Koenraad Haedens
Cloud Architect, MCSE, MCT
Beernem, Belgium
Koenraad Haedens is an accomplished IT professional, boasting over two decades of specialized experience in client, server, and datacenter technologies. His technical journey began at the Belgian Military, where he honed his skills on mainframe and UNIX systems. A few years later, he made a strategic move to entrepreneurship, establishing his own business that delivers hosting and managed services to small and midsize enterprises across Belgium.
Possessing their own datacenters, Koenraad's business provided an exceptional platform to master a diverse range of complex systems. These include VMware, SAN, intricate firewall configurations, Hyper-V, and private cloud environments. Furthermore, his early adoption of (Microsoft) cloud solutions underscores his forward-thinking approach to IT solutions.
In October 2019, Koenraad took his expertise to Microsoft, taking on the role of Microsoft Technical Trainer. There, he's responsible for the upskilling of Tier 1 customers, illustrating his dedication to sharing knowledge and fostering professional development within the industry.
While Koenraad holds an impressive array of industry certifications, he holds his Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) credential, which he's maintained since 2006, in the highest esteem.
Beyond his professional achievements, Koenraad is also a passionate industry speaker. He frequently presents at industry conferences and local user group events, combining his technical prowess with an enthusiasm for sharing knowledge. These engagements allow him to share his expertise and passion, marking him as not just a technical whizz, but also an engaging communicator and leader in the field.
Koenraad holds several industry certifications, but is most proud Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT 2006-2023) credentials for so many years.
Presenting at industry conferences and local user group events has become a true passion, allowing him to share his enthusiasm as a speaker, but still being technical-savvy as well.
Follow Koenraad on twitter @khaedens or LinkedIn
Area of Expertise
Topics
The 1-2-3 on Azure SQL family
Migrating your SQL workloads to Azure? What is the best offering for you? Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed instance or Azure SQL on virtual machine? The different option explained.
Keeping your Azure Deployments on a Leash… aka Azure Governance
The cloud introduces agility and flexibility, but it does not remove the need for standards and processes that ensure the environments are built right and governed to business standards. This session introduces you to Azure policy management and governance. Take control of your Azure assets through policies and standards that provide the controls that are in place in traditional IT but aligned to the agility of the cloud. Take control of your cloud investments and apply standards in an automated and consistent manner to ensure your cloud environment is in line with your organisation policies. We takes you on the journey from Azure governance zero to hero
Azure From IAAS to PAAS: A Demo-Filled Workshop
Learn the latest and greatest updates to the Azure Platform IaaS and PaaS services, bringing you all the required knowledge to start architecting and deploying Azure resources as soon as you are back in the office, with confidence. Because of the high pace and massive amount of content of this session, it is advised, though not recommended, to have experience with Azure concepts already, or have experience in using other public cloud platforms and are eager to learn what Azure Resource Manager has to offer.
Content is targeted to IT Pros, Architects, and Developers who are interested in a good combination of architect–to–architect knowledge sharing, inspired by a demo-packed workshop day.
You will learn:
• Best practices of Azure subscriptions and how to configure the right access roles
• About architecting and deploying Azure VMs, storage and complex network solutions
• Understanding Azure Disaster Recovery and High Availability solutions
• Implementing Azure Identity and enabling Single Sign–On to SaaS applications
• Deploying Azure Applications Services
• Overview of the different Azure Monitoring tools available today
• DevOps concepts in an Azure world, aka Infrastructure as Code
Contents/Topics covered in the workshop:
• Azure subscriptions, Role Based Access Control, Azure Resource Policies
• Azure VMs, Azure Storage Overview, Availability Sets
• ARM Template design & deployment using Visual Studio / Visual Studio Code
• Azure Active Directory, Azure AD Connect, Azure Application Access Panel
• Azure Web Sites and Azure Mobile Services
• Log Analytics, Application Insights, Azure Monitor
Azure ATT Global Bootcamp - online event (copy) Sessionize Event
Live! 360 Orlando 2019 Sessionize Event
MVPDays Azure Day Online Sessionize Event
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