Authors Concurrency Authors Nathan Lasnoski 416 Concurrency Blog 264 Shannon Fritz 88 James Savage 71 Drew Madelung 70 Kim Claditis 59 Mitchell Grande 55 Christopher Mank 49 Duncan Lindquist 45 Stephanie Siewert 32 Hozafa Motiwala 31 Matt Herman 30 John Adali 29 Andrew Bronstad 25 Michael Epping 25 Seth Bauer 25 Mike Carlo 23 Frank Gill 23 Randy Steinberg 21 Matt Sims 21 Pete Hurth 18 Dan Fink 18 Steve Borgwardt 17 Nick Adams 16 Damon Sanchez 16 Bill Topel 14 Rob Plank 13 Mark Rentmeester 13 Lee Berg 12 Christian Urena 12 Michael Dugan 11 Brett Janzen 11 John Hennen 11 Eric Franz 11 Bill Hughes 10 Matt Boudro 9 Tim Gabrhel 9 Carl Schweitzer 9 Matt Engibous 8 Paul Harris 8 Lwin Maung 7 Matt Smith 7 Chiyo Odika 7 Kate Weiland 7 Jeff Lipkowitz 6 Jaime Velez 5 Steve Lazzara 5 Megan Dehn 5 Ajay Ravi 5 Giamo Rivera 5 Hannah Ignacio 5 Leo Ling 5 Scott Poling 5 Zavier Sanders 5 Salvatore Montini 5 David Grooms 5 Kirk Poser 4 Amy Cousland 4 Chris Blackburn 4 Brian Goodwin, PhD 4 Siddharth Bhola 4 Jack Bumgarner 4 Trevor Suarez 4 Jasmin Cox 4 Sonny Darji 4 Leon Harmon 4 Megan Stoffel 4 Nick Rustad 4 Amber Manzo 4 Elizabeth Fleming 4 Akashdeep Kaur 3 Tom Lu 3 Joseph Dutton 3 Kianna DeByle 3 Zed Dietrich 3 Heather LaPorte 3 Sam Figie 3 Bryan Schrippe 3 Tyler Plesetz 3 Arthur Savage 3 Edidiong Odiong 2 Marcus Musial 2 Dalton Smith 2 Steve Seibold 2 Alex Fowle 2 Chris Chance 2 Tony Jagemann 2 Matt Sidwell 2 jschantz 2 Nicole Williams 2 Drew Johnson 2 Ben Lockwood 2 Christos Konstantakis 1 Scott Kauffman 1 Jeremy Solsaa 1 Eli Rodriguez 1 Meghan Focht 1 Laura Spence 1 Jacob Hays 1 Adam Clifford 1 Nick Woods 1 Ralph Babusci 1 Reem Alzubeidi 1 Charles Bates 1 Andrew Jordan 1 Karsten Huttelmaier 1 Chance Alexander 1 Devyani Singh 1 Emma Hurth 1 Swaminathan Venkatesh 1 Nathan Stachowiak 1 Jack Stabile 1 Steve Campbell 1 Alex Zhang 1 Matthew Harrison 1 Lubna Quraishi 1 Thomas Driscoll 1 Chad Alexander 1 Jesse Garcia 1 Ratanjit Gupta 1 Joe Anich 1 Joseph Mautino 1 Josh Kasombo 1 Dan Vogt 1 Jim Sauerbrei 1 Tracie Parent 1 Bill Becker 1 Tayo Adegoke 1 Kurt Spitzner 1 Catherine Franklin 1 Steve 1 Matt Gutierrez 1 Ofer Gal 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 Default Outlook Meeting Lengths to 25 minutes and 50 minutes This has been spoken of in various places over the last year, but I wanted to reinforce a simple change to your Outlook that will make your and your co-worker’s lives better. We often forget that we need time between meetings, especially when every meeting is a video conference. I was recently in 8 back-to-back […] by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 8, 2021 Zero Trust Security We had a great conversation on Zero Trust security, the current security landscape, why Zero Trust is important, and the adoption process. This is an interview everyone should watch. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 6, 2021 Building a Manageable AI Framework on Azure Had a great conversation with Jeff Lipkowitz and Swami Venkatesh on building an AI Framework on Azure. We talked about what an AI Landing Zone looks like and how we ensure the right practices are accomplished. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 6, 2021 It will happen to you… why Zero Trust MUST be a technology North Star for 2021 In the past month we’ve seen a tremendous increase in companies coming to us having been ransomware victims. This is in addition to the impact of Solar Winds incident and conversations about Nation State activity. These aren’t new problems we’re seeing. It’s the same general vulnerability we’ve been talking about for years, just increased in […] by Nathan Lasnoski Dec 18, 2020 Ways to Use Your Digital Pen to Increase Effectiveness The pen and the laptop… I’ve always had an interest in the idea of it working, but for many years it was a solution looking for a problem. Early on I wanted one of those spin around laptops from Acer so I could take digital notes on the clunky 10 pound laptop in class. It […] by Nathan Lasnoski Dec 8, 2020 2021 North Stars with Brian Willson I had a great opportunity to talk with Microsoft Vice President Brian Willson about