Infrastructure as Code, DevOps & the Future of Azure with Maik van der Gaag [MVP]

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Mirko Peters interviews Maik van der Gaag about building secure and scalable cloud environments in Microsoft Azure, focusing on Infrastructure as Code and DevOps practices.

What does it really take to build secure, scalable, and automated cloud environments in Microsoft Azure? In this episode of M365 FM, Mirko Peters sits down with Microsoft Azure MVP Maik van der Gaag to explore Infrastructure as Code, DevOps culture, Terraform, Bicep, GitHub, Azure automation, cloud governance, and the growing impact of AI on modern platform engineering. Drawing from more than 15 years of experience helping organizations modernize their technology landscapes, Maik shares practical lessons from real-world cloud transformations, enterprise Azure deployments, and large-scale automation projects. The conversation starts with Maik's journey from traditional software development and SharePoint projects into Azure cloud architecture, eventually becoming CTO at 3fifty and later Head of Technology for the Microsoft business at Data Balance. Along the way, he reflects on building technical communities, organizing user groups, and what he has learned from years of helping professionals navigate the rapidly changing cloud landscape. THE STATE OF AZURE, CLOUD & HYBRID INFRASTRUCTURE As organizations continue to evaluate cloud-first strategies, Maik discusses the shift he…

People in this episode

Host: Mirko Peters

Guest: Maik van der Gaag

Topics covered

• Infrastructure as Code
• DevOps
• Microsoft Azure
• Cloud Automation
• AI in Cloud Engineering
• Hybrid Cloud

Keywords

• Infrastructure as Code
• DevOps
• Terraform
• Bicep
• GitHub
• Azure automation
• cloud governance
• AI
• cloud transformation
• hybrid cloud

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, 3fifty, Data Balance, Azure

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