Quote post with a video game that takes you back to your childhood. Eliot’s Corner Store in Saint John, NB had this in the back. Spent many a quarter on it.

It’s a “beautiful” day in Redmond on the MICROSOFT campus today. 🙄 Later this week - I’m gonna be sitting down with Mark Russinovich to talk about Azure & infrastructure ops. If you could ask him one question about building, deploying & managing Azure, what would it be? 

Decided to ride in today for my Friday RTO. Realized I needed to still pick up some maple syrup for the monthly "pancake Fridays" get together for lunch. Gotta bring the good stuff. 

Now with RTO in effect, I’m trying out my first chai latte from the coffee machine and you know what? It's actually pretty damn good. #RTOlife

Lookin’ forward to seeing all the MVPs coming in to campus this week! If you see me - don’t worry - I’m the official authorized photographer trained around the “no pictures” policy. 😊 #MVPsummit

Warm Sourdough with a garlic parm inclusion folded in. DAMN! I’ll be over here in the corner munching away…

I was in Las Vegas and SoCal this past week for a spring break D1 Softball trip to watch some of my daughter’s final season. Great games and awesome weather. 🥎 Now back to Washington. 😔

I was in studio helping to put together a "Migrate and Modernize" virtual event. It's got a keynote from Amanda Silver (and friends) as well as two technical sessions (one Infra, one Dev) with actual DETAILS / DEMOS on how to Modernize workloads and how (and when) to migrate them. 1 / 2

Bailee has decided it's best to get a quick snooze in before work after having breakfast.

Wrapped up #microsoftAItour in London with a proper English breakfast before heading to Heathrow. Beans, eggs and proper bacon. So long UK!

Let me give ya a quick tour of the London stop for the #microsoftAItour event here at the Excel center. I'm talkin about managing traditional infrastructure workloads using AI tools... One more tool in your toolbelt.

Serious elevation loss in some of these London Underground tube stations. Traveling around prior to the Microsoft event on Tuesday.

Quick little montage of my travels down to São Paulo for #MicrosoftAItour

One of the photos I took (out of 1000 + across 5 games) of my daughters final D1 softball season was selected as candidate for picture of the week. I snapped this just after the 2 run double by NDSU throwing the Bison horns. Do me a favor and give it a vote? www.instagram.com/p/DUlOjB6jjP...

Heading out to Sao Paulo today to talk about one more tool in your toolbox.

Applause whenever the Seahawks score. Mostly every screen on this flight from Orlando to Seattle is playing the game. Fan gear all around. Good times! #GoHawks

Bailee is dressed for the occasion... #GoHawks #SEAHAWKS

PLEASE RP: This is for IT Directors/Managers. Are you managing a team that has been securing & operating your IT team during these trying times? Let your Sysadmin/IT Pros/DevOps people know that you appreciate them. TELL THEM. Say the words. It matters.

Takin’ a red eye to fly out and watch the kickoff to my daughters final D1 softball season. What a ride.

Walk N Talk: I chat with Yash Shekar about the huge native NVMe performance boost here NOW for to Windows Server 2025. What it is, how to enable it, and a sneak peek at what's to come. Full Video: youtu.be/pa0EPn8NzuI #WindowsServer

Excited to be heading down to São Paulo next week to talk about using AI Tools to manage traditional hardware / workloads. It will be my first time in Brazil and connecting with the IT Infra Community. Will you be there? #itpro #AgenticOps #PneumaticNailer

on campus yesterday creating some content between meetings. One was a scrappy chat with a Windows Server feature PM, the other was a larger funded project with an engineering lead. Both of these will be awesome, why? genuine "human to human" storytelling. Get out there and make stuff. #STORYTELLING

Today’s lunch was Los Tacos No 1 - close by the hotel. A pair of Carne Asada and a pair of Pollo Asodo street tacos. A cup of tamiran to wash it down. So fast. So damn good. Love these taco! #StreetTacos

Landed late in NYC last night but still had time to find some nice pizza around the corner - Carnegie Pizza eat 2020. Kept it simple with a slice of cheese and a slice with pepperoni. Also tried the garlic knots. #NYCpizza

New year - new training targets. MSFT launched AI Skills Navigator. Think of it as your "coach" for creating a plan to achieve new certifications and skills in the Microsoft ecosystem. My team has been asked to help for the IT Pro / Infra content. Any requests?

