Kenneth Freitas

Becoming a certified cloud solutions architect is simpler than you might think. Despite the differences among cloud providers, their core architectures share many similarities, and the services required for certification follow a consistent pattern. In this guide, I’ll walk you through the process and highlight the benefits of mastering these key services in a vendor-agnostic manner as you work toward becoming a certified cloud solutions software architect. On this journey, we will cover the key categories that every cloud service addresses: Compute, Networking, Storage, Monitoring, and Security. The cloud: Public clouds are essentially collections of servers distributed across various regions around the world, allowing customers to leverage hardware infrastructure without owning it. In contrast, private clouds—often referred to as on-premises solutions—are maintained and managed by the company itself. The hybrid model combines the benefits of both approaches. The most significant bein...

I have had my Microsoft/Azure certifications for a while, but I completely forgot to write about them. So, after some requests, let's gain a real understanding of them. To be honest, I have mixed feelings about these certifications. Some of them are quite interesting, while others are less appealing. Certifications that rely solely on multiple-choice questions, step ordering, or something of that nature (where the answer is readily available in the options) don't sit well with me. In contrast to the Node.js and Kubernetes certifications, which involve hands-on tasks, Microsoft's certifications seem to serve more as decoration; practical knowledge isn't necessarily a requirement. The primary issue with this type of exam is that it doesn't effectively validate whether the certificate holder truly possesses knowledge of the subject. This is especially evident when we consider the existence of black market exam dumps, but that's a topic for another article. Exams ...