Event: Ingram Micro Days (28-29 September, Iassi, Romania)

Just wrapped up my session at Ingram Micro Days, in Iasi (Romania). It  was 2 days event, supported from different vendors and our local teams. First day was focused on sales aspect, where Microsoft Cloud was covered on a high level, by a joint session done by Marius Danescu (Microsoft Romania) and Mihalea Babeanu (Ingram Micro Romania).

The second day was all about technical stuff and demos. I did an hour technical session titled "Azure Fundamentals and implementation scenarios", with demos and interactive chalk talk segment.

Looking forward for the next event, in Cluz (Romania).

Event: Microsoft Ignite 2017

Today is the official start of the annual Microsoft Ignite conference, held this week in Orlando, Florida.

Tune in to https://ignite.microsoft.com, to get info on the sessions, access to online events and of course, Satya Nadella's Keynote session (Starting @ 15:00 CET).

Event: Macedonian IT Pro User Group Meet up - September 2017

On 13.09.2017, we held the September Macedonian IT Pro User Group meeting where our colleagues and enthusiast from IT world got together, shared thoughts and ideas on Microsoft technologies. The turnout was 20+ people, which means we have chosen the right topics for the event.

The first half of the meeting was dedicated to some of the past and future conferences in the region and world-wide, wich was presented by Gorana Konevska, and Vladimir Meloski.

In the second part of the event, I did an overview of Microsoft Azure core services, such as

Resource Groups, Storage and Network, Virtual Machines, connectivity and security aspect, while providing real life examples and tips&trick while implementing cloud technologies within the organization.

We had a great discussion and chalk talk session fora little bit more than 2 hours. Looking forward for our next meeting in October. :)

Event: Macedonian IT Pro User Group Meet up (Announcement)

As part of our monthly Community Events, on September 13th, I will conduct an Azure session titled "Scenarios for implementation of Microsoft azure within Your organization". The session will cover the fundamentals of Azure, steering towards few scenarios of how you can integrate your infrastructure with the cloud, or even completely migrate to it.

Event info: Macedonian IT Pro Meet up
Date: September 13th, 2017
Location: Microsoft Macedonia office

Workshop: Microsoft Azure Expert Technical Training (3 days)

Wrapped up the 3 days training on Azure (Sept 5th - Sept 7th), in Microsoft Croatia office, organised by Ingram Micro Croatia. I got excellent mix of IT Pros and Sales people attending this course. Primary focus is on Infrastructure-as-a-Service model, with demos and hands on labs focusing on predefined scenarios in operating, planning, creating and configuring the infrastructure and services.

 Day 1 was focused on Azure Fundamentals: Welcome and introduction, Azure Portal, Resource Groups, Storage Accounts, Virtual networks and Network Interfaces (incl PIP, VPN, Gateways and Peering)), Network Security Groups, Virtual Machines, VM Extensions, Scale and Availability Sets, Load Balancer, Traffic Manager.

We finished strong with deploying WordPress Multi-tier app and Acronis Backup Blueprints.

Day 2 was reserved for more Blueprints - Remote Desktop Services(Small Business Server Replacement) and CheckPoint Blueprints.

Day 3 was focused more on Business Development Managers Track, focused on the business side of partner transformation, driving business transformation and its impact on the partners, pricing model and how to calculate the cost (Azure Pricing Calculator), as well as comparison with other licensing programs.

Workshop: Microsoft Azure Expert Technical Training (Day 1)

Wrapped up Day 1 of the three days training on Azure, in Microsoft Croatia Office, organised by Ingram Micro Croatia. I got excellent mix of IT pros and Sales people attending this course. Primary focus is on IaaS model, with demos and hands on labs focusing on predefined scenarios in operating, planning, creating and configuring the infrastructure and services.

Today's Agenda was focused on Azure Fundamentals: Welcome and introduction, Azure Portal, Resource Groups, Storage Accounts, Virtual networks and Network Interfaces (incl PIP, VPN, Gateways and Peering)), Network Security Groups, Virtual Machines, VM Extensions, Scale and Availability Sets, Load Balancer, Traffic Manager.

We finished strong with deploying WordPress Multi-tier app and Acronis Backup Blueprints.

Day 2 is reserved for more Blueprints - RDS (SBS Replacement) and CheckPoint Blueprints.