About Me

Sarah Lean

With over 20 years of experience in IT across diverse industries—including service providers, manufacturing, Scotch Whisky, and local authorities—my career has evolved from resetting passwords and triaging support calls to maintaining platforms, building infrastructure, and migrating data centres.

Alongside my technical expertise, I’ve been honoured with several awards and ambassador roles. In April 2022, I was awarded the Microsoft MVP award for Azure, which I retired upon rejoining Microsoft full-time in November 2022. Since then, I’ve been a two-time HashiCorp Ambassador (first appointed March 2024 and recently renewed) and a GitKraken Ambassador (October 2022). Although the Lenovo Insider program was cancelled, I continue to engage with the tech community through other channels.

I founded the Glasgow Azure User Group in 2017 and organise meetups every two months to foster learning and networking among professionals.

My passion for technology shines through in sharing knowledge globally via hands-on tutorials, technical insights, and honest reviews. I have over 3,800 YouTube subscribers, 5,000 blog subscribers, and a combined social media following across platforms totalling over 20,000.

My content primarily focuses on Azure, servers, hybrid environments, and infrastructure as code, reaching IT professionals, tech enthusiasts, and learners worldwide.

Committed to promoting STEM careers, I serve as a STEM Ambassador, inspiring the next generation, and volunteer with The King’s Trust to give back to the community.