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Cloud Solutions Consultant at BT helping organisations build on Azure.

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AZURE

Azure Bastion provides secure browser-based RDP and SSH access to Azure virtual machines without exposing management ports. Here's when it's...

31 Jul 2026

DEVOPS

A practical GitHub ruleset you can import to protect your main branch, block accidental direct pushes, and keep small public...

29 Jul 2026

AZURE

A practical guide to the five areas I examine during an Azure health check, from governance and identity to monitoring,...

24 Jul 2026

TERRAFORM

Learn when to use Terraform count and for_each in Azure, why the wrong choice causes unnecessary resource recreation, and how...

17 Jul 2026