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Over the past year, I’ve been working closely with some of the bigger and more visible AI customers in Microsoft’s ecosystem.Large platforms. Fast-moving teams. High expectations. High stakes. On paper, that kind of visibility sounds exciting.In reality, it comes with a weight that’s hard to explain unless you’ve been there. Because being close to impact
and why that’s not an accident. If you have worked with both Azure and AWS long enough, you have probably felt it. AWS feels straightforward.Azure feels… heavier. Not worse. Not broken. Just harder to reason about. The console feels denser.The mental model feels less obvious.The number of “extra” concepts feels higher. This is not a
For years, “cloud-first” has been treated as a badge of honor. Companies proudly announce that everything is in the cloud, architects optimize for migrations instead of outcomes, and teams equate progress with how little infrastructure they still own. But after working with dozens of real systems, across different industries and at different scales, one thing
Throughout my career, I’ve had countless conversations about career paths with colleagues, mentees, and professionals in transition. In those talks, I often share practices that have helped me personally along the way. But this article is different. It’s transparent and honest.Although I’ve spoken about parts of my story with people close to me, this is
It’s easy, even comforting, to blend in with your badge.We introduce ourselves with our name followed by the company.We join meetings carrying that title.We post with the credibility it gives. But at the end of the day, the company is just where you are, not who you are. You are what you’ve built.What you’ve learned,
This article was originally published at https://cloud.redhat.com/experts/aro/private-cluster/ A Quickstart guide to deploying a Private Azure Red Hat OpenShift cluster. Prerequisites Azure CLI Obviously you’ll need to have an Azure account to configure the CLI against. MacOS See Azure Docs for alternative install options. 1. Install Azure CLI using homebrew 2. Install sshuttle using homebrew Linux See Azure Docs for alternative
This article was originally published at https://cloud.redhat.com/experts/aro/acm-odf-aro/ A guide to deploying Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) and OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) for Azure Red hat OpenShift (ARO) Disaster Recovery Overview VolSync is not supported for ARO in ACM: https://access.redhat.com/articles/7006295 so if you run into issues and file a support ticket, you will receive the information that ARO is
When working with development or test environments in Azure, a common need is secure access to internal resources without exposing them directly to the internet. While VPN solutions are a robust way to achieve this, they can often be overkill for simple use cases, especially when you just want to access a few VMs or
This article was originally published at Configure ARO to use Microsoft Entra ID Group Claims | Red Hat Cloud Experts This guide demonstrates how to utilize the OpenID Connect group claim functionality implemented in OpenShift 4.10. This functionality allows an identity provider to provide a user’s group membership for use within OpenShift. This guide will
This article was originally published at ARO with Nvidia GPU Workloads | Red Hat Cloud Experts ARO guide to running Nvidia GPU workloads. Prerequisites Note: If you need to install an ARO cluster, please read our ARO Terraform Install Guide . Please be sure if you’re installing or using an existing ARO cluster that it is 4.14.x or