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...
