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Microsoft 365 E7 Explained: What IT Pros Need to Know (And What Microsoft Doesn’t Want You to Ask)

Architecture & Cloud Strategy, Azure, Digital Sovereignty /

Microsoft just moved the goalposts. Again. On March 9th they announced Microsoft 365 E7 — branded “The Frontier Suite” — the first new enterprise tier since E5 launched in 2015. It goes GA on May 1st at £79 per user per month. I’ve spent 18 years watching Microsoft licensing evolve. Every few years the pattern […]

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Why Your Homelab Makes You a Better Cloud Architect

Architecture & Cloud Strategy, Homelab Builds /

Published on 25 February 2026 | Homelab / Career | 10 min read The Question That Started This I’ve been interviewing infrastructure engineers on and off for the best part of a decade. Mostly Azure and AWS roles – cloud architects, platform engineers, DevOps leads. The kind of people who should know how the internet

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