Aidan Finn, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), has been working in IT since 1996. He has worked as a consultant and administrator for the likes of Innofactor Norway, Amdahl DMR, Fujitsu, Barclays and Hypo Real Estate Bank International where he dealt with large and complex IT infrastructures and MicroWarehouse Ltd. where he worked with Microsoft partners in the small/medium business space.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan Finn gives us his opinion of Microsoft’s approach to hyper-convergence, as was shared at Microsoft TechEd Europe 2014 in October.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Microsoft Azure recently suffered a widespread outage, which impacted many users across the globe. Aidan Finn takes a look at the cause, and asks what Microsoft could have done differently.

Last Update: Jun 26, 2025
Aidan Finn gives an overview of Microsoft’s Cloud Platform System, which is the company’s cloud-in-a-rack solution built on Dell hardware.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan Finn serves us a method for creating virtual machines on Hyper-V that are similar to those that you can run in Microsoft Azure.

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
The Microsoft Azure Open Calculator is a powerful tool for pricing your Azure solution on open licensing.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
While Microsoft has remained relatively tight-lipped about the new features in Windows Server vNext, Aidan Finn gives us an early look.

Last Update: Jul 02, 2025
Contributing Editor Aidan Finn gives us his opinion of the TechEd Europe 2014 keynote from the perspective of an experienced IT professional.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan Finn walks us through choosing a Microsoft Azure website hosting plan, which can range from scalable solutions for everyone from the hobbyist up to large enterprises.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan Finn discusses five different ways to move virtual machines into Microsoft Azure.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
In this first of a two-part series, Aidan Finn discusses the challenges of migrating VMs to Microsoft Azure.

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024
The new release of the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) 3.0 now includes the ability to perform physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversions from vSphere to Hyper-V.

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
Aidan Finn discusses several different factors to considering when choosing a Microsoft Azure region to host services in.