Azure Deployment Environments retires on 22 February 2027
Microsoft has set 22 February 2027 as the retirement date for Azure Deployment Environments.
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Azure Storage: Blob, Files & Security Configuration (AZ-104)
Master Azure Storage – storage accounts, blob tiers, Azure Files, SAS tokens, and security. Complete AZ-104 storage guide with practical examples.
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Azure Virtual Networks: VNets, NSGs, and Peering (AZ-104)
Master Azure networking – virtual networks, subnets, NSGs, peering, and hybrid connectivity. Complete guide for AZ-104 certification.
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Azure Identity & Governance: Entra ID, RBAC, and Policy (AZ-104)
Master Azure identity and governance – Entra ID users and groups, RBAC roles, management groups, and Azure Policy. Essential AZ-104 knowledge.
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AZ-104 Study Guide: Azure Administrator Certification Path
Complete AZ-104 Azure Administrator study guide – exam objectives, study strategy, timeline, and practical tips. Your path to Azure certification.
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Microsoft 365 E7 Explained: What IT Pros Need to Know (And What Microsoft Doesn’t Want You to Ask)
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
How to Prevent an Intune Bulk Wipe: Sentinel KQL + Hardening
This week a global medical technology company had their Microsoft tenant compromised. The attackers didn’t deploy custom malware. They logged into the Intune admin console and used the built-in device management tools to trigger a bulk wipe across the entire managed device fleet. From the field: This is the detection rule I would want in
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Azure AZ-104 Study Series | From Homelab to Cloud Career
Pass AZ-104 and Actually Understand Azure The AZ-104 Azure Administrator certification is one of the most in-demand cloud credentials in the UK. But passing the exam is not the same as understanding the platform. From the field: I have worked with Azure in enterprise environments for years. This series is not a regurgitation of Microsoft
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Why Your Homelab Makes You a Better Cloud Architect
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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When Hyperscalers Fail: What Three Major Outages Taught Us About Internet Resilience
It was the afternoon of November 18, 2025, and a large part of the internet went dark at once. Spotify was down. ChatGPT was offline. Even Trump’s Truth Social had gone silent. Anything published through Cloudflare, including self-hosted services exposed with Cloudflare Tunnels, was effectively offline. Not because the servers behind it had failed, but
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