Beer 30 – Building Cloud App Migration Workstreams

I had a very interesting interview with Julianna Shearer on the process of analyzing an application environment and developing wave plans, groups, and migration strategies.

Azure Adoption and Governance Webinar

I’m presenting at a free Azure Adoption and Governance Webinar on November 22nd at 10:00 CDT to 11:00 CDT. Come learn how to improve the operational state of your Azure environment! Sign-Up Here: Nathan Lasnoski

Presenting at Technology Impact Summit

I’m presenting at the Technology Impact Summit in MN, WI, and IL. I’m covering topics of Business Impact from Technology and Cloud Adoption. Business Impact: Reality of business climate Transformation of business strategy Relationship between technology and business impact Social good and business benefit Types of impacts Cloud Adoption: Cloud adoption impact Cloud adoption steps […]

Presenting on Top 10 Best Practices in Azure Governance and Adoption @ Microsoft Ignite

This Microsoft Ignite I’ll be presenting at two sessions on two different and very interesting topics. The first is something critical to every organization’s leveraging of the cloud… the second it critical to every organization’s leveraging of AI. Looking forward to seeing you there! Top 10 Best Practices in Azure Governance and Adoption “Learn real-world […]

The Number One Reason to Migrate Legacy Workloads to Azure

We know that the cloud is a foregone conclusion for new workload deployment for the majority of use cases, but I am frequently challenged about legacy workloads by curious companies. There are a multitude of reasons to migrate legacy workloads, from flexibility, to control, to infrastructure-as-code, to management modernization, but today I want to focus […]

Cloud Modernization’s Impact on Organizational Structure

The movement to the cloud is driving not only workload transformation but team transformation as well. A common question I’m asked is “how does the move to the cloud change my IT org structure?” The movement to the cloud is only one of the factors impacting the change of the IT org structure, while it […]

Azure Cost Management Thoughts

In moving to the cloud one of the most important concepts is the transition from CapEx to OpEx management of resources. This brings both benefits and challenges which most companies are ill equipped to organize an approach around. I find that customers frequently either don’t know, or haven’t prepared their environment to properly manage costs […]

Top 10 Ways to Secure Your Azure Environment – Part 2

This is the second in a pair of posts on the most important actions to take to set up and maintain security in your Azure environment. This post picks up where the prior one left off in the list of 10 critical security concepts. (See the first five items here. Also, check out related content in […]

Top 10 Ways to Secure Your Azure Environment – Part 1

Recently I finished off a 10-part series on the top mistakes to avoid when getting started in Azure. I’d like to complement that content with a follow-up pair of posts focused specifically on security. My objective here is to provide a quick-reference checklist you can use to maximize security benefits from the beginning. Once again, I’m going […]

Azure Cost Management YouTube Channel

I’ve frequently talked about how cost management is a critical control to implementing effective Azure Governance. For more on that, check out this video. Microsoft just launched a new YouTube channel to promote usage and learning around Azure Cost Management. CHECK IT OUT! Nathan Lasnoski

Nathan Lasnoski

Technology is at the heart of the transformation of modern society and business. I engage in innovation, artificial intelligence, disruption, and ethics under the lense that we only do this because people matter.

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