the 2021 North Stars that every technology executive should be considering. We talked about each of these five North Stars: Create digital lines of business Deliver on new revenue or operational savings through AI Get out of the datacenter business Make […] by Nathan Lasnoski Dec 1, 2020 Windows Virtual Desktop De-Mystified I had a great conversation with Brian Voelz this week on Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD). We discussed “why” WVD, moving off Citrix, and lessons learned. Brian did a great job diving into the details of each. by Nathan Lasnoski Nov 6, 2020 Azure Function Published with Azure DevOps is missing .python_packages I was publishing an Azure Function with Azure DevOps vs. deploying with VS Code and was finding the function was failing because the .python_packages folder was missing. Reviewing the build code the standard python package was populated with “pip install -r requirements.txt”, which was working on my local client to ensure the published environment included the necessary packages. […] by Nathan Lasnoski Oct 29, 2020 Azure Function Published with Azure DevOps has Extra Folder at Root I was deploying an Azure Function with Azure DevOps and was running into a problem where an extra folder was created at the root of the Files directory when deploying. It looked like this: I discovered that in the deployment file the root directory was being included in the deployed zip file and needed to […] by Nathan Lasnoski Oct 29, 2020 Deploying a Python Azure Function in Azure DevOps Error: Directory ‘D:\a\1\a’ is empty. Nothing will be added to build artifact ‘drop’. I was having challenge with deploying an Azure Function through Azure DevOps where the default channel was failing to capture the output of the build and deploy it to the target. I wanted to post a template for this, as there were a lot of people trying to solve the same problem, but no clear […] by Nathan Lasnoski Oct 29, 2020 12345678910 ... Concurrency Authors Nathan Lasnoski 416 Concurrency Blog 264 Shannon Fritz 88 James Savage 71 Drew Madelung 70 Kim Claditis 59 Mitchell Grande 55 Christopher Mank 49 Duncan Lindquist 45 Stephanie Siewert 32 Hozafa Motiwala 31 Matt Herman 30 John Adali 29 Andrew Bronstad 25 Michael Epping 25 Seth Bauer 25 Mike Carlo 23 Frank Gill 23 Randy Steinberg 21 Matt Sims 21 Pete Hurth 18 Dan Fink 18 Steve Borgwardt 17 Nick Adams 16 Damon Sanchez 16 Bill Topel 14 Rob Plank 13 Mark Rentmeester 13 Lee Berg 12 Christian Urena 12 Michael Dugan 11 Brett Janzen 11 John Hennen 11 Eric Franz 11 Bill Hughes 10 Matt Boudro 9 Tim Gabrhel 9 Carl Schweitzer 9 Matt Engibous 8 Paul Harris 8 Lwin Maung 7 Matt Smith 7 Chiyo Odika 7 Kate Weiland 7 Jeff Lipkowitz 6 Jaime Velez 5 Steve Lazzara 5 Megan Dehn 5 Ajay Ravi 5 Giamo Rivera 5 Hannah Ignacio 5 Leo Ling 5 Scott Poling 5 Zavier Sanders 5 Salvatore Montini 5 David Grooms 5 Kirk Poser 4 Amy Cousland 4 Chris Blackburn 4 Brian Goodwin, PhD 4 Siddharth Bhola 4 Jack Bumgarner 4 Trevor Suarez 4 Jasmin Cox 4 Sonny Darji 4 Leon Harmon 4 Megan Stoffel 4 Nick Rustad 4 Amber Manzo 4 Elizabeth Fleming 4 Akashdeep Kaur 3 Tom Lu 3 Joseph Dutton 3 Kianna DeByle 3 Zed Dietrich 3 Heather LaPorte 3 Sam Figie 3 Bryan Schrippe 3 Tyler Plesetz 3 Arthur Savage 3 Edidiong Odiong 2 Marcus Musial 2 Dalton Smith 2 Steve Seibold 2 Alex Fowle 2 Chris Chance 2 Tony Jagemann 2 Matt Sidwell 2 jschantz 2 Nicole Williams 2 Drew Johnson 2 Ben Lockwood 2 Christos Konstantakis 1 Scott Kauffman 1 Jeremy Solsaa 1 Eli Rodriguez 1 Meghan Focht 1 Laura Spence 1 Jacob Hays 1 Adam Clifford 1 Nick Woods 1 Ralph Babusci 1 Reem Alzubeidi 1 Charles Bates 1 Andrew Jordan 1 Karsten Huttelmaier 1 Chance Alexander 1 Devyani Singh 1 Emma Hurth 1 Swaminathan Venkatesh 1 Nathan Stachowiak 1 Jack Stabile 1 Steve Campbell 1 Alex Zhang 1 Matthew Harrison 1 Lubna Quraishi 1 Thomas Driscoll 1 Chad Alexander 1 Jesse Garcia 1 Ratanjit Gupta 1 Joe Anich 1 Joseph Mautino 1 Josh Kasombo 1 Dan Vogt 1 Jim Sauerbrei 1 Tracie Parent 1 Bill Becker 1 Tayo Adegoke 1 Kurt Spitzner 1 Catherine Franklin 1 Steve 1 Matt Gutierrez 1 Ofer Gal 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.
