Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #7 – Ignoring Identity, RBAC, and Conditional Access

Now that your Azure Environment is effectively and properly structured, as noted in our previous post, we come across a slippery slope that must be avoided. Now that it has been created, it needs to be secured. It has become second nature to use a seatbelt, lock doors and assure the area is clear when […]

Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #8 – Not Structuring the Azure Environment Properly

In our previous post, we discussed the challenges that surface when you do not retrain or restructure existing employees before starting your Azure implementation journey. Now that you have your team on board and organized correctly, the next step is to create an effective structure in the Azure environment. There are many badly designed structures […]

Blockchain Beer 30 with Mark Rentmeester

Mark Rentmeester and I sat down for a Beer 30 interview on Blockchain and related technologies. We talk Microsoft Blockchain, CoCo Framework, blockchain futures, and more. Check it out!

Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #9 – Failure to Retrain or Restructure Existing Employees

Last time, we covered the need for a company adoption strategy in your Azure implementation journey. Here’s another roadblock you have to get past: your employees’ familiarity with your prior ways of doing things. Implementing changes without taking into consideration the need to retrain and restructure your current work dynamics can easily lead to trouble—or, […]

Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #10 – Failing to Define a Company Adoption Strategy

In this new blog series, I will take you through a test drive of the Microsoft Azure environment and discuss routes that have put companies in the ditch during navigation and implementation—and, more importantly, how to avoid them. Whether you are brand new to Azure or your journey is already underway, these ideas will […]

Tech Talk: Optimizing Supply Chains

I recorded a Tech Talk on optimizing supply chains using machine learning and AI. This will be interesting to anyone who operates a production process (of any kind) that depends on inventory, parts, or anyone who simply cares about how AI can change a business.

Presenting on Azure Operationalization

I’m presenting on Azure Operationalization at the AON Center in Chicago, November 12th from 9:00 – 12:00. I’m presenting alongside Microsoft Midwest Chief Technologist Paul Edlund. Join us! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/azure-operationalization-event-tickets-51514958628

Moving to Azure with Adam Burke

I interview Adam Burke from the Microsoft Partner Hosting team on moving large hosters and service providers to Azure. I’ve worked with Adam for a long time and it was a great opportunity to hear from him on what partners are thinking about.

TECH Talk: Transitioning Your SCCM Environment to Modern Management

I’ve created a TECH talk on transitioning your SCCM environment to Modern Management and shifting the paradigm from traditional on-premise management to the modern ecosystem.

Microsoft Ignite Talk: Top 10 Ways to Secure Your Azure Environment

I gave at talk at Microsoft Ignite on securing Azure environments. This is an incredibly important topic, as many cloud environments are poorly protected and have not mitigated many of these threats. Thank you to everyone who attended and the great questions after!

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.