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Azure Service Lifecycles: Understanding Preview and GA Releases – 2025

Andreas Hartig · 3. May 2025

Azure Service Lifecycles are an important part of your roadmapping. When using them you’ll often encounter terms like Private Preview, Public Preview, and General Availability (GA). Understanding these phases is … Read more

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Azure architecture icons in your Documents

Andreas Hartig · 19. April 2025

If you need to document your Azure setup or showcase a new solution design, it’s best to utilize the official Azure Architecture Icons. Introduction Creating Azure architecture diagrams is essential … Read more

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Overcome Technical Debt in IT Infrastructure 2025

Andreas Hartig · 16. March 2025

Technical Debt lately is used mostly with Software Engineering and Software Architecture. It is also a critical component to IT Operations and Infrastructure Architectural work. In this article I will … Read more

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Azure Arc – Secure a Tier 0 resource

Andreas Hartig · 15. March 2025

Understanding Tier 0 Assets In the landscape of IT security, understanding the classification of assets is crucial for effective security posture management. Tier 0 assets refer to the critical infrastructure … Read more

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Windows Server 2025 – Microsoft.OSConfig

Andreas Hartig · 30. November 2024

With Windows Server 2025, Microsoft introduces significant advancements in security baselines and drift control through the Microsoft.OSConfig PowerShell module, ensuring systems remain compliant and secure. What is OSConfig? With Windows … Read more

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Easy Troubleshooting Common DNS issues in Home Labs

Andreas Hartig · 16. November 2024

Setting up a home lab is a fantastic way to experiment with networking, virtualization, and various IT services. However, one of the most common issues that can arise in a … Read more

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Becoming an IT Architect: A Comprehensive Guide

Andreas Hartig · 2. November 2024

How do you become an IT architect and what do you need to learn to fulfill this role and “earn” this “title”? Understanding the Role The title “IT Architect” is … Read more

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Self Host DNS for Security and Privacy

Andreas Hartig · 8. September 2024

If you want to get more insight into your devices network traffic and increase your security and privacy, you will want to self host your own DNS server. There are … Read more

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Conway’s Law – new and updated August 2024

Andreas Hartig · 21. August 2024

“Conway’s Law: Why your company’s organisational structure affects your software”. Software Development and Conway’s law In software development, there are many factors that can influence the quality and success of … Read more

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Always choose the right DNS / Active Directory domain name for your 2024 home lab

Andreas Hartig · 3. August 2024

When setting up your home lab and Active Directory, you will have to decide for the domain nameand also for an Active Directory name. Very often you will see recommendation … Read more