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The Azure Icon Game

Posted on December 15, 2017March 17, 2020 by mrpaulandrew

If you've ever seen me at a community event you'll probably know that I like to warm up the crowd by playing the Azure Icon Game (as I've named it). When moving around the Microsoft cloud platform portal you will be greeted my many graphics, some are obvious, some are strange, others are a bit … Continue reading The Azure Icon Game →

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mrpaulandrew

Avanade Centre of Excellence (CoE) Technical Architect specialising in data platform solutions built in Microsoft Azure. Data engineering competencies include Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Factory, Data Lake, Databricks, Stream Analytics, Event Hub, IoT Hub, Functions, Automation, Logic Apps and of course the complete SQL Server business intelligence stack. 15+ years’ experience working within healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and gaming verticals delivering analytics through the definition of industry leading design patterns and technical architectures. STEM ambassador and very active member of the data platform community delivering training and technical sessions at conferences both nationally and internationally. Father, husband, swimmer, cyclist, runner, blood donor, geek, Lego and Star Wars fan!

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