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Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP Profile
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP

@michael_stephen

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Microsoft Azure MVP, Cloud and Integration guy who also tries to play golf

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined February 2009
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
1 month
๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Naming conventions in Azure arenโ€™t cosmetic โ€” theyโ€™re critical. At #INTEGRATE2025, Sandro Pereira & Lex Hegt shared why they matter for: โšก Maintainability & ops ๐Ÿ“Š Cost reporting ๐Ÿงฉ CI/CD automation ๐Ÿ”‘ Security of keys & secrets ๐ŸŽฅ Watch: https://t.co/6hhdC0a57L
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
1 month
๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ From BizTalk to Azure ๐Ÿš€ In this episode, Martin Abbott talks with MVP Ahmed Bayoumy about: ๐Ÿค– AIโ€™s role in integration & Logic Apps ๐Ÿฆข โ€œBlack Swanโ€ shifts in tech ๐Ÿ’ฌ The power of community & passion ๐ŸŽฅ Watch: https://t.co/nwg3YVlhel
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Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
1 month
๐Ÿค– AI is becoming the backbone of integration. In this podcast, Tom Canter & Ahmed Bayouy discuss: ๐Ÿญ AI agents cutting manufacturing downtime ๐Ÿ’น Smarter financial trading โšก Logic Apps + AI shaping the future ๐ŸŽฅ Watch: https://t.co/jWO4pXPjwf
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Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
1 month
โšก New: Business Process Tracking for Logic Apps is powerfulโ€ฆ but the Azure Portal is overwhelming for business users. With Turbo360, tracking becomes simple & accessible: โœ… Self-service for business teams โœ… Transparency on key events โœ… Confidence in iPaaS ๐ŸŽฅ
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
1 month
Microsoft introduced Business Process Tracking for Logic Apps โ€” a powerful way for developers to monitor business events inside integration processes. But hereโ€™s the challenge: โš ๏ธ The Azure Portal is too complex and overwhelming for most business users. โš ๏ธ The result? They miss
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
2 months
๐Ÿšจ New in Turbo360: Enhanced Anomaly Detection ๐Ÿ‘‰ Click straight from a flagged resource to a single view with key costs, meters & recommendations. Outcome: 1๏ธโƒฃ Catch Azure cost overruns early 2๏ธโƒฃ Save time troubleshooting anomalies
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
2 months
๐Ÿ’ก New in Turbo360: manage Azure Savings Plans smarter ๐Ÿ‘‰ Better visibility of recommendations ๐Ÿ” Track utilization โฐ Alerts for expiry/renewal Boost ROI & simplify FinOps ๐Ÿ‘Œ ๐ŸŽฅ Watch:
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
2 months
Managers often ask: โ€œWhat do your Azure costs look like for the rest of the year?โ€ With Turbo360โ€™s Budget Planner, itโ€™s no longer a throwaway spreadsheet โ€” itโ€™s a living plan ๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿ‘‰ Track planned vs unplanned costs ๐Ÿ‘‰ Keep mgmt + FinOps aligned
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Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
2 months
๐Ÿ“ฆ EDI still powers global supply chains โ€” but whatโ€™s its place in the cloud era? On Azure on Air, Dan Bass talks with MVP Bill Chestnut about: โžก๏ธ Logic Apps + open-source EDI framework โžก๏ธ AI in mapping & workflows โžก๏ธ Lessons from BizTalk to Azure ๐ŸŽฅ
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
2 months
โšก Real-time intelligence is reshaping cloud integration. In this INTEGRATE 2025 session we explore: ๐Ÿ“Š Microsoft Fabric unifying fast + slow data ๐Ÿค– AI copilots for analytics ๐Ÿชž Digital twins in predictive maintenance Watch here ๐Ÿ‘‰
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Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
2 months
๐Ÿš€ New in Turbo360: Month-End Resource Cost Summary ๐Ÿ“Š ๐Ÿ‘‰ Spot significant Azure cost changes ๐Ÿ‘‰ Surface new/removed charges ๐Ÿ‘‰ Ignore the noise of tiny fluctuations ๐Ÿ‘‰ Compare months fairly (days adjusted) Early customers are already finding hidden insights ๐Ÿ”
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Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
2 months
๐Ÿš€ Nearly 400 people registered for our webinar on BizTalk โ†’ Azure migration on monday! Lots of interest in Microsoftโ€™s hybrid integration roadmap & how to modernise without โ€œlift & shift.โ€ Hybrid is here to stay โ€” whatโ€™s your biggest challenge?
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
2 months
A partner just told me the feedback from their customer about Turbo360 was: ๐Ÿ‘‰ โ€œThis is the Azure tool Iโ€™ve been looking for my whole life.โ€ ๐Ÿคฉ For me, that captures exactly what weโ€™re trying to achieve
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Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
2 months
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@turbo360cloud
Turbo360
4 months
At INTEGRATE 2025, @michael_stephen's session tackled the hard questions: -> How do you actually use AI in enterprise integration? -> Whatโ€™s real, and whatโ€™s still just buzz? Now the session video is live: https://t.co/wZsvM8Lz07 #INTEGRATE2025 #Azure
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
6 months
#Integrate2025 we have sweets on the turbo360 desk
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
6 months
Agent vs Agent - Some thinking about the different @Azure options for creating AI Agents https://t.co/q52DYWzUrJ
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@turbo360cloud
Turbo360
6 months
Tired of Azure costs spiraling out of control? Join @michael_stephen, Microsoft Azure MVP, and @datalink_net for a hands-on session that dives deep into practical ways to clean up your Azure bill and streamline your cloud game. Register at - https://t.co/aGiHC7AJ1j
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
7 months
Totally forgot we had this feature.. Temp Disable your Service Bus queues on a schedule
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@michael_stephen
Mike Stephenson (aka AJ's Dad) Azure MVP
7 months
๐ŸŽฅ In this video we will take a look at part 2 unboxing the new preview Logic App Unit Testing This time we will take a look at generating tests from run history ๐Ÿš€ https://t.co/fKdLeCln9y
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