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Like all good things, Microsoft Ignite 2019 is ending today. What an amazing week of learning and community building this has been. I cleared my Azure subscriptions, met some awesome community leaders including Scott Hanselman, and several MVPs, and attended some enlightening talks. I am sad to see this event ending, but, am taking a lot of good memories out of it. Day 5 started for me with a session on ARM templates by Alex […]

I started Day-4 with watching sessions live on my phone. It worked way better than running between halls. The first session I watched was by Catherine Wilhelmsen on personal branding and her own journey. It was great learning about her experiences. Then I watched a session around Extending ARM templates by Gaurav Bhatnagar and Evan Hissey. Next was the time for swag collection and visit the exhibits I have not visited before. Collected some more […]

The first thing I had on my calendar for Day-3 was certification exam AZ-203 which I cleared and I am glad that I have now cleared all Azure certifications (AZ- track). Here is a glimpse of my badges – Most of the day today, I was at the Hub browsing different product teams’ and partners’ exhibits. Attended a few open theater sessions around different products including Azure Governance and Securing Windows @ Mechanics Live. It […]

Hello friends, The second day at Ignite started with a bang for me. I got my front row seat reserved in Scott Hanselman’s keynote session. It was an awesome keynote with some really cool demos. After Scott’s session, I headed to wrap up a couple of Azure certifications – AZ-400 and AZ-500. I am glad that I cleared both of them and I am now a Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer and Microsoft Certified Security Engineer. […]

This is my first Microsoft Ignite and I am just loving it. It was an amazing first day with 30000+ attendees present in Orange County Convention center in Orlando, Fl. Here is a summary of my experience so far – It all started Saturday when I landed here in Orlando. I’ve picked up my badge at the airport to save some time. Yesterday, I went for a tour of OCCC and collected my swag as […]