Default Outlook Meeting Lengths to 25 minutes and 50 minutes This has been spoken of in various places over the last year, but I wanted to reinforce a simple change to your Outlook that will make your and your co-worker’s lives better. We often forget that we need time between meetings, especially when every meeting is a video conference. I was recently in 8 back-to-back […] by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 8, 2021
Zero Trust Security We had a great conversation on Zero Trust security, the current security landscape, why Zero Trust is important, and the adoption process. This is an interview everyone should watch. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 6, 2021
Building a Manageable AI Framework on Azure Had a great conversation with Jeff Lipkowitz and Swami Venkatesh on building an AI Framework on Azure. We talked about what an AI Landing Zone looks like and how we ensure the right practices are accomplished. by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 6, 2021
It will happen to you… why Zero Trust MUST be a technology North Star for 2021 In the past month we’ve seen a tremendous increase in companies coming to us having been ransomware victims. This is in addition to the impact of Solar Winds incident and conversations about Nation State activity. These aren’t new problems we’re seeing. It’s the same general vulnerability we’ve been talking about for years, just increased in […] by Nathan Lasnoski Dec 18, 2020
Ways to Use Your Digital Pen to Increase Effectiveness The pen and the laptop… I’ve always had an interest in the idea of it working, but for many years it was a solution looking for a problem. Early on I wanted one of those spin around laptops from Acer so I could take digital notes on the clunky 10 pound laptop in class. It […] by Nathan Lasnoski Dec 8, 2020
2021 North Stars with Brian Willson I had a great opportunity to talk with Microsoft Vice President Brian Willson about the 2021 North Stars that every technology executive should be considering. We talked about each of these five North Stars: Create digital lines of business Deliver on new revenue or operational savings through AI Get out of the datacenter business Make […] by Nathan Lasnoski Dec 1, 2020
Windows Virtual Desktop De-Mystified I had a great conversation with Brian Voelz this week on Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD). We discussed “why” WVD, moving off Citrix, and lessons learned. Brian did a great job diving into the details of each. by Nathan Lasnoski Nov 6, 2020
Azure Function Published with Azure DevOps is missing .python_packages I was publishing an Azure Function with Azure DevOps vs. deploying with VS Code and was finding the function was failing because the .python_packages folder was missing. Reviewing the build code the standard python package was populated with “pip install -r requirements.txt”, which was working on my local client to ensure the published environment included the necessary packages. […] by Nathan Lasnoski Oct 29, 2020
Azure Function Published with Azure DevOps has Extra Folder at Root I was deploying an Azure Function with Azure DevOps and was running into a problem where an extra folder was created at the root of the Files directory when deploying. It looked like this: I discovered that in the deployment file the root directory was being included in the deployed zip file and needed to […] by Nathan Lasnoski Oct 29, 2020
Deploying a Python Azure Function in Azure DevOps Error: Directory ‘D:\a\1\a’ is empty. Nothing will be added to build artifact ‘drop’. I was having challenge with deploying an Azure Function through Azure DevOps where the default channel was failing to capture the output of the build and deploy it to the target. I wanted to post a template for this, as there were a lot of people trying to solve the same problem, but no clear […] by Nathan Lasnoski Oct 29, 2020