Thomas Maurer

Most organizations first encounter Azure Local during a virtualization review.

Organizations are rethinking their infrastructure strategies.

Most organizations have an exit strategy.

Digital sovereignty has become one of the most energizing conversations in our industry.

Organizations across industries are looking for ways to leverage cloud innovation while maintaining control over their data, operations, and compliance requirements.

I’m excited to share that I’ll be speaking at the Hybrid Platform Conference 2026, taking place on September 28, 2026, in Amsterdam.

Many organizations need to run Kubernetes on-premises, at the edge, or in sovereign environments, while still benefiting from the simplicity and consistency of Azure.

As organizations continue to push workloads closer to where data is generated, edge computing is becoming a critical part of modern architectures.

Deploying infrastructure at the edge has always been one of the more painful parts of running hybrid environments.

I’m excited to share that I will be speaking at the Microsoft Digital Sovereignty Day – Zurich, Switzerland, taking place on July 9, 2026, at Microsoft The Circle in Zurich.

Azure Local isn’t a one-size-fits-all platform, it’s designed to meet customers wherever they are.

Ask most security teams where their biggest unmanaged risk hides, and the answer often isn’t a zero-day—it’s the local administrator account on every Windows machine.

I’m really happy to share that I’m now a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for 2026!