Advanced VM ARM Template

Creating multiple domain joined VMs from a custom image.

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Azure PaaS Services: Narrowing Focus

Because Azure is a platform and it is not possible to be an “expert” in all of Azure, Microsoft leadership recognized the need to focus the PTS on a narrow workload to better serve partners. I will be focusing on the PaaS side of Azure going forward.

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Azure Resource Manager Templates and Custom Script Extensions

Use Azure Resource Manager Custom Script Extensions to customize virtual machine deployment.

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Shutdown tagged VMs with Azure Automation

In this post I will use tags in conjunction with Azure Automation to shutdown virtual machines at the end of the day.

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Adding Tags to Resources in Azure

In this post I will walk through setting up tags for virtual machines in Azure with PowerShell.

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Building Azure Resource Manager Templates

In this article I am going to go through the details of setting up this ARM template and some of the tools I used to get there.

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Azure Automation, my SQL Agent in the Cloud

In this article I will walk through the application workflow and how I set up Azure Automation to be my SQL Agent in the cloud.

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Microsoft and Open Source

While the embrace of open source appears as a is a tectonic shift in Microsoft’s company culture; the development and commitment to open source aligns us with our corporate mission statement. If we are truly to enable everyone on the planet to do more, we need to arm them with the tools to do so and support efforts that are already moving to do that.

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Big Data: What’s the Deal?

Big Data is such a catchy, vague term it was destined to become a buzzword. It is much like that magical place, the “cloud”, where panda bears ride unicorns that sing “It’s a Small World After All”. What really constitutes Big Data?

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Microsoft: Year One

It is hard for me to believe that I have already been at Microsoft for a year. In some ways I feel that my entire career has led up to my coming to work here. So now that I am on the other side of the fence, what lessons have I learned?

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About

Welcome to my blog, I’m glad you are here. As a technologist, most of the topics covered here will be tech related. It is my desire to provide content that goes, as the name suggests, beyond the corner office and explore my other passions.

Consultant

Jonathan Gardner has over 14 years of experience in IT and business consulting. He holds multiple Microsoft technical certification including MCSE, MCITP, and MCTS and is a PMP certified project manager. He has worked as a consultant delivering highly technical solutions for companies on the Fortune 500 list and managed the Infrastructure Practice for a Microsoft partner with responsibilities including cloud practice enablement, personnel management, and business development.As a Nation Partner Technology Strategist for Microsoft, he works with their most strategic partners helping them develop Azure practices and offerings. Along with his partner responsibilities, he is responsible for partner technical readiness and partner community engagement. He is regularly involved with shaping the readiness offerings delivered to the partner community and hosting regular partner communications and motions.

Speaker and Author

Beyond Microsoft, Jonathan has worked with the community delivering Microsoft Roadmap events and co-chairing or speaking at SQL Saturday events across the country. Jonathan writes from his personal technical blog and is a regular contributor to the Microsoft US Partner Blog. Jonathan is a published author contributing a chapter on Compliance and Auditing to Pro: SQL 2012 Practices.

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Jonathan is a native of New Orleans, LA and currently lives in Lafayette, LA. When he is not working, you can find him on the rugby pitch where he is a member of the internationally recognized New Orleans Rugby Football Club, in the Crossfit gym, or out SCUBA diving in the Gulf of Mexico.

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