Enterprise labs, design patterns
“Landing zone” means four different things in Azure – from a single subscription to a full enterprise platform. A cloud architect explains the spectrum and how to scope the one you actually need.
Which Azure Landing Zone Do You Need? A Scoping Guide (2026) Read More »
The network perimeter dissolved and identity replaced it. Why machine identity now outnumbers humans, what the Cloud Adoption Framework says about who governs it, and how to learn every principle in a homelab for free.
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
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
Why Your Homelab Makes You a Better Cloud Architect Read More »
