Celebrating our 5th Anniversary! – Welsh Azure User Group September 2025 Meet Up!
n 23rd September 2025, the Welsh Azure User Group marked a major milestone—its 5th anniversary—with a vibrant virtual meetup that blended community spirit, technical innovation, and a healthy dose of nostalgia. Hosted by long-time organisers John Lunn and Matthew Fortunka, the event brought together Azure enthusiasts from across the UK to reflect on the journey…
Britain’s Data Platforms Are Cracking Under the Weight of Their Own Hype
Britain’s data platforms are too often bloated patchworks, promising a “single source of truth” but delivering duplication and delay. The fix is not more technology, but discipline: start small, simplify ruthlessly, and make data a board-level asset. Do that, and companies can turn sludge into a trusted foundation for AI and growth.
Welsh Azure User Group August 2025 Meet Up!
The Welsh Azure User Group’s August virtual meetup was a whirlwind tour through the future of urban living, enterprise data, and—of course—the ever-popular community quiz. Hosted by the dynamic duo John and Matthew, the event welcomed a global audience (no Welsh passport required!) and kicked off with the usual housekeeping: be courteous, stay on mute,…
Welsh Azure User Group July 2025 Meet Up!
Welcome and Community Spirit This month’s Welsh Azure User Group session opened with a warm welcome from John, who celebrated the group’s nearly five-year journey. He emphasized the importance of community, encouraged idea sharing, and thanked sponsors Servant and Creditsafe for their ongoing support. 1 Mastering Azure Exams: Insights from Jake Walsh & Steve Brown Jake…
Welsh Azure User Group June 2025 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG June 2025 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by another two brilliant community speakers, firstly Wolfgang Ofner joined us to talk ‘From VM’s to Managed DevOps Pools: Navigating Azure DevOps Hosting, then Segnes Schonken came…
The AI Revolution: 10 Transformative Ways Artificial Intelligence is Empowering Enterprise Success in 2024-2025
The enterprise AI landscape has undergone a seismic shift over the past 12 months. What began as cautious experimentation has evolved into strategic transformation, with AI spending surging to $13.8 billion in 2024, more than 6x the $2.3 billion spent in 2023. For C-suite executives, this isn’t just about keeping pace with innovation—it’s about unlocking…
85% of Fortune 500 companies have made their choice – have you?
A fascinating pattern is emerging in UK enterprise boardrooms: nearly 70% of Fortune 500 companies have integrated Microsoft 365 Copilot into their workflows since 2023, while others are still evaluating their options. With 85% entrusting Microsoft with their integration and innovation decisions. The data reveals compelling insights about where strategic leaders are focusing their digital…
Conquering Tech Debt with Microsoft’s Well-Architected Framework
Imagine a software company with a product loved by many, but built on aging technology held together by patches and prayers. Every new customer demo comes with silent dread: Will the system hold up this time? I’ve met countless ISVs in this exact predicament. They are battling a legacy tech-debt dragon that threatens to scare off customers. Outages, security scares, and…
Welsh Azure User Group May 2025 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG May 2025 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by another two brilliant community speakers, firstly Sreekanth Takkalapalli joined us to talk about Azure Security, then Ryan Yates came to discuss the evolution of PS DSC…
Welsh Azure User Group April 2025 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG April 2025 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by another two brilliant community speakers, firstly Owain Osbourne-Walsh joined us to talk about Building Self Hosted AI applications on Kubernetes using KAITO, then Colin Chaplin came…
People, Purpose & Cloud: Reflections on 2.5 Years at Microsoft
It’s Funny How Fast Time Moves… If you’d told me a few years ago that I’d be sitting here reflecting on 2.5 years at Microsoft — I’m not sure I would have believed you. Like many of us in tech, I’ve always loved solving problems, learning new things, and (if I’m honest) geeking out over…
Welsh Azure User Group March 2025 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG March 2025 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by another two brilliant community speakers, firstly Turja Chaudhuri joined us to talk Multi Tenant Architectures, then Maik van der Gaag came to discuss Reusable Bicep Modules…
Welsh Azure User Group February 2025 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG February 2025 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by another fantastic community speaker and Microsoft Strategic CTO Tim Hinchey on to discuss using Azure AI Foundry for experimentation. Unfortunately Tayyeba couldn’t join us tonight but…
Welsh Azure User Group January 2025 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG January 2025 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by another fantastic community speakers Marcin Gastol on to discuss Azure Backups and preparing for the worst! Then we had Andrew Brown on where he gave us…
Welsh Azure User Group December 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG December 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by a few friends of the User Group, starting with the awesome Mohammed Sajid discussing Entra ID and Global Secure Access and then the brilliant John Kilmister…
Welsh Azure User Group November 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG November 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by the awesome Taiob Ali discussing Migrations of SQL servers into Azure. Then friend of WAUG Jake Walsh joined us to discuss Building cloud Centric Networks with…
Welsh Azure User Group October 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG October 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by the amazing Alan Cox who discussed Microsoft Multi-Tenant Organisations (MTO): Enhancing Collaboration across Tenants. Then the brilliant Konstantinos Passadis came to discuss and demo Azure AI…
