Techielass - A blog by Sarah Lean

Presenting

From Pushing Server Cage Nuts to Pushing Code

My session from WinOps London 2019 was recorded where I share my journey from being an on prem engineer to an cloud engineer.

Certification

Passing the PL-900 exam

My thoughts on sitting and passing the Power Platform Fundamentals PL-900 exam

Weekly Update

Weekly Update #27

A look back at the week

Weekly Update

Weekly Update #26

A look back at the week

Certification

Microsoft Certified Trainer 2020

I am happy to announce that I am now a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).

Azure

Test Website Deployment for Success

A smoke test can be used to help determine whether a website is up and responsive, it is a quick and dirty test.

Weekly Update

Weekly Update #23

A look back at the week

Podcasts

Welcoming in 2020 with a podcast interview

I've recently been lucky enough to be invited on several community podcasts.

Blogging

Feedspot Top 50 Microsoft Azure Blogs to Follow in 2020

My blog is listed as one of the top 50 blogs about Microsoft Azure to follow in 2020.

Presenting

Speaking at Microsoft Ignite the Tour 2020 Johannesburg

I will be joining the team on the Microsoft Ignite the Tour stop in Johannesburg this year.

Azure

Azure Fundamental Exams

Certifications, exams are something that I've done at school and also throughout my professional career. I sat my first Microsoft exam [https://www.microsoft.com/learning/browse-all-certifications.aspx?WT.mc_id=techielass-blog-salean] back in 2011. That exam was the now expired Windows 7 Enterprise Desktop Administrator [https://www.

Azure

Cloud Solution Architect Podcast Interview

I've recently been lucky enough to be invited on several community podcasts.

Weekly Update

Weekly Update #20

A look back at the week

Year In Review

Looking back at 2019

Join me as I look back at the year and share insights into my career, social media and travel.

Updating your Surface Dock Firmware

Your Surface Dock has some smart logic built into it and you should make sure your firmware is up to date like any other smart device.

Mindfulness

Switching Off

I recently took a vacation and turned off my work devices and event went as far as turning off notifications on my personal phone. I need to switch off for a while.

Conference

Cloudbrew 2019 - Trip Report & Session Content

My trip report for Cloudbrew 2019 and links to my session content.

Travel

Eating in Glasgow

In February 2020, there is a big tech conference happening - have you heard? It's called Scottish Summit [https://scottishsummit.com/]. There are over 90 sessions planned for a great bunch of international speakers covering level 100 - 400 tracks in Azure, Data, Dynamics 365 CE, FinOps, Office

Azure

Azure Advisor Alerts

Azure Advisor can provide some useful insights into how to implement best practices within your subscription, here I talk about the new feature, alerts!

Certification

New Microsoft Beta Exams

New Microsoft exams were released and are currently in Beta

Travel

Visiting Scotland

If you are coming over to speak or attend the Scottish Summit in February 2020, be sure to make some time to visit some of Scotland's great sights!

Azure

Azure Migrate - Use the Import Server Assessment Option

In this blog post I share how you can use the Import Server Assessment option within Azure Migrate with a view to migration to Azure.

Azure Featured

Azure Service Lifecycles

The terms private preview, public preview and general availability are often mentioned when talking about Azure services. But what do they those terms mean?

Azure

Meet the product teams at MS Ignite

Help shape the roadmap for products by engaging with the Microsoft Product Teams at MS Ignite 2019

Azure

Azure Best Practices and Framework

In this blog post I explain how the Cloud Adoption Framework can help you apply best practices to your Azure environment.