What is this place?

The Azure Field Notes blog and Crying Cloud is maintained by a group of technology professionals with deep experience in cloud and edge computing. It covers the good, the bad and the ugly of cloud, edge and IoT. We post on topics ranging from high level guidance around when to use which cloud provider and how to think about billing and compliance, all the way down to in the weeds Powershell scripts and hardware configurations.

So who writes this stuff?

Mike DeLuca

With over 25 years of industry experience, Mike has helped the world’s premier enterprises and online properties run efficient, agile and responsive operations. Mike holds fifteen technology certifications and holds several patents in cloud related technologies. Mike has a passion for the optimization of cloud. He mainly blogs/vlogs about things the cloud providers probably don’t want you to know.

Danny McDermott, Azure MVP

Based in Manchester, UK, I’ve been working in IT for over 25 years. I was awarded Azure MVP in March 2020. I have broad experience across a variety of technologies, currently specializing in Azure, Azure Stack, Hybrid and Intelligent Edge. My passion for computing started in the early 80’s ( Commodore FTW), realizing there was more to it than playing games. I mainly blog about Azure Stack Hub.

Matthew Quickenden

Working with private cloud solutions for several years, with a focus on virtualization and automation. Working in recent years to help businesses move into and consume cloud solutions. Ensuring customers understand how to leverage their investments and get value for money in the services they consume is an important outcome.