About
Hi, I'm Marco Mansi — Azure Cloud Architect, speaker, and community builder based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. I've been building production systems on the Microsoft stack since 2004, and I've worked with Azure from its early days, back when most organisations were still on-premises. In 2022 I founded SoftAware Cloud Solutions, an independent senior Azure consultancy helping organisations architect, migrate, modernise, and secure their cloud infrastructure.
This blog — Share your IT Knowledge — is where I write up the solutions, gotchas, and patterns I run into while building on Microsoft Azure. Topics range from Azure Container Apps, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code with Terraform and ARM templates, to CI/CD with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
The goal is simple: knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied. I write down the things I wish I had found when I was searching, so the next person spends less time stuck.
Community
Sharing knowledge doesn't stop at writing. In 2016 I co-founded the Dutch Azure Meetup with Pascal Naber — a community-driven series of hands-on sessions dedicated to sharing real-world Azure knowledge across the Netherlands. In 2022 I co-founded Azure Fest NL, a 100% free single-day community event bringing together local and international speakers for all things Azure. I also speak at conferences on Azure, DevOps, and enterprise architecture — you can find my sessions on Sessionize.