These are truly difficult times, I thought I would start a series of blog posts about Azure Sentinel. This was going to take some effort getting a good volume of logs generated so I decided to use my MSDN account and associated credits to house the Log analytics workspace and create a free account to…
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iPads and a meditation streak
Recently I have found myself using my iPad Pro much more as a companion to my laptop, both for watching training videos and reading technical books as well as for reviewing documents and making notes with the amazing apple pencil. I bought mine a few years ago and as such it is a little long…
Clearing up junk, destructive bunnies & the Disney+ channel
Ok so I have decided to give the new Disney+ channel a try, if only to see what The Mandalorian is actually like, I signed up for an initial 7 day trial and I have to say I like it. On the plus side there are all of the Star Wars & Marvel movies along…
Staying up to date
One of my favourite questions to ask when interviewing potential staff is, what do you do to keep up to date and continue to learn? I like this because there is no right or wrong answer, but it does show that the candidate is engaged with the work and has a method to drive continuous…
The end of the first week of isolation
We are at the end of the first week of isolation, and I am still sane, well as sane as I was last week It has not been a huge change for me as I am used to working from home for server weeks at a time, but this time I have not been able…
First day of isolation, and a blog reboot
As we are now living through a true global pandemic, I like many others in the UK, am following advice from the government and beginning a period of isolation. As I have an underlying health condition, congestive heart failure, this for a recommended period of 12 weeks. So, for the next 3 months I am…