Had a 1:1 last week. Nothing unusual, just a regular conversation, catching up on things. But there was one moment that stayed with me after the call ended. At some point he said he usually thinks about people in four different ways. Not as an official framework or anything like that, just how he personally sees it. And I don’t know, the way he explained it felt simple, but it kind of stuck. ...
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 also means being close to consequence. Visibility changes everything When you work with smaller teams or early-stage projects, mistakes are usually contained. You can recover. You can explain. You can iterate. ...
…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 beginner problem. Senior engineers feel it too. And the most interesting part is this: that friction is not accidental. ...
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 becomes clear. Cloud maturity is not about being 100% cloud. It is about knowing why each workload is where it is. ...
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 the first time I’m sharing it so openly, including my mistakes, lessons, and reflections in a public space. ...
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, and taught. You are the reputation that stands when your name shows up alone. You are the value that stays when the badge is gone. ...
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. Install Azure CLI using homebrew brew update && brew install azure-cli Install sshuttle using homebrew brew install sshuttle Linux See Azure Docs for alternative install options. Import the Microsoft Keys sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc Add the Microsoft Yum Repository cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/azure-cli.repo [azure-cli] name=Azure CLI baseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/azure-cli enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc EOF Install Azure CLI sudo dnf install -y azure-cli sshuttle Prepare Azure Account for Azure OpenShift Log into the Azure CLI by running the following and then authorizing through your Web Browser az login Make sure you have enough Quota (change the location if you’re not using East US) az vm list-usage --location "East US" -o table See Addendum – Adding Quota to ARO account if you have less than 36 Quota left for Total Regional CPUs ...
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 services for testing. A jump host combined with sshuttle offers a simple, VPN-like solution that can be quickly deployed and used to tunnel traffic to your Azure resources—without the overhead of setting up a full VPN. ...
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 not supported. In today’s fast-paced and data-driven world, ensuring the resilience and availability of your applications and data has never been more critical. The unexpected can happen at any moment, and the ability to recover quickly and efficiently is paramount. That’s where OpenShift Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) and OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) come into play. In this guide, we will explore the deployment of ACM and ODF for disaster recovery (DR) purposes, empowering you to safeguard your applications and data across multiple clusters. ...
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 walk through the creation of an Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) application, configure the necessary Azure AD groups, and configure Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) to authenticate and manage authorization using Azure AD. ...