Pierre Roman
Sr Cloud Advocate - Microsoft - Because there is always more to learn.
Ottawa, Canada
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As a Cloud Ops Advocate, Pierre engages with the operations and infrastructure communities around the world to share his knowledge and experiences. He collects feedback to improve the Azure hybrid cloud.
With over 25 years in the industry in all facets of the Ops/infra lifecycle. His experiences enable him to relate to his audiences and cultivate relationships at all levels.
He’s a husband, a dad, a hockey fan, a gadget freak, and a geek.
Pierre is always ready for a conversation (in English or français - naturellement).
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AI generated code at your service.
Get ready to support your coding skills with AI pair coding! In this session, we'll dive into what Copilot is and why you might need it, including how it helps you focus on solving bigger problems and spend less time on repetitive code patterns. You'll get a hands-on demo of Copilot. We'll also explore how Copilot can help you translate code, troubleshoot issues, and manage day-to-day tasks.
Get Started with AI assisted Powershell coding.
Lately it's been AI all the things....
But what does that mean for the PowerShell community?
In this session, we'll discover some of the AI tools, and how they can be leveraged.
You'll see them in action in hands-on demos of Copilot, Copilot CLI, Bing/ChatGPT and other community-built AI tools for PowerShell.
Then we’ll dive into how GitHub Copilot, an AI code-writing helper, can help you with your PowerShell tasks, and how it helps you focus on solving problems and spend less time on repetitive code patterns.
Supplement your Power(Shell) with AI!
Connecting the Clouds? Move on from Legacy mindset.
Come and discuss how you can deploy adaptable resilient infrastructure anywhere.
We'll cover networking, name resolution, remote access in a way that ensures a secure environment you can depend on.
We'll cover real-world examples of edge-to-cloud architecture including hybrid multi-cloud, and improved user experience.
Feeling Triggered? Find a better way of executing your automation script
We have been promoting the idea of PowerShell scripts that are task-based. Like turning your code into micro-services. This allows you to avoid writing monolithic scripts that do everything, by breaking them up into task-based units that can be called upon whenever a specific scenario/trigger is activated. This session will cover the options we have to build task-based PowerShell functions in azure that respond to specific triggers. We will look at Azure Function, Azure Logic Apps, and some of the multiple triggers you can leverage to ensure your code runs when it’s needed and without wasting resources.
Cloud Cloud Computing on the Azure Platform Cloud & Infrastructure Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Azure Azure IaaS Azure Stack Microsoft Azure Windows Server Hyper-V Virtualization Azure BCDR Docker Containers Hybrid Hybrid Cloud
Improve Your On-prem Management with Cloud Services
We live in a hybrid world. In this session, we will learn how Azure Services can help you be more efficient at managing your on-prem environment without heavy deployments.
Using Azure services we can monitor, secure, remotely access, and protect our on-prem servers.
We will cover Azure Arc, Azure Update Azure Monitor, and many more to enhance hybrid cloud management in your environment.
AI‑Powered Infra: From Detection to Auto‑Fix with Azure Copilot
See how Azure Copilot and agentic AI tackle real‑world infrastructure challenges. We’ll break down how its architecture analyzes your environment, identifies risks, and triggers automated fixes—before they hit production. You’ll also explore its orchestration engine, VS Code workflows, and how AI‑driven insights help you run more resilient systems with less manual firefighting.
Improving Ops with Copilot in Azure and GitHub Copilot
Learn how Copilot in Azure boosts app resilience by reviewing logs and streamlining ops. Get hands-on with real scenarios, and see how GitHub Copilot can enhance your build and deployment workflows.
The Future of IT Ops: AI-Driven Tools You Can Build Today
Discover how IT and operations teams can harness AI to create custom tools that fit their unique needs. In this session, we’ll show practical ways to integrate AI into workflows, automate tasks, and build adaptive solutions. .. No data science required.
Walk away with actionable insights to transform IT operations today.
this can be a 20 minute session or a full 45 to 60 minute breakout session
From Stage Fright to Stage Presence: Practical Techniques for Confident Technical Speaking
Many aspiring speakers tell me the same thing: “I want to present… but what do I actually do once I’m on stage?”
After delivering technical sessions for more than 20 years across global conferences, I’ve collected a set of practical, field‑tested techniques that help presenters move from surviving the stage to owning it.
In this session, we’ll break down the core elements of effective stagecraft—specifically:
- Intentional movement & blocking: how to use the stage to amplify, not distract from, your message
- Audience engagement without clichés: yes, including why you should definitely not picture the audience “naked”
- Mastering tone, pace, and vocal presence: tools to help you project confidence even when you don’t feel it
- Real‑world tips and tricks: lessons learned from two decades of wins, missteps, and surprising discoveries
Whether you’re preparing for your first talk or looking to level up your presentation skills, this session gives you practical guidance you can apply immediately to become a more engaging and confident speaker.
