Authors Concurrency Authors Nathan Lasnoski 275 Concurrency Blog 261 Shannon Fritz 88 James Savage 71 Drew Madelung 70 Mitchell Grande 55 Kim Claditis 53 Christopher Mank 49 Duncan Lindquist 45 John Adali 43 Hozafa Motiwala 31 Matt Herman 30 Michael Epping 25 Andrew Bronstad 25 Seth Bauer 25 Mike Carlo 23 Matt Sims 21 Pete Hurth 18 Dan Fink 18 Steve Borgwardt 17 Frank Gill 17 Nick Adams 16 Damon Sanchez 15 Bill Topel 14 Rob Plank 13 Mark Rentmeester 13 Lee Berg 12 Christian Urena 12 Eric Franz 11 John Hennen 11 Bill Hughes 10 Matt Boudro 9 Carl Schweitzer 9 Tim Gabrhel 9 Michael Dugan 9 Matt Engibous 8 Paul Harris 8 Matt Smith 7 Lwin Maung 7 Chiyo Odika 7 Kate Weiland 7 Zavier Sanders 5 Scott Poling 5 Salvatore Montini 5 David Grooms 5 Steve Lazzara 5 Hannah Ignacio 5 Leo Ling 5 Giamo Rivera 5 Megan Dehn 5 Trevor Suarez 4 Ajay Ravi 4 Jack Bumgarner 4 Siddharth Bhola 4 Jasmin Cox 4 Sonny Darji 4 Leon Harmon 4 Megan Stoffel 4 Amber Manzo 4 Kirk Poser 4 Randy Steinberg 4 Brian Goodwin, PhD 4 Heather LaPorte 3 Amy Cousland 3 Sam Figie 3 Arthur Savage 3 Tyler Plesetz 3 Brett Janzen 3 Akashdeep Kaur 3 Tom Lu 3 Kianna DeByle 3 Zed Dietrich 3 Dalton Smith 2 Steve Seibold 2 Matt Sidwell 2 Alex Fowle 2 Chris Chance 2 Nick Rustad 2 Bryan Schrippe 2 Edidiong Odiong 2 Marcus Musial 2 Tony Jagemann 2 Joe Anich 1 Tracie Parent 1 Bill Becker 1 Tayo Adegoke 1 Joseph Mautino 1 Josh Kasombo 1 Matthew Harrison 1 Thomas Driscoll 1 Chad Alexander 1 Chris Blackburn 1 Ratanjit Gupta 1 Jesse Garcia 1 Steve 1 Matt Gutierrez 1 Ofer Gal 1 Catherine Franklin 1 Nathan Stachowiak 1 Jack Stabile 1 Andrew Jordan 1 Karsten Huttelmaier 1 Chance Alexander 1 Emma Hurth 1 Dan Vogt 1 Jim Sauerbrei 1 Alex Zhang 1 Nathan Lasnoski nlasnoski Nathan Lasnoski Nathan Lasnoski is Concurrency's Chief Technology Officer, a Datacenter MVP and a recognized leader in Core Infrastructure Design, SharePoint Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Unified Communications technologies. Contributions by Nathan Lasnoski Reasons to Avoid Third Party Portals in Front of Azure I often am asked, “should I put a third party portal in front of my Azure or multi-cloud environment?” They ask for a good reason, they want to achieve control of their cloud environment and help their organization to make good decisions. It often comes from organizations who have a self-service portal in their on-premise […] by Nathan Lasnoski Apr 1, 2019 Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #3—Assuming Your Cloud Environment Needs to Function Like On-Premises The last several posts in this series have zeroed in on specific structural and technical pitfalls to avoid when getting started with Azure. In this post, let’s zoom out a bit and consider a mistake that’s more conceptual than it is technical—namely, that switching from an on-premises environment to the cloud will not exactly replicate functions. by Nathan Lasnoski Mar 20, 2019 Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #4—Not Following Naming Conventions for Resources The next pitfall to avoid in setting up your Azure environment is one that trips up many organizations. If you fail to establish clear naming conventions, you will limit your team’s ability to know what’s going on, find things, and understand and manage them. So don’t start naming things “Nathan’s test” or “Bob’s system!” by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 28, 2019 Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #5— Ignoring a Recovery and Release Strategy Our last posts covered structuring, securing, and controlling deployment of your Azure environment. In the realm of safety and security measures, what comes next is developing a recovery and release strategy for cloud-based applications and servers. by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 15, 2019 Tech Talks - Azure Management Groups In this episode of Tech Talks, we introduce a new capability in Azure, know as Azure Management Groups by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 31, 2019 Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #6— Over-Intermediating the Cloud UX to Control Deployment Our last posts covered structuring and securing your Azure environment. Now, we’ll focus on a topic important for its actual use: how strictly to control deployment. What people often do is create a portal between developers and Azure itself. This isn’t surprising, as it’s probably what they have on-premises: a portal that exists between developers and the servers that run the applications. