My first post...

Hello everyone !!

This is my first post and since I'm a newbie here, please be patient ! :)




I am a passionate IT professional who has been in the field for over 15 years. I am one of the few IT guys I know that is passionate about technology and who is not a fan of Star Wars, nor coffee.
Yeah , I know, I may have frustrated you but it's is true. Although I have to admit, I am becoming addicted to French Vanilla coffee.

Anyways, I want to leverage this space to, hopefully, provide useful content for you hoping this can help you solving issues that you may have and also, leverage this platform to learn from you guys as well.

As I am originally from Brazil, although I've been living in Canada since 2012, I will also provide a Portuguese version of my posts so people who are not so comfortable with English, can benefit from this as well. But, guys, if you do not speak English yet, please, make an effort to learn it because it will take your career to the next level.

Almost forgot mentioning this. I have a degree in Computer Networking achieved in 2009 and I hold a few certifications from Microsoft, Cisco and CompTia as well. You guys may have noticed I am not a developer. I am an infrastructure guy with a background on Microsoft technologies such as: Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019, DHCP, DNS, DFS, GPO, File Server, VMWare, Hyper V, SCCM, SCOM but my passion is really Active Directory. You can find more info about me here: LinkedinValmirSouza

This is the thing I like most and I could easily spend a Friday night reading an interesting book about Active Directory or watching video trainings from CBT Nuggets or Pluralsight. In 2015, I was introduced to the cloud. It really caught my attention and I've been involved in the cloud wave ever since. In my current job, I am one of the cloud SMEs dealing with identity (Azure AD + Azure AD Connect).

So, welcome to my blog and I hope we can all have fun here.

See you soon...:)

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Olá pessoas !

Esse é o meu primeiro post e porque eu sou novo nesse mundo de blog, por favor sejam pacientes e me perdoem pelos meu erros ! :)



Eu sou um profissional de TI que ama o que faz e que vem atuando na área há mais de 15 anos. Sou um dos poucos profissionais de TI que conheço que não é fã de Star Wars nem de café. Eu sei que eu posso ter te frustrado mas , é a pura verdade. Embora eu tenha que admitir que eu estou me viciando em café Vanilla Francesa.

Bom, a idéia é aproveitar esse espaço para prover conteudo técnico que , espero eu, possa ajudar você a resolver os problemas do dia a dia que você possa estar enfrentando no seu trabalho, como também, aprender com vocês.

Eu venho do Brasil, embora esteja morando no Canada desde 2012. Por isso , eu também vou disponibilizar uma versão em Português dos meus posts para as pessoas que não dominam o Inglês ainda, possam desfrutar do conteúdo. Mas, se você não fala Inglês ainda, por favor, faça o possível para aprender Inglês porque com Inglês, sua carreira pode ir muito mais longe.

Quase esqueci de dizer que eu tenho um diploma em Redes de Computadores, adquirido em 2009 e também tenho algumas certificações Microsoft, Cisco e CompTia. Acho que vocês já perceberam que não sou um desenvolvedor, eu sou da área de infraestrutura com background em tecnologias Microsoft tipo : Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019, DHCP, DNS, DFS, GPO, File Server, VMWare, Hyper V, SCCM, SCOM mas devo assumir que minha paixão é Active Directory. Mais informações sobre mim, você pode encontrar aqui : LinkedinValmirSouza

Active Directory é o que eu mais gosto e eu poderia facilmente passar uma noite de sexta-feira lendo um bom livro sobre Active Directory ou assistir uma série de videos do CBT Nuggets ou Pluralsight, sobre Active Directory.

Em 2015, eu fui apresentado ao mundo da cloud e fiquei super interessado. Desde então, eu venho me envolvendo em projetos envolvendo cloud e no meu trabalho atual, eu sou um especialista em cloud, mais especificamente a parte de identity (Azure AD + Azure AD Connect).

Bem, acho que é isso.
Sejam bem vindos ao meu blog e eu espero que possamos ter uma boa troca de idéias aqui.

Até o próximo post.... :)
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada

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