STARTING FROM SCRATCH – HOW TO START WITH A NEW MASTER BILLING ACCOUNT

Recently, I did something I haven’t done in quite some time….. create a new Master Billing Account for a customer. This actually tripped me up a little bit as it raised a question I haven’t had to think about due to the wonderful world of automation; “What do I need to do to a new AWS Master Billing Account?”
re:Invent 2020 wrap-up: Andy Jassy Keynote

A quick overview and wrap-up of the major themes and product launches from the Andy Jassy Keynote at AWS re:Invent 2020.
Performing Rolling Updates in Terraform with CloudFormation

In this post we look at one of the most common problems Terraform encounters – managing rolling updates to AWS AutoScaling Groups – and how you can utilise CloudFormation to solve this.
Remoting into EC2s with SSM Session Manager

Simple Systems Manager (SSM) in AWS has a feature called Session Manager, which allows you to remote into EC2 instances on Windows and Linux command line through the browser
Are You Well Operated?

In this post, we explore how the WAF can go beyond the bounds of being a pure application architecture assessment to drive a discussion around improved operational insight and observability of system health and performance.
Amazon Macie, Trusted Advisor & new EC2 instance types – AWS Cost Management Update

Given the speed and pace of new releases coming out of the AWS services factory, one could be forgiven for struggling to keep up.
Establishing your Cloud Foundations with an AWS Landing Zone

One of the key challenges for an enterprise that is just getting started with AWS is establishing a sensible cloud platform for people to work in.
Windows Containers on ECS – Part 2

From theory to practice; following on from Part 1, in this post I demonstrate how to implement a Windows container workload
Windows Containers on ECS – Part 1

In this post, I’ll explore some of the ins and outs of running a containerised Windows workload on the AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) platform.
3 Things to Consider Before Starting Your Cloud Migration

In this post we look at the 3 key areas you need to consider before diving headlong into a cloud migration project.