Michael Durkan - Microsoft Azure MVP

Excited to announce that my session for this year's Cyber Back to School is now live: www.youtube.com/watc...

Thank you to Derek and Dwayne for another fantastic event. Full schedule is at cyberbacktoschool.co....

#Azure #Security #Identity #NetworkSecurity #MVPBuzz

✨ I’m excited to share that I’ll be speaking at Nordic Integration Summit 2025 on October 20–21!

👉 Tickets: secure.tickster.com/...

👉 Agenda: nordicintegrationsum...

🗓️ October 20–21, 2025
📍 Hilton Stockholm Slussen

#nis25 #nis #Azure #AKS #MVPbuzz

Great to be back for another year of #AzureBacktoSchool. My session comparing AKS and Azure PaaS is live at 9am ET/2pm UTC+1 here - www.youtube.com/watc...

Thanks again to Dwayne and Derek for another awesome event.
Full Schedule: azurebacktoschool.co...

#Azure #AKS #MVPbuzz

Bit early for this? Or am I just getting old and grumpy 🤔

(I don't need an answer to that....)

#Xmas2025 #ItsAugust

The last #Lions2025 tourist to leave Australia?! About to fly out of Brisbane after a month of awesome memories with family, and a bit of Rugby and AFL thrown in for good measure! And yes, I did bring other clothes 😜

Back to reality from Monday!

#Australia2025 #Memories

Ready to roar at a very wet Accor Stadium Sydney (and yes, I am wearing an #Azure #MVPbuzz jacket!!!)

#Lions2025

Renewed as an MVP for #Azure. Thanks to Microsoft for the recognition, and the tech community who support me and allow me to contribute to various events over the year, but also to the friendships that have been made along the way.

Here's to another year!

#MVPbuzz

It's Sourdough Sunday 😋

#MVPMasterBaker

I'm speaking at India Cloud Security Summit 2025 on "50 Ways to Secure your Azure".

The recent wave of cyber attacks mean securing cloud environments should be top of mind for every organisation.

📅 12 July 2025 🔗 lnkd.in/dZitZkdx

#ICSS2025 #Azure #Security #MVPbuzz

Ready to roar 🦁

#Lions2025

#UCLFinal

If he had any balls, he should have left Hojlund on for another 10 minutes and put Zirkzee up there with him. Give Spurs defense something different to think about. They had Hojlund in their pocket all night

Congrats Samuel. I don't think either of us have seen many shiny games this year! 😄

Mainoo after 89:52 was particularly.... eh .... uninspiring. Also what the 2 lads were both doing lining up bicycle kicks at the back post at the end. 🤷‍♂️

Well, this aged well.... Congrats to Spurs, better team and well deserved. Think Amorin choked more than the players did

#MUFC

My 13yo son has just told me that I am "definitely not Skibidi". Unsure whether to be miffed or take this as a compliment. I'm getting old, aren't I....

Oh Rory... I really hope not, but this has "Tied 12th" written all over it, doesn't it?

#rory #themasters

Have been engrossed in the Masters all day (and whether Rory will collapse or not). Just put the dog out and noticed that summer has officially ended in Ireland for another year

#Heatwave #PutTheShortsAwayForAnotherYear

Yuki needs to start producing something and fast - 20th in FP3 is not a good look. Not missing the garage and not waving to your old team mates would be a good start.

In saying that, it would be hilarious if he drove into the wrong pit stop at some point

#F1

Back home from Seattle after an amazing week at #MVPSummit2025.

It was great to catch up with friends and have good conversations with #Azure Product Teams. Huge credit to the events team for organizing a week long event across multiple sites.

#MVPBuzz

Azure Spring Clean 2025 starts tomorrow! Get ready for a week of great content from our awesome community!

My session on Azure FinOps is live at 10am GMT on Monday. The link to that plus the full schedule is at azurespringclean.com

#AzureSpringClean #Azure #MVPBuzz

Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate

3 years after miserably failing this exam during beta, today was the day when I finally returned to conquer!

Great exam with a good spread of questions across the entire Azure networking stack.

#Azure #Networking #MVPBuzz #NeverStopLearning

learn.microsoft.com/api/credenti...

"Lads, it's Spurs...."

We're a long way from those glory days

#mufc

2024 was a good year for me from a community speaking perspective, great to receive recognition from Sessionize.

Always happy to share my thoughts on #Azure and #Security topic, look forward to more events in 2025 and beyond!

#MVPbuzz #Sessionize #Community

We’re back for another year! #AzureSpringClean returns in March, and the CfS is now open azurespringclean.com

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Must Learn KQL (free entry learning): aka.ms/MustLearnKQL

#MustLearnKQL #KQL

Morning update from the midlands! Too wet to stick. A flurry every few minutes, but nothing like the apocalyptic levels that were promised

#sneachta #TheAppIsStillLyingToMe

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

Let's be honest, if the Garvey sisters are coming for me, I might as well just give up....

I live in a valley in the Midlands below sea level, don't fancy my chances! Update in the morning!

It's pissing RAIN. The app has lied, as have all the weather reports.

I work from home so it makes no odds to me, but wife and children are very upset that they're going to work/school on Monday, and the huge supply of bread, pasta and bog roll will go to waste...

#sneachta