Olivier Miossec

Olivier Miossec @omiossec

About: Former Microsoft Azure MVP. Find me on https://github.com/omiossec, https://www.youtube.com/@AzurePlatformOps or https://www.linkedin.com/in/omiossec/ Living in Amsterdam, NL

Location:
Amsterdam
Joined:
Apr 24, 2019

Olivier Miossec
articles - 121 total

Will AI Replace Your Job? A Practical Guide for Devs and Cloud Engineers

The hot question today is: Will AI take my job? Headlines about mass layoffs and viral posts claiming...

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When AI Agents Meet Wall Street: Why Markets Overreact and what Engineers Should Prepare For

An economic bubble occurs when asset prices detach from long term fundamentals and are driven instead...

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What is wrong with LinkedIn in the age of AI

Like everyone in tech, I utilize LinkedIn to manage my professional network, showcase my work, and...

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Azure Machine Configuration, Linux, and DSC Configuration

I recently made a post about Azure Machine Configuration and PowerShell DSC, and how to deploy VM...

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Overview of Azure Service Groups (public preview)

In an Azure tenant, you use management groups to organize subscriptions. In that hierarchy, you can...

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Install and use the Microsoft Learn MCP server in VS Code

This short guide shows how to install and use the Microsoft Learn MCP server inside Visual Studio...

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Azure Bicep: Extension and local deploy

Bicep was created with a single goal: to simplify Azure resource deployment. Instead of writing...

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Azure Networking: Expanding Subnets with Multiple Prefixes without Downtime.

In Azure, a subnet has a single address prefix, a part of your Virtual Network (VNet) address space....

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Breaking change in Azure Network

About the implicit outbound connectivity retirement in Azure on...

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Azure Machine Configuration, deploy DSC config to Azure VMs. ...

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Azure RBAC roles, an advanced introduction

Azure role-based access control (RBAC) roles are essential in any organization to create granular...

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Using bicep-deploy in GitHub action, part 2, deploymentStack

A few weeks ago, I presented the Bicep-Deploy GitHub Action that could test and deploy Bicep...

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About the implicit outbound connectivity retirement in Azure on 31/03/2026

Azure will remove the default outbound connectivity effective September 30, 2025 March 31, 2026....

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Using ARM-TTK in GitHub to test Azure ARM template

Testing the compliance of your infrastructure as Code, ARM-TKK for Bicep, and ARM...

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Using bicep-deploy in GitHub action, part 1, Bicep deployment

There are several options for deploying resources in Azure with Bicep from a GitHub repository. You...

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Azure Machine Configuration, deploy DSC config to Azure VMs.

Azure Machine Configuration (also known as Azure Policy Guest Configuration) allows operators to...

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Protect Azure PaaS services, introduction to Azure Network Security Perimeter.

In Azure, securing IaaS resources is relatively straightforward—you can use Network Security Groups...

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Azure Bicep parameters

Parameters are essential when authoring Bicep configuration files. They make your template reusable...

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Using AI-based tools in Azure as CloudOps/DevOps

2024 is the year when Generative AI entered the Azure operations and DevOps world. Generative AI has...

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Set up Azure Network Security Perimeter with PowerShell

Azure Network Security Perimeter is one of the new features announced by Microsoft during the MS...

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Create a GitHub pipeline to test, review, and deploy a Bicep template.

Working with Bicep means you must deploy your infrastructure with a pipeline. There are a few steps...

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Azure Private Subnet, how to access PaaS services and the Internet

The default outbound policy for Azure virtual networks will be retired on September 30th. After this...

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Conditional deployment in Azure Bicep

Modularity is a key when designing and coding Infrastructure as Code. You need to generalize and be...

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user-defined type in Azure Bicep, an introduction

In the Bicep Language, just like in the arm template, variables and parameters have a data type:...

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Azure Virtual Network, new feature; subnet peering

If you are an Azure Cloud engineer, you probably know what VNET peering is, you connect two VNETs (in...

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Upcoming Breaking changes in Azure Network, implicit outbound connectivity will be retired

In Azure, when you create a VM, it must be connected to a subnet from a VNET. The VM automatically...

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Azure Express Route in-depth

Azure Express Route is an essential service when you want to connect your on-premises network to your...

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How to fix Crowdstrike bug in Azure VMs

On Friday Morning 19th of July 2024, a faulty update from the security firm CrowdStrike put millions...

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Using PowerShell and Pester to validate Azure Policy syntax

I write a lot of custom Azure Policy, and like everyone, I believe, I made some mistakes, and I want...

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Automate your GitHub Issues with PowerShell and GitHub API

I made a post on how to authenticate to the GitHub API to perform tasks on your repositories, in this...

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