🚨New Microsoft MVP Alert🚨 David Sass Award Category: Microsoft Azure Technology Area: PowerShell Country: Switzerland

I have FINALLY set myself up for a work device (iPhone trade in) and personal device (current iPhone device). Android users have been able to have work profiles for years, but this is my attempt at a clear separation line. We’ll see how long this lasts.

Today feels like a “yack shaving” purge day. I am trying to motivate myself to get it underway. Should I focus on on: 1) home office/studio 2) garage 3) master bedroom closet What do you think?

Any maritimers here? Livin' in the PNW and I had a craving for Halifax donairs for dinner. 🤷‍♂️ Luckily Matty Matheson did up a recipe for the meat and sauce. Damn it was good! Baked in a loaf pan and run through my meat slicer. Link to his reel on how to make em: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Pw8...

I just finished a bowl of leftover gumbo. It's still as good as it was a few days ago when I made it. We've got lots of leftover choices in this household for the weekend. What about you?

Dropped twin 1 at airport this morning and came back for a snooze on the chesterfield. Had lobster rolls for lunch and just finished a butter tart as I watch the 3rd period of Canadian Junior Hockey game. Not a bad Saturday if I do say so myself.

Merry Christmas Eve from the Claus family. Bailee let me take this shot for all of 2 minutes before moving on.

Starting @nedpyle.com ‘s Gumbo recipe…. Let the pain begin… (making roux).

Nothing like being in a LT meeting with your boss and have her close out the meeting with "I need/want you ALL to log off and disconnect until January - no exceptions".

Think cloud outages “never happen”? (do you live under a rock?). Check out this #msIgnite session talking about how Microsoft focuses on transparency while leveraging its internal "Brain" model to surface 90% of incidents in under 10 minutes. Full video: youtu.be/-t8Odumvr8I

Doing some reading today and keeping close to Bailee who has a bit of a flair up with her pancreas this weekend. Send pet pics.

A beautiful rooster by the cliff side turtle viewing area... Scuba tomorrow!

Monday evening Maui sunset.

Saturday sunset on the beach in Maui... #msignite recharge time...

Maui bound... Ttyl

ANNOUNCEMENT: My inbox is overflowing with questions about the new Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode. Here's a blog with more info: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...

We had so much fun recording this. Check out the gift ideas for the geek in your life…

Have you had your say? Provide DIRECT feedback on how to improve #msIgnite event and CONTENT. Evals are open until December 1st 5pm PST. don't worry - WE READ EVERY SINGLE ONE and are looking for constructive feedback on HOW to improve. Event evals as well as EACH SESSION you took in!

I'm joined by Prashant Desai, VP of Product at NetApp, and Aung Oo, VP of Azure Storage to discuss the evolution of ANF (Azure NetApp Files), its role in hybrid cloud environments, and how it's enabling seamless data mobility and innovation in AI.

I heard that this year, Microsoft had to turn to Zava for customer evidence because Contoso leadership expressed skepticism about the ability of AI to transform their business and operations. #NotAFrontierFirm #MSIgnite #FakeRumor

I sit down with Aung Oo – VP of Azure Storage, to talk about the evolving world of cloud native storage. From Kubernetes to AI workloads, they explore how Azure is innovating to meet the demands of modern, data-intensive applications.

How about a behind-the-scenes view of the 6‘ x 8‘ Lego data center at Microsoft Ignite? don’t worry - I got you covered. BUT - they won’t let me touch it or take it home. #msignite

Just in case you’re craving a really good hamburger while you’re at Microsoft Ignite this week. Just north of the convention center off of Mission Street is Super Duper Burger. What can I say, it’s damn good.  #msignite

Insider tip for an AWESOME breakfast not too far away from Moscone: Honey Honey Cafe & Crêperie …Short walk but worth it. Support the LOCALS #msignite

Plan out your schedule for #msignite next week. Sessions are mostly locked with times and rooms identified. Don’t forget Labs have an RSVP option to save your seat, but if it’s full, you can still go and join the waiting list that opens 10 mins before doors close for any open seats. Stay FLEXIBLE.