This is part four of a multi-part keynote I co-created and delivered with Orin Thomas. This myth is near to my heart as I AM A MANAGER (team lead really) and I am all about working in IT. Lets just say I kinda “fell into management” and an opportunity was presented to me. As you’ll…
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Fact or Fiction: You need to be a Lifelong Learner in IT
This gets used as a term so often when you work in IT, but it rings true based on what I’ve seen and experienced over the years. You always need to be learning, using different modalities and in different focus areas that are relevant to your current and future roles in IT. Each of us…
Avoiding “Bright Shiny Light” Distractions.
Working in IT means you have to get used to “New things” and how they integrate into your environment. Change is the only constant, right? How do you decide what you should focus on learning in depth vs just enough to understand? This is part 2 of a multi part keynote I co-created and delivered…
Going Beyond “How to get started in IT”
You see all sorts of advice for folks who are looking to get into IT. OK – you got the job, have the T-Shirt and are working away, enjoying the ride. What should you do as your IT career advances? This was the question I asked Orin Thomas during one of our weekly 1 on…
Moved over to Dreamhost
Thought I’d try it out, since I was already paying for a shared hosting plan for another website. Nothing much to report here now as I am still playing around with things. Why am I keeping this blog around? Well – why not? I have an aspirational goal of writing more on the personal site…
Corey Talks with Microsoft Solutions Providers: Datacom Systems, Hanu and New Signature
Corey Sanders, Director of Program Management on the Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down to introduce three videos we recorded back in December. Corey met and talked with cloud first Microsoft Solutions Providers about options for managed services and what they had to offer. Check out his chat with Datacom Systems Check out his chat…
Corey is all in on Azure Policy
Corey Sanders, Director of Program Management on the Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down to share his favorite Demos from a recent conference. In this video he goes all in on Policy and how it can be applied to Azure resources. Post any questions, topic ideas or general conversation here in the comments OR online…
AKS cluster upgrades and managed K8s
Corey Sanders, Director of Program Management on the Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down with Gabe Monroy a principal PM on the Azure Compute team. Gabe shows off new functionality to auto upgrade Kuberneties clusters as part of the relaunch of AKS. Post any questions, topic ideas or general conversation here in the comments OR…
New M-Series, Hyper-threading and Nested Virtualization in Azure!
Corey Sanders, Director of Program Management on the Microsoft Azure Compute team recaps some of the cool technologies and announcements recently discussed at Microsoft Build. In this episode Corey talks (and Demos) the coolness of our new M-Series machines with hyper-threading and nested virtualization. Post any questions, topic ideas or general conversation here in the comments…
Azure Network Watcher – the missing Capture episode
Corey Sanders, Director of Program Management on the Microsoft Azure Compute team is solo this week – Making up for the fact that RICK got a little heavy handed with the editing of the last episode on network watcher. See all the goodness that ended up on the cutting room floor – namely Packet capture and analysis. Check…