Welsh Azure User Group September 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG September 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by yet another two awesome presenters. First up we had Radu Vunvulea on to discuss the AI Architecture in the Cloud, then Carlos Solis Salazar joined us…
Welsh Azure User Group August 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG August 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by yet another two awesome presenters. First up we had Deiter Gobeyn with a great talk around Triaging Email with Azure AI Language Services and Logic Apps.…
Welsh Azure User Group July 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG July 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by James Reeves to walk through a journey of Rockstar to Rookie tracking the career change of a Heavy Metal Guitarist into that of a Data Analyst.…
Welsh Azure User Group June 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG June 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by Harshavardhan Bajoria to discuss building Next Generation AI Infused applications on Azure. Then we had the brilliant Mykola Kolomiiets discussing how to process documents with Azure…
Top 5 Highest Paying Microsoft Azure Certifications in 2024
Microsoft Azure stands out as one of the most lucrative career domains, offering promising career growth, immense job satisfaction, and global recognition. In this blog, I have narrowed down the list of the top 5 highest paying Microsoft Azure Certifications in 2024 that will maximize your earning potential. These certifications are globally recognized and provide…
Welsh Azure User Group May 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG May 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by Rhydian Jenkins of Creditsafe who gave us a n overview to how Creditsafe have implemented multi cloud governance across their estate, and then Ian Pike of…
Welsh Azure User Group April 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG April 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by Jake Walsh who gave us a really insightful and clear introduction to Terraform, and then Narayanan Subramanian came on to take us through a really intricate…
Welsh Azure User Group March 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG March 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by Rolf Schutten where we discussed AKS and Azure Draft and the superb Ryan Yates to talk about making Azure Operational Management a Breeze. We also welcomed…
Welsh Azure User Group February 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG February 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by Tiago Costa and how the lack of Azure Governance is Disturbing, a candid no holds barred look at all the tools and utilities we should be…
Welsh Azure User Group January 2024 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG January 2024 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by Nikos Delis to discuss the Azure Service Bus and then we took a look at the AZ-305 Azure Architect Exam updates with Elkhan Yusubov. Huge thank…
Welsh Azure User Group December 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG December2023 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by Samuel Amaugo on to discuss Application Insights in a /NET application for Monitoring and Logging, as well as Steph Locke and Owain Osborne-Walsh on to discuss Azure…
Welsh Azure User Group October 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG October 2023 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. We were joined by Samuel Gomez to discuss Azure AI Document Intelligence and the wonderful Anthony Mashford to gain insights on the latest with Azure NetApp Files. Huge thank you…
Welsh Azure User Group September 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG September 2023 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. First up we had John Kilmister on to tell us all about unlocking the potential of Azure Blob storage with a guide to some of the lesser known features. Then…
Welsh Azure User Group August 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG August 2023 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us. First up we had Johnny Hooyberghs on to discuss Azure Quantum and Q#, then we were joined by Leo Visser to talk Running PowerShell with Azure Deployment Scripts. Huge thank…
Welsh Azure User Group July 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG July 2023 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us with Darren McDonagh on from Nutanix to talk all about Nutanix on Azure with NC”, then the incredible Dean Ellerby joined us to discuss how to not let our Smart…
Welsh Azure User Group June 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG June 2023 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us with Kay Sauter joining us first to talk about Deploying SQL Server VM’s to Azure using PowerShell, then we had Harun Raseed Basheer on to help us Build our first…
Welsh Azure User Group May 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG May 2023 meet up and we had yet another two brilliant speakers join us with Ben Pearce from Elevated You helped us with our technical story telling in a superb presentation to help us all with hints and tips for helping us with our…
Welsh Azure User Group April 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG April 2023 meet up and we had yet another two brilliant speakers join us with Nicholas Chang discussing an Introduction to Azure Container Apps and Daniel McLoughlin taking us through Private Networking on Azure. Again another two brilliant sessions that you will want to…
Welsh Azure User Group March 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG March 2023 meet up and we had yet another two brilliant speakers join us with Wolfgang Ofner showing us how to Level Up our Kubernetes Scaling with KEDA, then Seif Bassam joined us to talk about building Azure outside of Azure with Azure Arc.…
Welsh Azure User Group February 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG February 2023 meet up and we had yet another two brilliant speakers join us with Kristina Devochko joining us to talk to us about Deploying microservices to AKS with Azure DevOps and Multistage pipelines, then Tim Warner joined us to talk Azure Trends for…
What does ChatGPT really think of Microsoft Azure?
