Azure Thursdays

Join us for the next Azure Thursdays meetup.
On September 3rd we are welcomed by Rubicon at their Headquarters in Leusden.
Confirmed speakers:

• Vladimir Stefanovic (IronByte)
• Irwin Strachan (Rubicon)

Program:
17:30 ~ 18:00 Walk-in
18:00 ~ 18:45 Dinner
18:45 ~ 19:30 First session by Vladimir - AVNM: Governing and Scaling Virtual Networks the Right Way
19:45 ~ 20:30 Second session by Irwin - Landing Zone Lifecycle Management
20:30 ~ 21:00 Drinks & wrap-up

Session 1:
Speaker: Vladimir Stefanovic
Title: AVNM: Governing and Scaling Virtual Networks the Right Way
Managing a handful of Azure virtual networks is straightforward. Managing dozens across multiple subscriptions, teams, and regions, without losing control of your security posture or drowning in manual peering configurations, is a different problem entirely. Azure Virtual Network Manager was built for exactly that, yet many teams either don't know it exists or find the docs confusing.

In this session, we go deep. You'll get a clear picture of AVNM's architecture: network groups, connectivity configurations, and security admin rules. But also, how they compose into a governance model that actually scales. We'll cover where AVNM fits into a Landing Zone design, how Azure Policy drives dynamic group membership, and where the boundaries lie. Architecture diagrams, live demos, and real deployment decisions included.

Session 2:
Speaker: Irwin Strachan
Title: Landing Zone Lifecycle Management Azure DevOps and GitHub: finally peace?
We’re good at creating and onboarding Landing Zones. The gap is what happens afterwards. A Landing Zone can remain active long after its original purpose has disappeared, or it can become a candidate for deletion without enough evidence to know whether deleting it is actually safe. That leaves us with two bad choices: keep paying for something nobody owns, or delete something we may later need to recover.

The goal isn't to delete more subscriptions. It's to make the entire Landing Zone lifecycle visible, governed, and ultimately safe to retire.