by Jeremy Wallace | Sep 16, 2025 | Microsoft Azure
One of the key aspects of a well-architected cloud environment is strong governance – ensuring that the deployment and configuration of resources meet your organization’s standards for security, compliance, and cost management. In an on-prem world, this was often...
by Jeremy Wallace | Sep 12, 2025 | Microsoft Azure
In any cloud architecture, security is of highest importance– it’s one of the five pillars of the Azure Well-Architected Framework for good reason. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is an Azure-native tool that tackles cloud security from two critical angles: preventive...
by Jeremy Wallace | Sep 11, 2025 | Microsoft Azure
Azure Chaos Studio: Turning Reliability from Assumption into Evidence Why chaos, and why now?In the Azure Well-Architected Framework, Reliability means your workload meets its commitments despite faults. Azure Chaos Studio lets you run safe, controlled experiments...
by Jeremy Wallace | Sep 10, 2025 | Azure Arc, Microsoft Azure
Modern IT environments are rarely homogenous. Most organizations run a mix of on-premises servers, maybe some resources in AWS or Google Cloud, and cloud-native services in Azure. Managing this sprawl can be complex: different tools for different environments,...
by Jeremy Wallace | Sep 9, 2025 | Microsoft Azure
Performance isn’t just about what code you write – it’s also where you run that code relative to your users. If most of your customers are in Asia but your app is in an East US datacenter, they will experience higher latency no matter how optimized your code is. On...
by Jeremy Wallace | Sep 8, 2025 | Microsoft Azure
One of the key pillars of a well-architected framework is Cost Optimization – ensuring you’re getting optimal value for every dollar spent in the cloud. Today (Day 3) we dive into Azure Cost Management and Budgets, the toolkit that helps you gain visibility into your...
by Jeremy Wallace | Sep 5, 2025 | Microsoft Azure
In traditional IT, we often relied on a secure perimeter – the “corporate network” was trusted, and everything outside was not. Zero Trust architecture flips that model on its head. With Zero Trust, we presume that an attacker could be anywhere, even inside our...
by Jeremy Wallace | Sep 4, 2025 | Microsoft Azure
Introduction In today’s always-on world, downtime isn’t tolerated. Users expect apps to be there, responsive, and consistent—no matter what’s happening behind the scenes. That’s why active-active multi-region design is one of the strongest reliability patterns in...
by Jeremy Wallace | Aug 19, 2025 | Microsoft Azure
Building in the cloud is one thing. Running it every day? That’s where the real work starts. Operational Excellence in the Azure Well-Architected Framework is all about keeping workloads healthy, automated, and observable. In other words: less firefighting, more...
by Jeremy Wallace | Apr 28, 2025 | Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Azure
Built-in Security Mechanisms in Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a cloud-managed VDI service designed with numerous built-in security features. Network security is integrated into the architecture: AVD uses a Reverse Connect transport,...
