And now for something completely different: a technical problem description. I’m learning to use Microsoft Intune to manage devices. So I added two laptops after reinstalling them with a brand new W10 installation. And I added my Samsung S8 mobile device. This was somewhere in december 2019. Some time later I found out I had…
From September 24 to 28 I visited Microsoft Ignite in Orlando Florida with 5 colleagues – and 30,000 others from around the world. In the many sessions and conversations with specialists from Microsoft and partners I’ve been inspired, gained knowledge and made valuable connections. Here is a very concise summary of changes that I have…
There is a lot of discussion on how to start using Office 365 in your organization before people are actually doing anything. Especially orgs older then 15 years tend to stall. They have file servers containing dozen of terabytes of data, created non-transparent work processes and have a relatively older workforce. And then there is…
Last week I went to Microsoft in Seattle and Redmond, together with 40 other architects, CEO’s and CIO’s, developers and data specialists from the Netherlands. Three days packed with meetings and sessions from Microsofts leaders and technical product specialists. The main topic was Data and AI. The subjects ranged from Artificial Intelligence and cognitive services,…
This week I’m preparing myself for my second trip to Microsoft in Redmond – Seattle. Three days packed with presentations from and discussions with the best people at Microsoft: Scott Guthrie, Eduardo Kassner, Ulrich Homann, James Whittaker, and many more. And I’ll visit the product teams of AI, Cosmos, IoT, Machine Learning, Azure Functions. It’s…
Organizations are becoming more and more IT companies. Technology has become the way to develop new services or enrich existing services. The business is getting closer to IT, and ideas come true because the needed technology is accessible to everyone. The use of containers is one of the most important IT trends at the moment…
My son, four years old, loves dinosaurs and fossils. We dug out some fake fossils recently. He knows their names, their sizes and what they ate. He also understands they are dead. Dinosaurs did not make it because they were not able to adapt fast enough after a major disruption. Like Darwin said: “It Is…
How do IT managers, architects and other people in the IT department deal with the change public cloud brings us? In my last post I described one of the things I see in my work that lead to the end of the current form of many IT departments. The challenge for IT people is to…
This week I went to Microsoft Ignite in Atlanta. After 8 years of going to VMworld this was my first Microsoft congress ever. Since my visit to Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond November 2015 I’ve been amazed with the transition this company is going through. They seem to really live up to their mission: to empower…
A few months back I needed to understand how Microsoft Storsimple is build up. So I made this high level overview which I checked with the guys from Microsoft in Redmond. And I’d like to it share with you. Download the PDF right here. Enjoy.
A few months back I needed to understand how Microsoft Cloud OS and Azure Pack is build up. So I made this high level overview which I checked with the guys from Microsoft in Redmond. And I’d like to it share with you. Download the PDF right here. Enjoy.
