https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joshpadnick_welcome-activity-7397051796675858432-IXuu - "Internal #developer #platform, #LandingZone, Developer self-service, #GitOps. We kept hearing from customers that they understood these terms in isolation, but struggled to see how they all fit together. So we built a framework ..."
Introducing The Gruntwork Way: A Framework for Building Developer Platforms | Josh Padnick posted on the topic | LinkedIn

Internal developer platform, Landing Zone, Developer self-service, GitOps. We kept hearing from customers that they understood these terms in isolation, but struggled to see how they all fit together. So we wrote a framework to help platform engineers build a holistic understanding of all these ideas, and I am delighted to announce that it is now live! We call it The Gruntwork Way. It is not a software framework, but a "mental model framework" that we hope will improve your clarity about building what we call your "developer platform." We talk about what problems you need to solve to build a successful developer platform, the principles for building an effective platform, and offer a bunch of opinionated, real-world guidance on how to build it. We considered publishing this as a book, but decided to make it freely available in our docs instead. So we hope you'll give us feedback so we can keep improving it. Take a look at https://lnkd.in/gruAzdhb and let us know what you think!

#AWS declarative policies seems to be the controls in organizations I was always missing 🎊
It’s so easy to enforce certain compliance rules, I hope more attributes for Ec2 and services will be supported soon 💡

Link https://tinyurl.com/3y6sfs3k

#LandingZone #Cloud #Governance

Declarative policies - AWS Organizations

Use declarative policies to centrally declare and enforce your desired configuration for a given AWS service at scale across an organization.

I wrote this #blog post a while back, but the content is still very much relevant if you work in the #strategy and #architecture space.

In the post, I cover 4 key principles that will help your team define the perfect #cloud #landingzone that the business will actually use.

https://yobah.co.uk/blog/4-principles-for-the-perfect-landing-zone

4 Principles for the perfect landing zone

As more of your business units deploy services to the cloud, things can quickly get out of hand. We explore 5 principles to keep it in check.

Azure landing zones can provide a whole bunch of benefits - from automated deployments, pre-configured security controls and ready to go networking.

We so often focus on the technical benefits, but did you know that these benefits also impact the likes of Technical Debt?

I wrote a blog post for Yobah that discussed how they can help bring it under control:

https://yobah.co.uk/blog/landingzones

#landingzone #azure #technicaldebt

Steering through cloud complexity: How Azure Landing Zones counteract technical debt

Steering Through Cloud Complexity: How Azure Landing Zones Counteract Technical Debt. In this post, we discuss how patterns can reduce technical debt.

Entdecke, wie du Amazon Web Services (AWS) sicher und effizient für dein Unternehmen nutzen kannst! Wir haben unser Angebot überarbeitet, um dir den Einstieg und die Optimierung deiner AWS-Umgebung zu erleichtern. Egal, ob du neu bei AWS bist oder deine bestehenden Workloads verbessern möchtest – wir stehen dir mit umfassender Beratung und Managed Services zur Seite. 🗣️

#AWS #ManagedServices #Infrastructure #Assessment #LandingZone #Migration

I definitely know what I want to make next, but I can't proceed until my sample of the Landing Zone Glasgow tartan has arrived from Scotland. I plan to make all kinds of matching jewelry for Polka Dot Cottage. I'm excited to get started, but I can't even shop for polymer clay until I have that fabric in my hand and can match colors reliably. Hope it gets here soon!!

Here's more about that tartan: https://glasgow2024.org/blog/2023/10/landing-zone-glasgow-tartan-sharing-the-joy-of-glasgow-2024/

Cool, no?

#worldcon2024 #worldcon #glasgow #landingzone #polkadotcottage

Landing Zone Glasgow Tartan – Sharing the Joy of Glasgow 2024 | Glasgow 2024

Tartan is a traditional Scottish pattern that comprises two or more differently coloured stripes. Historically, tartan wool clothing was worn by Scottish

Glasgow 2024, a Worldcon for Our Futures

👋 to all my new followers! As it’s been a while since I’ve done this, thought I’d introduce myself and let you know what I’m about

I’m a #freelance #consultant from Manchester, and focus on Identity & access management strategy, with platform governance and modern management.

I’ve recently started a #newsletter, which should start being sent in the next couple of weeks. You can sign up at https://tameyourcloud.com/newsletter

Finally, I’ve recently moved my blog under the #TameYourCloud brand, which you can read at https://tameyourcloud.com/blog .

#iam #entraid #landingzone #azure #intune

Newsletter

Stay Ahead in the World of Identity and Access Management with our content, courses and consulting services.

I’ve moved my site to a brand I used to love back in the day! I’ve slowly moved my content over and will be using this site for all my tech content moving forward.

Alongside that, with some exciting extras for 2024 that will soon be announced!

If you want to keep up to date with my latest posts, and also get access to my weekly newsletter, you can sign up at https://www.tameyourcloud.com/newsletter

I mostly cover identity and access management (I love #entraid), #enterprisescale #landingzone and the odd post on #homeautomation.

Would love to see you there.

Newsletter

Stay Ahead in the World of Identity and Access Management with our content, courses and consulting services.

Are you using #EntraID to manage access to your #Azure #LandingZone? If so, here are three tips that you can use to improve your security posture.

1. Use privileged identity management (#pim) - enforce the principle of least privilege by limited the amount of time an account has the relevant access.

2. Use privileged access workstations (#paw) - control access to your crown jewels by controlling the devices and ensuring they meet your compliance and configuration standards.

3. Use authentication strengths - protect admin accounts from phishing attempts by locking down access to admin portals.

I've written a blog post covering these three tips. What tips do you have?

https://paulsanders.co.uk/3-ways-to-protect-your-landing-zone-with-entraid/

3 Ways to protect your Azure Landing Zone with EntraID

In this post, I cover three tips on how to protect your Azure Landing Zone using Entra ID with the help of intune. Covering things like PIM, authentication strengths and paws.

A blog by Paul Sanders

Did you know they you can use Privileged Identity Management to protect your #Azure #EnterpriseScale #landingzone?

I’ve written (my first in a while) technical walk through on how you can lock down an #entraID group to protect your Azure resources.

https://paulsanders.co.uk/pim-and-groups-for-landing-zones/

Secure your landing zone with PIM

In this post, I explore and recommend steps on how to use PIM to lock down management group access in an Azure Enterprise Scale landing zone.

A blog by Paul Sanders