure Arc, Azure Update Management, Azure Stack, and many more to introduce new Hybrid Cloud Management to your environment.

What is Azure Arc enabled servers:

Azure Arc enabled servers allows you to manage your Windows and Linux machines hosted outside of Azure, on your corporate network or another cloud provider, similar to how you manage native Azure virtual machines. When a hybrid machine is connected to Azure, it becomes a connected machine and is treated as a resource in Azure. To deliver this experience with your hybrid machines hosted outside of Azure, the Azure Connected Machine agent needs to be installed on each machine that you plan on connecting to Azure.

Recording: Experts Live Switzerland 2020: Azure Hybrid – Learn about Hybrid Cloud Management

You can watch the full session here:

If you want to learn more about Azure Hybrid and Azure Arc, check out my blog posts:

Or these official Microsoft resources:

I hope you enjoyed this session about Azure Hybrid Cloud Management using Azure Arc. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.



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    Thomas Maurer

    My name is Thomas Maurer. I am a Senior Program Manager & Chief Evangelist for Azure Hybrid at Microsoft. I am part of the Azure engineering team (Cloud + AI) and engage with the community and customers around the world. Opinions are my own.

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