From 2017 to 2021, I had the privilege of serving as a Microsoft Azure MVP. My work evolved alongside the industry itself: Along the way, I also developed extensive experience with BERT models for semantic search, similarity scoring, and embedding-based retrieval. That work became foundational to my thinking about, knowledge Read more
Introduction Often when working with a new client we ask for their cloud enterprise and solution architecture documents, we consider this the explicit architecture*. The enterprise architecture documents would include things such as the Cloud Service Catalog, Reference Architectures, and such. The solution architecture document would be the detail design Read more
I would like to thank college professor Steven Tate and employee Max Trivers for having me speak at the Chattahoochee Technical College aitp meeting Feb 6th, 2020 on Azure Cloud Security. About aitp The Association of Information Technology Professionals (aitp) is a professional association that focuses on information technology education Read more
Microsoft 365 #M365 was introduced in late 2017 as a new product bundle which combines the traditional Office 365 #O365 features with Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) and Windows 10. One of the best way to understand is comparing Microsoft 365 plans.
I am excited to announce that I will be organizing the 2019 Global Microsoft 365 Developer Bootcamp in Atlanta Come join us Saturday, November 2, 2019 in Atlanta on your way to Microsoft Ignite 2019 in Orlando. This is a FREE, one-day, hands-on codefest style training event led by Microsoft MVP’s and Read more
I am excited to be the Keynote at Global M365 Developer Bootcamp in Ahmedabad on October 12, 2918. This is a FREE, one-day, hands-on codefest style training event led by Microsoft MVP’s and community leaders with support from Microsoft. We are the same people that create training materials for Microsoft. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-microsoft-365-developer-bootcamp-2019-ahmedabad-tickets-66221441113 Developers Read more
Often times clients do not understand how role base access control (RBAC) works in Azure. In this post we’ll go over RBAC First list out all the azure role definitions in your subscription $ az role definition list -o table Best if you limit the role definitions to a specific Read more
As is often is the case I am asked to review an clients Azure environment that has organically grown over many months with limited to no governance living like like the 1865 wild west. In a previous posts, we shared why Linux is the best development environment, how to create an Read more
Today I received an email that read in part as follows: It is with great pride we announce that Steven Fowler has been awarded as a Microsoft® Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for 7/1/2019 – 7/1/2020. The Microsoft MVP Award is an annual award that recognizes exceptional technology community leaders worldwide Read more
I will be organizing and speaking in NYC on June 29th as the Microsoft Insider Dev Tour on Build Embedded and IoT Solutions with Microsoft Windows IoT Core Windows IoT is a family of products that enables rich edge devices and applications that can take full advantage of Azure IoT capabilities. Read more