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 30, 2019 Beer 30 with Matt Sidwell Beer 30 with Matt Sidwell by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 29, 2019 Tech Talk - Improving Supply Chain with Blockchain In this episode of Tech Talks, we walk describe how Blockchain technology can vastly improve a comapny's supply chain. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 25, 2019 Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #7— Ignoring Identity, RBAC and Conditional Access Now that your Azure Environment is effectively and properly structured, as noted in our previous post, we come across a slippery slope that must be avoided. Now that it has been created, it needs to be secured. It has become second nature to use a seatbelt, lock doors and assure the area is clear when entering or exiting a vehicle, and we must direct that line of thinking when it comes to employing technology. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 17, 2019 Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #8— Not Structuring the Azure Environment Properly In our previous post, we discussed the challenges that surface when you do not retrain or restructure existing employees before starting your Azure implementation journey. Now that you have your team on board and organized correctly, the next step is to create an effective structure in the Azure environment. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 3, 2019 12345678910 ... Concurrency Authors Nathan Lasnoski 275 Concurrency Blog 261 Shannon Fritz 88 James Savage 71 Drew Madelung 70 Mitchell Grande 55 Kim Claditis 53 Christopher Mank 49 Duncan Lindquist 45 John Adali 43 Hozafa Motiwala 31 Matt Herman 30 Michael Epping 25 Andrew Bronstad 25 Seth Bauer 25 Mike Carlo 23 Matt Sims 21 Pete Hurth 18 Dan Fink 18 Steve Borgwardt 17 Frank Gill 17 Nick Adams 16 Damon Sanchez 15 Bill Topel 14 Rob Plank 13 Mark Rentmeester 13 Lee Berg 12 Christian Urena 12 Eric Franz 11 John Hennen 11 Bill Hughes 10 Matt Boudro 9 Carl Schweitzer 9 Tim Gabrhel 9 Michael Dugan 9 Matt Engibous 8 Paul Harris 8 Matt Smith 7 Lwin Maung 7 Chiyo Odika 7 Kate Weiland 7 Zavier Sanders 5 Scott Poling 5 Salvatore Montini 5 David Grooms 5 Steve Lazzara 5 Hannah Ignacio 5 Leo Ling 5 Giamo Rivera 5 Megan Dehn 5 Trevor Suarez 4 Ajay Ravi 4 Jack Bumgarner 4 Siddharth Bhola 4 Jasmin Cox 4 Sonny Darji 4 Leon Harmon 4 Megan Stoffel 4 Amber Manzo 4 Kirk Poser 4 Randy Steinberg 4 Brian Goodwin, PhD 4 Heather LaPorte 3 Amy Cousland 3 Sam Figie 3 Arthur Savage 3 Tyler Plesetz 3 Brett Janzen 3 Akashdeep Kaur 3 Tom Lu 3 Kianna DeByle 3 Zed Dietrich 3 Dalton Smith 2 Steve Seibold 2 Matt Sidwell 2 Alex Fowle 2 Chris Chance 2 Nick Rustad 2 Bryan Schrippe 2 Edidiong Odiong 2 Marcus Musial 2 Tony Jagemann 2 Joe Anich 1 Tracie Parent 1 Bill Becker 1 Tayo Adegoke 1 Joseph Mautino 1 Josh Kasombo 1 Matthew Harrison 1 Thomas Driscoll 1 Chad Alexander 1 Chris Blackburn 1 Ratanjit Gupta 1 Jesse Garcia 1 Steve 1 Matt Gutierrez 1 Ofer Gal 1 Catherine Franklin 1 Nathan Stachowiak 1 Jack Stabile 1 Andrew Jordan 1 Karsten Huttelmaier 1 Chance Alexander 1 Emma Hurth 1 Dan Vogt 1 Jim Sauerbrei 1 Alex Zhang 1
Nathan Lasnoski nlasnoski Nathan Lasnoski Nathan Lasnoski is Concurrency's Chief Technology Officer, a Datacenter MVP and a recognized leader in Core Infrastructure Design, SharePoint Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Unified Communications technologies.
