Cloud cost optimization is an architecture decision—not a cleanup exercise after the invoice arrives. The most sustainable Azure savings come from choosing the right compute, storage, data protection and operating model before deployment. For architects, the goal is not simply the lowest monthly bill. It is the lowest total cost that still meets performance, resilience, […]
← Home Microsoft’s Azure Msv3 and Mdsv3 Medium Memory virtual machines add another option to the design space for large in-memory workloads such as SAP HANA. For architects, however, the interesting part isn’t simply that Azure has another larger VM. The real question is: what does the newer infrastructure change when we design SAP HANA
Microsoft Sentinel’s legacy HTTP Data Collector API support ends on September 14, 2026. Here’s how I would redesign custom security ingestion around CCF, DCRs and the Logs Ingestion API.
Microsoft is retiring new purchases and renewals for several legacy Azure VM reservations and changing reservation exchange rules in 2027. Here’s what architects and FinOps teams should do now.
