Thomas Maurer is an EMEA Global Black Belt at Microsoft specializing in Azure Sovereign Cloud, hybrid and multicloud solutions, and cloud & AI platforms, advising enterprises on trusted cloud architectures.
10 articles from this blog
Explains Microsoft Azure Sovereign Landing Zones (SLZ), a framework for building compliant, controlled cloud foundations for regulated and sovereign workloads.
A guide to deploying virtual machines on Azure Local using the Azure Portal, CLI, and Bicep for Infrastructure-as-Code.
A strategic guide to estimating and managing cloud costs in Microsoft Azure, covering tools, frameworks, and optimization practices.
A guide on managing and updating Azure Local instances from the Azure Portal, covering update processes, monitoring, and best practices.
Explains how to use Azure Migrate with an agentic platform landing zone for secure, consistent, and automated cloud workload migrations.
Explains how Azure AI Landing Zones provide a blueprint for scalable, secure AI solutions on Microsoft Azure, covering architecture and deployment.
Microsoft introduces a new Digital Sovereignty Specialization for partners to validate expertise in delivering compliant, sovereign cloud solutions.
Learn how to use Azure Arc and Azure Policy to audit and enable the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) on Windows Servers for improved recovery and resilience.
Overview of Microsoft's Sovereign Cloud and Adaptive Cloud frameworks announced at Ignite 2025, focusing on compliance, hybrid operations, and AI.
Introduces the Azure Local Well-Architected Review Assessment, a tool to evaluate and improve hybrid cloud architecture based on Microsoft's framework.
