Ned Bellavance — Veteran IT professional and founder of Ned in the Cloud, creating courses, podcasts, and technical content on cloud and infrastructure.
203 articles from this blog
A technical guide on deploying a Kubernetes cluster with Windows container hosts on Azure using Terraform.
A developer returns to blogging, outlining a list of modern DevOps and cloud technologies to explore and asking readers to vote on the next topic.
A guide on creating and adding a custom Windows Server 2012 R2 VM image to an Azure Stack deployment using PowerShell.
A guide on adding Linux VM images to Azure Stack, including retrieving Azure Cloud image metadata and using PowerShell for deployment.
A reflection on career progression in IT, exploring options like staying technical, specializing, moving into management, or presales roles.
Part 4 of a series on configuring a CI/CD pipeline for Azure Stack, focusing on using PowerShell scripts for deployment via TFS.
Analysis of a major AWS S3 outage, its widespread impact, and key lessons for building resilient, fault-tolerant cloud architectures.
Part 3 of a series on setting up a CI/CD pipeline with Azure Stack, covering automated Windows updates and TFS deployment.
A critical analysis of HyperConverged Infrastructure (HCI) vendors' misleading deployment claims and the reality of complex, often flawed, installation processes.
A guide to updating the Windows Server 2012R2 image in Azure Stack using PowerShell and sysprep.
Part 2 of a series on building a CI/CD pipeline in Azure Stack, covering ARM templates, TFS build agents, and SAS tokens.
First part of a series on setting up a CI/CD pipeline for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments targeting both Azure and Azure Stack.
A guide to installing Azure PowerShell modules on Windows Server 2012 R2 using PowerShell commands and GitHub.
A 2017 tech trends analysis focusing on AI/ML advancements in cloud platforms and the rise of hybrid cloud/hyperconverged infrastructure.
A technical guide detailing the process and pitfalls of performing a system recovery on an HPE HyperConverged 250 appliance running VMware ESXi.
A critique of modern software development, arguing that the rush to release features in the cloud leads to perpetually buggy and poorly documented products.
A guide to automating AWS EBS snapshot creation and cross-region copying using PowerShell for disaster recovery purposes.
A guide to deploying AWS AutoScale groups with Windows instances that automatically join a domain and rename themselves using CloudFormation and PowerShell.
An IT professional discusses the need for better communication between technical and non-technical business departments to bridge the digital divide.
An overview of Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), its market growth, key vendors, and practical use cases in the data center.
