From clicks to code—my journey into Azure started with the Portal and quickly brewed into a full-blown infrastructure adventure. In this post, I explore the three main ways to manage Azure resources (Portal, CLI, and Bicep), share the mistakes I made as a beginner, and dive into why automation is...

Is your Azure environment starting to feel like the Wild West? With Management Groups, you can finally bring structure, clarity, and control to your cloud setup. In this post, I break down what they are, why they matter, and how even non-admins can use them to simplify governance, costs, and...

Welcome to the first part of my journey into the world of Microsoft Azure! Today we will dive together into the basics and first steps that will help you navigate the realm of cloud technology. Don’t worry, I’ll steer clear of too much jargon and try to keep things as...

The digital transformation presents both challenges and opportunities for businesses, particularly with the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into everyday workflows. Change management plays a pivotal role in determining the success or failure of implementing new technologies. A key component of this process is the training and education of employees...

With the latest update of Viva Amplify, a long-awaited feature has been introduced: mandatory content review before the publication of a campaign. This feature is specifically designed to improve quality assurance in communication processes within larger organizations. It now allows for content approval by designated approvers before content is published....

Reasons for deactivating private messages in Viva Engage Viva Engage is a platform that promotes employee engagement, collaboration and well-being. It offers many features that facilitate and improve communication within organizations. One of these features is the ability to send private messages to other employees. This can be useful for...

We all know it: Microsoft 365 is constantly being expanded, and updates appear more frequently than our visits to the favorite barista. Many organizations and IT administrators are not always enthusiastic about this. However, some updates are essential and indispensable as they enhance our daily security.

Viva Connections is a centralised place in Microsoft Teams that improves employee communication, engagement and wellbeing. It provides a personalised experience that brings together messages, resources and conversations from across the organisation.

Here, employees can find news, company resources and even individual work tools in one central location. With the ability to integrate an intranet into Microsoft Teams via Viva Connection, Viva Connection revolutionises corporate communication by linking formal and informal communication.

Just before vacation, it feels like the stress level is at an all-time high, and then, as employees, we have to deal with handing off work for our vacation and other organizational matters like out-of-office notifications, appointment cancellations, etc. This was exactly the case before my last vacation, which was...