Join me for this experiment in levelling up your on‑stage presence.
European AI and Cloud Summit Upcoming
The European AI and Cloud Summit is a major, in‑person European technology conference focused on Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft cloud technologies. It’s widely positioned as Europe’s largest AI and Azure‑centric event.
What the event is about
The summit concentrates on AI, Microsoft Azure, cloud security, and cloud computing, with a strong emphasis on real‑world enterprise adoption rather than marketing demos. Attendees typically include IT professionals, architects, developers, security specialists, and business leaders working with Microsoft technologies.
Micosoft Ignite
Pierre Roman presented two sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2025 in San Francisco:
The Future of IT Ops: AI Driven Tools You Can Build Today: A session showcasing how IT and operations teams can build custom AI tools to integrate into workflows—automating tasks and creating adaptive solutions without requiring data science expertise.
And co-presented with Vinicius Apolinario : Kubernetes for the Rest of Us: Demystifying Cloud Native for Windows Server admins. A demo-heavy session unpacking cloud-native development from an IT/Ops perspective—covering environment variables, secrets, ingress controllers, Day 2 AKS management, and app-design considerations—helping attendees architect confidently alongside developer teams
Microsoft Ignite
At Microsoft Ignite 2024 in Chicago, Pierre Roman co-presented a breakout session with Vinicius Apolinario titled: Getting Started with Azure Kubernetes Service for Windows Server Admins
Aimed at IT professionals and sysadmins transitioning from traditional VM environments.
Covers why Kubernetes matters, making the move from VMs to containers, operating and monitoring AKS clusters.
Includes practical demos using Prometheus, Grafana, and Container Insights
Microsoft Ignite
In 2023 Pierre Roman delivered a pre-day lab on Essential Azure IaaS VM Tools for IT Operations. And a condensed version of the pre-day lab in a breakout format.
Experts Live Europe 2023 Sessionize Event
psconf.eu 2023 Sessionize Event
Microsoft Ignite
At Microsoft Ignite 2022 in Seattle, Pierre Roman delivered advanced, operations‑focused sessions centered on managing and monitoring Azure networking at enterprise scale.
His breakout session ( Deep Dive into Managing and Monitoring Your Azure Networks) focused on practical, real‑world approaches to gaining operational visibility across Azure virtual networks, gateways, firewalls, and security constructs, with an emphasis on using Azure Monitor and Network Insights to move beyond basic availability checks toward actionable telemetry.
He also led a hands‑on expert lab ( Implementing Operational Monitoring in Hybrid Scenarios) where attendees implemented monitoring and alerting patterns for hybrid cloud environments, focusing on reducing alert noise, correlating signals across cloud and on‑premises resources, and building operational readiness for Day‑2 scenarios faced by IT and infrastructure teams.
psconf.eu 2022 Sessionize Event
Microsoft Ignite
In 2020, Ignite was once again Virtual, Pierre Roman facilitated multiple sessions online.
Cloud Governance Conversations: loud allows IT Pros and Developers the chance to be creative and leverage new technology to create innovative solutions, but there are some things you should look at putting in place to control what happens within your environment. Let's explore what you should control and why.
IT Operations in a Cloud World: With the rise of the cloud, is the IT department no longer needed? What do IT Pros do anyway? Learn about IT Operations in the cloud era, the skills you need and the career opportunities.
Microsoft Ignite
At Microsoft Ignite 2019 in Orlando, Pierre Roman delivered the session titled “Migrating IaaS Workloads to Azure”. This session guided attendees through a real-world “lift-and-shift” migration scenario, showcasing how the fictional Tailwind Traders moved legacy on‑premises VMs into Azure—retiring aging server hardware and closing data centers as a result
Microsoft Ignite
“Server Migration” – Featured on Microsoft Learn with a demo-focused video: Pierre Roman co-presented strategies and tooling for migrating on-premises servers to Azure at Ignite 2018
“The Windows Admin Center” – Pierre Roman joined Samuel Li and Haley Rowland to showcase this new management portal, covering hybrid management, extension scenarios, and integration with Azure. [learn.microsoft.com]
“Hybrid: From the Top Down” – Alongside Jeff Woolsey, Pierre delivered guidance on hybrid architectures, top-level design patterns, and integrating on-prem environments with Azure
Microsoft Ignite
At Microsoft Ignite 2017 in Orlando, Pierre Roman delivered a breakout session titled “Improve Your On‑prem Management with Cloud Services”. In it, he demonstrated how Azure services—like Azure Arc, Azure Update, and Azure Monitor
Microsoft Ignite
At Microsoft Ignite 2015 in Chicago, Pierre Roman co-presented a session titled “Microsoft Operations Management Suite”, alongside Joseph Chan. It was featured as part of the official Ignite video series, showcasing OMS capabilities live on stage at the event in May 2015.
Pierre Roman
Sr Cloud Advocate - Microsoft - Because there is always more to learn.
Ottawa, Canada
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