092: Azure Architecture with Thomas Maurer

In this episode we dive into Azure Architecture with Thomas Maurer. Learn about Enterprise Scale Landing Zones, Azure Bicep, the Well Architected Framework, and more.

Thomas Maurer works as a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. As part of the Azure engineering team (Cloud + AI), he engages with the community and customers around the world to share his knowledge and collect feedback to improve the Azure platform.

In this episode, we talk about...

Thomas is working with Azure Architecture to make it easier for clients to operate cloud tech
Azure Architecture is made up of three main parts
Reasons that people have not heard about Azure Arc
Cloud Adoption Framework will assist those looking to build their company with Azure
Enterprise Scale Landing Zones help plan and set up Azure environment
How the automation for the Visio landing zone operates
Azure Bicep makes it easier to write and write ARM templates
It is still very early on in the development of Azure Bicep
Microsoft Learn helps people learn all about Microsoft, not just Azure
Microsoft Build provides a 24/7 video platform as a learning resource
Advice for those that want to get into content creation
Collaborating with others is incredibly important for growth
Well-Architected Framework vs. Cloud Adoption Framework at Microsoft
It never helps anyone to act like a jerk; be polite
Even bad advice provides value if you look at it correctly

Resources from this episode:

Thomas on Twitter
Thomas' Blog
Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework
Azure Arc
Azure Bicep

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