Mika Vilpo
IT geek building clouds at Elisa Oyj
Turku, Finland
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Mika is passionate about public cloud solutions and building modern, cloud native solutions. He works with customers to find the best possible solutions for their current or future problems. He loves to talk more about Roadmaps, Cloud Strategies, Modernization of Applications and Automating Infrastructure.
He also does some training in Microsoft and public cloud related topics. In his free time, he volunteers as a first aid provider and enjoys craft beer.
Mika is an MCT and holds almost all Microsoft certifications about Azure and Security.
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Enterprise Azure Policy as Code - Desired state of Azure Policies
Deploying a new version of landing zone and need to clean up all old policy definitions and assignments? Users deploying policies that are conflicting with your new ones? Sounds familiar?
Desired State engines have been around for some time and we are used to use those inside the workload in form of Puppet or PowerShell DSC. With EPAC (Enterprise Azure Policy as Code) you can do the same for Azure Policies. Removing all not defined policies or removing your old policies before deploying. You also get a single pane of class for all your policies that are configured and deployed.
Come and learn more about this tool to manage your Azure Policies from small environments to enterprise deployments. We walkthrough deployment and management in greenfield and brownfield environments. Live demos (with demo effects) are coming to you!
Replacing management jumpboxes with Azure Arc in scale
Management jumpboxes have been core foundation in legacy server management. In this session you will learn how-to replace those with modern technologies like Windows Admin Center and Azure Arc. We also discuss and show how you can do centralized management tasks from Azure to all servers using passwordless logins and SSH.
After the session you can start to replace your jumpboxes and start to get all the power of the cloud for managing servers everywhere.
Move your admin access security to the next level
Everybody use multifactor .. right? But how can you move to the next level on authentication and authorization when accessing Azure resources while doing your daily job. Securing your cloud comes more important when you reach your Azure environment to other clouds or onprem.
In this session we talk about Privileged Identity Management and how you can amp up your security using Authentication Contexts. You will also see how you can use different aspects of PIM and real life examples what to use and when.
We also touch on Access Packages, B2B identities and Access Reviews in part of the process of securing your admin access.
You will also see how this all can be used in other clouds and onprem resources with the help of Azure Arc.
This is a demo packed session and all demos are live!
Modernize server management with Azure Arc
While organizations are moving towards cloud, some applications does not still fit to cloud native solutions. Those applications must be run on traditional servers.
Traditional Server management has been quite of same many years. Eventually with Azure Arc you can extend public cloud benefits to on-premises servers. One of the biggest benefits of Azure Arc is that you can start treating your servers more like cattle instead of pets by automation.
In this session you get ideas: how and why to use Azure Arc in management clever way. We cover also best practices for Azure Arc architecture planning and implementation.
How infra admins can move from scheduled tasks to cloud and event based activities
Modernizing the management of infrastructure is a key goal for many organizations that want to improve efficiency, security and scalability. One of the challenges in this process is how to replace old server bound scheduled tasks with more flexible and reliable cloud-based solutions. In this session, we will explore how to leverage Azure Automation account and Azure Functions to consolidate automations to cloud and trigger them based on events rather than schedules. We will also demonstrate how Azure Arc can help you manage servers that are hosted outside of Azure and integrate them with your cloud automations.
By the end of this session, you will have a better understanding of how to migrate from legacy server bound scheduled tasks to modern cloud-based automations using Azure services.
Can you replace your full blown IAM system with Microsoft Entra Identity Governance?
If you are looking for a way to modernize your identity and access management processes, you might be interested in learning how Azure AD Premium P2 license can help you achieve that. With Azure AD Premium P2 license, you get access to Microsoft Entra Identity Governance features, which allow you to balance your organization's need for security and employee productivity with the right processes and visibility . You also get some small magic of Logic Apps, which enable you to automate workflows across different applications and services.
In this session, we will discuss and demonstrate how you can use Identity Workflows, Access Packages, Access Reviews, Privileged Identity Management and auditing features of Microsoft Entra Identity Governance to govern the lifecycle of access to groups, apps and sites. We will also show you how you can use Logic Apps to integrate these features with other systems and services. By the end of this session, you will have all the needed knowledge to test this yourself and start to migrate to modern identity and access management.
What every ITPro should know about Logic Apps and how to use it in legacy automation
Logic Apps is considered as Integration and Azure only tool. In reality, ITPros can also use it in on-premises and legacy workload automation. This session deals on how to leverage the power and simplicity of Logic Apps to overcome everyday challenges accessing on-premises and inside VMs.
The demo will show how to create a "simple" move-new-files -automation with error handling, which usually takes couple of hours in traditional PowerShell approach, in just 5 minutes.
Thinking outside of the box - automate IT Pro tasks using Logic Apps and Azure Automation
As IT Pro what is Logic Apps and what can I do with those? How to use integration tools like Logic App to automate IT Pro tasks with ease. Replace complicated scripts with simple workflows with builtin error handling.
Session covers use of Logic Apps, Azure Functions and Azure Automation together to get best features from the products.
Demo full session with real life examples how can you use these powerful tools to make your day a smoother one.
How to successfully deploy FIDO2 security keys for workstation sign-in and fast user switching
Passwordless login to Azure AD is now possible using FIDO2 security keys and that is cool! This session presents a real life scenario on how this solution can be used by first line workers on factory floor.
In the demo packed session will show how FIDO2 based security keys will solve fast user switching or user roaming issues. The step-by-step demo shows how to enable a solution where users can easily log in to any available workstation that is near their current working spot.
Elisa Cloud Day
I talked 1 hour session about how to protect AI applications in cloud. Session covered External Attack Surface Management, Web Application Firewall, CSPM, CWP with live demos on all. Presented session with Markus Lintuala.
IT student external speaks
Developing to the cloud - native approach. I talk to university students what to take in consideration when developing application to the cloud. We discussed about all pillars of well architected framework.
CloudBrew 2023 - A two-day Microsoft Azure event Sessionize Event
EvRe - Evacuation Exercise
I spoke in exercise seminar about evacuation registration system and how Power Platform can help you manage information flow in accident response.
Microsoft Partner Architect Summit
Howto replace management servers with services. Deep dive on Azure Arc, Azure Functions and Azure Automation and how used event based triggering on these.
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Elisa Cloud Day
Elisa Cloud Day
Preparedness seminar for Red Cross branches
Session about preparedness planning and the role of Red Cross branch in the larger scale emergency
Microsoft Partner Architect Summit
Managing your infrastucture with Azure Arc
Volunteers in Oil Spill Response
Session about "Managing and Organizing volunteers in Finland" .. our experiences about volunteer management and data management for supporting hr functions in the large oil spill accident.
IFRC Data and Digital Week
Automating your dataflow from KoBo to Database and more (with Logic Apps)
Arctic Guardian 2021
Session about data management in large scale maritime accident using Azure and Power Platform
Microsoft Partner Architect Summit
How infra admin should use Logic Apps to automate their life.
Mika Vilpo
IT geek building clouds at Elisa Oyj
Turku, Finland
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