Reasons to Avoid Third Party Portals in Front of Azure I often am asked, “should I put a third party portal in front of my Azure or multi-cloud environment?” They ask for a good reason, they want to achieve control of their cloud environment and help their organization to make good decisions. It often comes from organizations who have a self-service portal in their on-premise […] by Nathan Lasnoski Apr 1, 2019
Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #3—Assuming Your Cloud Environment Needs to Function Like On-Premises The last several posts in this series have zeroed in on specific structural and technical pitfalls to avoid when getting started with Azure. In this post, let’s zoom out a bit and consider a mistake that’s more conceptual than it is technical—namely, that switching from an on-premises environment to the cloud will not exactly replicate functions. by Nathan Lasnoski Mar 20, 2019
Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #4—Not Following Naming Conventions for Resources The next pitfall to avoid in setting up your Azure environment is one that trips up many organizations. If you fail to establish clear naming conventions, you will limit your team’s ability to know what’s going on, find things, and understand and manage them. So don’t start naming things “Nathan’s test” or “Bob’s system!” by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 28, 2019
Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #5— Ignoring a Recovery and Release Strategy Our last posts covered structuring, securing, and controlling deployment of your Azure environment. In the realm of safety and security measures, what comes next is developing a recovery and release strategy for cloud-based applications and servers. by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 15, 2019
Tech Talks - Azure Management Groups In this episode of Tech Talks, we introduce a new capability in Azure, know as Azure Management Groups by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 31, 2019
Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #6— Over-Intermediating the Cloud UX to Control Deployment Our last posts covered structuring and securing your Azure environment. Now, we’ll focus on a topic important for its actual use: how strictly to control deployment. What people often do is create a portal between developers and Azure itself. This isn’t surprising, as it’s probably what they have on-premises: a portal that exists between developers and the servers that run the applications. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 30, 2019
Tech Talk - Improving Supply Chain with Blockchain In this episode of Tech Talks, we walk describe how Blockchain technology can vastly improve a comapny's supply chain. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 25, 2019
Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #7— Ignoring Identity, RBAC and Conditional Access Now that your Azure Environment is effectively and properly structured, as noted in our previous post, we come across a slippery slope that must be avoided. Now that it has been created, it needs to be secured. It has become second nature to use a seatbelt, lock doors and assure the area is clear when entering or exiting a vehicle, and we must direct that line of thinking when it comes to employing technology. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 17, 2019
Top 10 Mistakes Companies Make Getting Started with Azure: #8— Not Structuring the Azure Environment Properly In our previous post, we discussed the challenges that surface when you do not retrain or restructure existing employees before starting your Azure implementation journey. Now that you have your team on board and organized correctly, the next step is to create an effective structure in the Azure environment. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 3, 2019