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• Got Chromebook? Keep Calm and use Azure

  By matthitchcock on February 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I recently acquired a low end Chromebook (Acer Chromebook 14) as a bit of a side project. My nephew has one because they are super-cheap and he wants to be able to do homework and play Roblox (so by defacto… Read More ›

• I moved to Cyber Security “cos DevOps”

  By matthitchcock on February 3, 2019 • ( 0 )

  This post is a little late to write but finally I have some downtime and can get it done. In December, I moved into the Cyber Security team of Microsoft Enterprise Services. Most people who follow my blog or know… Read More ›

• 2 Year Hiatus from Blogging

  By matthitchcock on January 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Wow, after sharing the link to my blog today it turns out I have literally had a 2 year hiatus from blogging! Of course, that was very unintentional, explained away by many things. I won’t make any commitment to a… Read More ›

• PowerShell Conference Asia 2016 – it happened!

  By matthitchcock on October 23, 2016 • ( 1 )

  This is my first blog post in some time and will be by no means detailed, I just wanted to capture that we have just concluded PowerShell Conference Asia 2016 and I think all agreed it was a resounding success…. Read More ›

• Presenting my first SQL PASS Session

  By matthitchcock on March 22, 2016 • ( 0 )

  I’ve been doing a fair amount of work with SQL Server recently, not that I am claiming myself to be an expert by any means but I have certainly learned a lot more about it than I knew before. So,… Read More ›

• The Race to “Do” DevOps

  By matthitchcock on February 27, 2016 • ( 0 )

  The purpose of this post is to really share an observation and something that I’ve been thinking about as a consultant. I interact with a lot of customers, folks in the different communities and other consultants both internally at Microsoft… Read More ›

• Do I really need to pay for a design if I am using Azure?

  By matthitchcock on February 2, 2016 • ( 1 )

  I’ve been involved in many discussions about possible engagements to deploy infrastructure on Azure, they all inevitably lead to the same question; “Why should I spend weeks having a design documented for me when all I need is a credit… Read More ›