Workshop: Azure Expert Training (April 10-12, Zagreb, Croatia)

With the support and hospitality of Microsoft Croatia office, we conducted Azure Expert Track training for our local partners in Croatia. I got a group of 7 eager to learn IT Pros, and during the 3 days we covered the Azure Fundamentals, and dug in to "secrets" of Azure IaaS platform, and we finished strong with the Business Development session on our last day. 

This was my first all FLOSS attendees group. Yes, all the technical people that attended were  proficient in Linux and OSS based technologies. The exercises were mostly part of the Ingram Micro EasyAzure pack - EasyWeb Wordpress, EasyData Cloud Folder, EasyBackup Azure, EasyLAMP SuSe. This was the second time I use this format, and based on the eval input the audience liked it. We also worked on the RDS Blueprint (SBS Scenario replacement) as well as on CheckPoint NGF Blueprint. 

The finale was Azure Calculator usage presentation, mixed with solution scenarios discussion and real world problems brainstorming session, capping it with the Business Track - giving tech people some perspective on the "other side" of the business.

They consumed a lot of information within 3 days, but we still had time to discuss, experiment and think of possible implementations within their customer base.