Florian Lenz
Cloud Architect | Lead Consultant | Microsoft MVP
Cloud Architect | Lead Consultant | Microsoft MVP
Aachen, Germany
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Florian is a Microsoft MVP and expert for cloud-native and serverless solutions in Azure. He supports companies in optimising their cloud landscapes and building architectures that guarantee sustainable success. Florian not only imparts technical expertise, but also provides his customers with strategic support in order to achieve long-term goals and seamlessly integrate innovative solutions into existing processes.
As a consultant, trainer and author, he shares his extensive knowledge of serverless and cloud technologies and speaks at international conferences. He also passes on his knowledge via meetups and a YouTube channel on Azure, Cloud Infrastructure and Terraform.
Florian ist Microsoft MVP und Experte für Cloud-native und Serverless Lösungen in Azure. Er unterstützt Unternehmen dabei, ihre Cloudlandschaften zu optimieren und Architekturen aufzubauen, die nachhaltigen Erfolg garantieren. Dabei vermittelt Florian nicht nur technisches Know-how, sondern begleitet seine Kunden auch strategisch, um langfristige Ziele zu erreichen und innovative Lösungen nahtlos in bestehende Prozesse zu integrieren.
Als Berater, Trainer und Autor teilt er sein umfangreiches Wissen über Serverless und Cloud Technologien und spricht auf internationalen Konferenzen. Sein Wissen gibt er auch über Meetups und einen YouTube-Kanal zu Azure Serverless weiter.
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Building Better Azure Systems: The Art of Solution Architecture on Azure en de
On paper, any application can appear to be successful. But what happens when suddenly ten times as many users show up as planned, or an entire region goes down?
This is precisely where it is no longer the architecture of the application that matters, but the architecture of the system.
This presentation focuses on the system architecture of Azure applications, i.e., the layer between software and platform architecture. We look at how different services can be combined in a meaningful way to create solutions that are resilient, scalable, secure, and cost-effective. The focus is on architectural principles and proven patterns rather than a mere list of features. These include high availability through geo-redundant design, elastic scaling during peak loads, security by design with integrated identity and governance, and cost control through conscious architectural decisions.
The target audience is solution architects, senior engineers, and technical decision-makers who not only want to operate systems, but also want to consciously design them. Finally, a live demo shows how these principles work in practice. We deliberately break a system and observe how good architecture keeps it alive.
Building Better Azure Systems: The Art of Solution Architecture on Azure en de
Auf dem Papier kann jede Anwendung erfolgreich wirken. Doch was passiert, wenn plötzlich zehnmal so viele Nutzer auftauchen wie geplant oder eine ganze Region ausfällt?
Genau hier entscheidet nicht mehr die Architektur der Anwendung, sondern die Architektur des Systems.
In diesem Vortrag geht es um die Systemarchitektur von Azure-Anwendungen, also die Ebene zwischen Software- und Plattformarchitektur. Wir betrachten, wie verschiedene Dienste sinnvoll kombiniert werden, sodass Lösungen entstehen, die resilient, skalierbar, sicher und gleichzeitig kosteneffizient sind. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Architekturprinzipien und praxisbewährte Muster statt einer bloßen Aufzählung von Features. Dazu gehören Hochverfügbarkeit durch georedundantes Design, elastische Skalierung bei Lastspitzen, Security by Design mit integrierter Identity und Governance sowie Kostenkontrolle durch bewusst getroffene Architekturentscheidungen.
Die Zielgruppe sind Solution Architects, Senior Engineers und technische Entscheider, die Systeme nicht nur betreiben, sondern bewusst gestalten möchten. Eine Live-Demo zeigt schließlich, wie sich diese Prinzipien konkret auswirken. Wir machen ein System absichtlich kaputt und beobachten, wie gute Architektur es am Leben erhält.
When the Cloud Crashes – Building Systems That Don’t en de
AWS goes down, half the internet stops. Azure follows, the rest collapses. So, should we ditch the cloud and move everything back on-premises? Absolutely not. Failure doesn’t disappear just because servers are in our charge.
This talk is about what truly matters: understanding the cloud resources we use and designing architectures that survive when things go wrong. Resilience isn’t a feature, it’s a mindset. And no infrastructure — cloud or on-prem — is better than our ability to test, break, and truly understand it.
We’ll explore real outages, resilient cloud architecture principles, chaos engineering, load testing, and why deep infrastructure knowledge is the most underrated superpower in tech today.
To make it real, we’ll deploy a sample application live and put it to the test. Using Azure Chaos Studio and Azure Load Testing, we’ll intentionally break parts of the system to see how well it holds up. Step by step, we’ll analyze failure points, measure resilience, and adapt the infrastructure until it can withstand chaos, not just in theory, but in practice.
When the Cloud Crashes – Building Systems That Don’t en de
AWS fällt aus und die halbe Welt steht still. Azure zieht nach und der Rest bricht zusammen. Also zurück ins Rechenzentrum und alles wieder on-prem betreiben? Ganz sicher nicht. Fehler verschwinden nicht nur, weil wir selbst für die Server verantwortlich sind.
Wir sprechen über reale Ausfälle, Prinzipien resilenter Cloud-Architekturen, Chaos Engineering, Load Testing und warum tiefes Infrastrukturwissen eine der unterschätztesten Superkräfte in der IT ist.
Und Florian redet nicht nur darüber er zeigt es live. Wir deployen eine Beispielanwendung und testen ihre Belastbarkeit. Mit Azure Chaos Studio und Azure Load Testing provozieren wir gezielt Fehler und Ausfälle. Schritt für Schritt analysieren wir Schwachstellen, messen die Resilienz und passen die Architektur an – bis das System dem Chaos standhält. Nicht nur in der Theorie, sondern in der Praxis.
Terraform like a Pro: From Code to Pipelines with Cost, Security, and Compliance Built In en
Most Terraform projects start messy - ad-hoc scripts, manual applies, and no real structure. That works, until costs explode, audits fail, or someone asks who changed what. Infrastructure as Code is more than just writing a few Terraform scripts and running terraform apply. In this session, Florian will take a practical journey into how to properly develop Terraform projects.
Using Azure as an example, we’ll walk through creating a production-ready infrastructure step by step and then automate its deployment using GitHub Actions. But a modern pipeline does far more than just deploy: it checks costs, scans for security and compliance issues and enforces governance before changes ever reach production.
If you want to design, structure, and run Terraform projects like a pro, this talk gives you the tools and patterns to do it.
Building AI-Ready Data Infrastructure at Terabyte Scale with Terraform and Azure en
Data is the fuel for modern AI, but without the right infrastructure, it turns into chaos: silos, security gaps, and unscalable architectures. In this session, you’ll learn how to build a resilient, AI-ready data platform in Azure that can handle terabytes of data from day one.
Florian will walk you through deploying a fully automated Azure Data Landing Zone using Terraform modules. You’ll see how to seamlessly integrate and consistently provision critical services like Azure Synapse, Data Factory, Databricks, and Data Lake Storage, while Azure Policies enforce security and governance from the start.
A real-world case study from one of Germany’s largest enterprises will demonstrate how this architecture works in practice, including implementation strategies, lessons learned, and proven best practices.
By the end of the session, you’ll have a clear blueprint for building a scalable, secure, and AI-ready data infrastructure in Azure with Terraform as your automation engine.
Experts Live Denmark 2026 Sessionize Event Upcoming
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