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.

Webinars: EasyAzure Blueprints - EasyData

On February 19th, starting at 10:00 (GMT+1), I will be running the 4th in series webinars on Microsoft Azure.

This week, we are going to talk and see demo of Azure Files, a part of the Expansion set of Solution Blueprints. The session is based on EasyData Cloud Folder scenario.

Please use the following link to register for the session:EasyAzure Expansion - Cloud Folder. Session connection link will be set to you afterwards. The link to the presentation and recording will be posted after the event.

More details on the program can be obtained @ http://www.ingrammicrocloud.eu, choose your country location and browse the local content.

For countries not in the list (like Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo use the following link). An simple registration form is being filled prior to download of the files.

Webinars: EasyAzure Blueprints - EasyDR

On February 14th, starting at 10:00 (GMT+1), I will be running the 3rd in series webinars on Microsoft Azure.

This week, we are going to talk and see demo of Azure Site Recovery, a part of the Protection set of Solution Blueprints. The session is based on EasyDR Blueprints (Physical, Hyper-V and VMware).

Please use the following link to connect to the session: EasyAzure Disaster Recovery - Site Recovery

The recording from the session will be posted afterwards.

More details on the program can be obtained @ http://www.ingrammicrocloud.eu, choose your country location and browse the local content.

For countries not in the list (like Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo use the following link). An simple registration form is being filled prior to download of the files.

Webinars: EasyAzure Blueprints

Starting this month, I will be doing series of webinars for CEE, aimed at Ingram Micro partners/re-sellers. The topics covered witl be EasyAzure, which is a set of Blueprints aimed at easy  deployment of Azure IaaS solutions.

They represent a set of easy-to-use, easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions in 3 solution areas:

1. Protection
2. Management
3. Expansion

More details on the program can be obtained @ http://www.ingrammicrocloud.eu, choose your country location and browse the local content. For countries not in the list (especially those in the Balkan area), choose Croatia (in English), and than browse and download the content. A simple registration form is being filled prior to download.


The timeline is, every Monday, from 10:00 - 11:00 (GMT+1), covering following topics:

- January 29th: EasyAzure Protection - Backup;
- February 5th: EasyAzure Management  - Audit
- February 14th: EasyAzure Disaster Recovery -Site Recovery Options
- February 19th: EasyAzure Expansion - Cloud Folder

Links to recordings and presentations will be posted  as well.