Hey all, long time since my last post, so I thought Id drop one over on the awesome subject of the awesome OpenAI and in particular ChatGPT. If you haven’t heard the recent announcements of ChatGPT and the recent investments from Microsoft and OpenAI then take a look at the services offered across Azure here.…
Welsh Azure User Group January 2023 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG January 2023 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us with Johan Vanneuville joining us to talk to us about VM Applications and how they can be used for AVD, then Mr Sameer Mhaisekar joined us to talk Azure Stack…
Welsh Azure User Group December 2022 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG December 2022 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us with WAUG regular Joe Hubbert with us talking all about Migrating on-premises SQL workloads to Azure, and then we had the amazing Jackson Felden on to talk about techniques and…
Welsh Azure User Group November 2022 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG November 2022 meet up and we had yet another two amazing speakers join us with Marcel Lupo to talk us about Github, Terraform and Dependabot and how to perform testing of Terraform code in Pipelines. Then we had the amazing Liji Thomas on to…
Schooled in – Azure Cosmos DB for Mongo DB with Gahl Levy
In this YouTube Series where I am joined by a guest to get ‘Schooled In’ a particular Technical Topic. I am really pleased to announce that in this third episode I am joined by Microsoft Product Manager Gahl Levy, where he talks to me about Azure Cosmos DB and the enhancements with the Mongo DB…
Jonnychipz Weekly # 93 – Hanging Up the MVP
Week 93 of my Jonnychipz weekly VLOG, covering the Last Week of Azure News and Updates, Welsh Azure User Group News and some great Community Callouts. Live at 12.30pm BST 28.10.22. on my YouTube channel (Click the link below!) This week I delve into the Azure Updates of the week highlight some key community activity…
Welsh Azure User Group October 2022 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG October 2022 meet up and we had yet another three amazing speakers join us with Marc Duiker to talk us through, The quest for serverless websockets, an adventure with Azure Functions and Durable Functions. Then we had Debasis Saha on to discuss Azure Cosmos…
Jonnychipz Weekly # 92 – Ignite
Week 92 of my Jonnychipz weekly VLOG, covering the Last Week of Azure News and Updates, Welsh Azure User Group News and some great Community Callouts. Live at 12.30pm BST 14.10.22. on my YouTube channel (Click the link below!) This week I delve into the Azure Updates of the week highlight some key community activity…
Jonnychipz Weekly # 91 – Blue
Week 91 of my Jonnychipz weekly VLOG, covering the Last Week of Azure News and Updates, Welsh Azure User Group News and some great Community Callouts. Live at 12.30pm BST 07.10.22. on my YouTube channel (Click the link below!) This week I delve into the Azure Updates of the week highlight some key community activity…
Jonnychipz Weekly # 90 – The Big Nine Oh
Week 90 of my Jonnychipz weekly VLOG, covering the Last Week of Azure News and Updates, Welsh Azure User Group News and some great Community Callouts. Live at 12.30pm BST 30.09.22. on my YouTube channel (Click the link below!) This week I delve into the Azure Updates of the week highlight some key community activity…
Jonnychipz Weekly # 89 – Core
Week 89 of my Jonnychipz weekly VLOG, covering the Last Week of Azure News and Updates, Welsh Azure User Group News and some great Community Callouts. Live at 12.30pm BST 23.09.22. on my YouTube channel (Click the link below!) This week I delve into the Azure Updates of the week highlight some key community activity…
Welsh Azure User Group September 2022 Meet Up!
It was the day of our Welsh Azure User Group #WAUG September 2022 meet up and we had yet another three amazing speakers join us with Joe Plumb and Muna Mohamed to talk us through Azure Data Factory and Triggers, and then Viktor Hedberg to give us an amazing overview of Tiering in Azure and…
Jonnychipz Weekly # 88 – 1 Point 21
Week 88 of my Jonnychipz weekly VLOG, covering the Last Week of Azure News and Updates, Welsh Azure User Group News and some great Community Callouts. Live at 12.30pm BST 16.09.22. on my YouTube channel (Click the link below!) This week I delve into the Azure Updates of the week highlight some key community activity…
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