Accelerate your application or software with industry experts
We’ve recently hosted a Microsoft Software and App Innovation Summit to help Software Vendors and Software enabled businesses understand the opportunities within the cloud to accelerate their application growth. This series consists of exclusive webinars from industry experts, at Cloud Direct and Microsoft, to help you understand how to leverage the cloud to enhance your application or software.
In this video series we’re joined by Jacob Neil, Azure Presales Architect at Cloud Direct, and Jon Davies, Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft.
Together, they discussed how to unify your security and data with Microsoft Sentinel by covering:
- The changing landscape and introduction to DevSecOps
- Securing the development lifecycle
- Tooling to layer security control
- Compliance, standards, and governance
For this video series we’re joined by Sean O’Brien, Azure Practice Lead at Cloud Direct, and Cassandra Browning, Cloud Solutions Architect at Microsoft. Together they discuss about how to establish secure development environments in Azure by covering:
- The changing landscape and introduction to DevSecOps
- Securing the development lifecycle
- Tooling to layer security control
- Compliance, standards, and governance
In this video series, Jonathan Moore, Azure Presales Architect at Cloud Direct, broke down some of the top tips for building a secure environment in Azure by discussing:
- Why we recommend using Microsoft for Security
- Considerations for before you build on Azure
- Optimising existing Azure workloads
- Utilising Azure Security Benchmark
In this session we were joined by Pete Murphy, Modern Workplace Practice Lead at Cloud Direct, and Julie McGourty, Cloud Security Architect at Microsoft. Together they discussed the key considerations and goals for developing a secure Hybrid Working environment and what Microsoft is currently working on to support businesses on this front.
In this session, Mark Phillip our very own ISO and Security Manager, discusses common security threats, how current events impact your security and the security areas Microsoft are focusing on most.
Better align your workloads to Microsoft’s best practice framework
The Azure Well-Architected Framework (WAF) is a set of Microsoft best practices that are designed to improve the quality of your workloads in Azure. The framework is built upon the five pillars of architecture excellence; cost optimisation, operational excellence, performance efficiency, reliability, and security.
During this video series, we will help you learn how to better align to the Well-Architected Framework. Whether you’re looking to build new workloads that are aligned to the WAF or optimise existing ones, we’ve got you covered.
During this video series, our Azure Expert, Jonathan Moore, will highlight:
- An overview of the Five Pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- How to build solutions using the Well-Architected Framework
- How to optimise solutions to align with the Well-Architected Framework
- Q&A session with our experts
Azure Well-Architected Framework Recommendations
Are you looking to align your business to the Azure Well-Architected Framework? We’re offering a personalised 10-minute video from one of our Azure Experts, who will highlight recommendations on how to align your Azure environment to the Azure Well Architected Framework. Want to claim your free video? Simply follow the link below.
As part of our Microsoft Security Week that took place from Monday 15th – Friday 19th of November 2021, we were joined by Pete Murphy, Modern Workplace Practice Lead at Cloud Direct, and Luciana Blanchard, Cloud Security Architect at Microsoft, to talk about how to enable secure remote working with Zero Trust. During this exclusive session, we help you understand why Zero Trust is a security strategy that’s transforming the way we approach security and why you should adopt it to help secure your remote workforce.
As part of our Microsoft Security Week that took place from Monday 15th – Friday 19th of November 2021, we were joined by Sean O’Brien, Azure Practice Lead at Cloud Direct, to talk How to manage your security with Microsoft Sentinel. During this exclusive session, you’ll get to know the power of Microsoft Sentinel and how you’re able to use it to monitor and manage your security.