AZ-305 Exam experience

My experience learning and taking the Microsoft AZ-305 exam.

Speaking at Microsoft Data Platform Group – Birmingham

Next week (Thursday 4th of august 2022) I've been invited to speak at the Microsoft data platform group Birmingham. This is a very active user group that hosts monthly sessions on the data platform, and this month I'm honoured to talk about monitoring Azure SQL with Zabbix. In this session I'll walk you through monitoring, … Continue reading Speaking at Microsoft Data Platform Group – Birmingham →

Speaking at Pass Data Summit

I'm honoured to be chosen to speak at the enormous Pass Data Summit. I'll doing a virtual session but will leave plenty of time in and after the session for Q&A. The schedule isn't finished yet so I've got no idea what other sessions will be taking place in my timeslot, but seeing some mentions … Continue reading Speaking at Pass Data Summit →

Speaking at Data Saturday Oslo

I'm honoured to tell you that I'll be speaking in Oslo this year! I've seen this wonderful city on TV and travelled past it on my way to Hamar for a number of speedskating events. This will be the first time I'll get to visit the city itself. The agenda is brimming with excellent sessions … Continue reading Speaking at Data Saturday Oslo →

Connect your on-premises SSMS to Azure SQL DB over a VPN

Now that's a title! Here's the problem I've ran into. Setup Customer has an Azure environment with an Azure SQL Server database that can be reached through a private endpoint. There's a VPN in place to connect on-premises networks with the Azure VNet and the private endpoint is in one of the subnets, the VPN … Continue reading Connect your on-premises SSMS to Azure SQL DB over a VPN →

Speaking at dataMinds Connect 2022!

I'm honoured to tell you that this year, I'm giving a session at the 15th edition of dataMinds Connect. I visited the event last year at the Lamot venue in Mechelen and had a blast. So many good people there. The agenda is brimming with excellent sessions and it's really hard to pick. If you … Continue reading Speaking at dataMinds Connect 2022! →

2021 in review, 2022 in preview

2021 in review. Thank you all! @azure @axiansNL @Azure_Synapse @AzDataFactory @Microsoft #zekerweten #MCT

Azure Infrastructure as Code

If you've been working with Azure for more than a few months, you'll find that deploying resources with the portal is a tedious, time consuming and, at times, a frustrating excercise. It's the best starting point you can get, because the portal will show you a lot of options and offers a easy learning curve. … Continue reading Azure Infrastructure as Code →