Hello All, my name is ARINDAM MITRA 👋
I am a 3 x Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) in Developer Technologies & Azure IaC | Sessionize Active Speaker 2023 | Sessionize Active Speaker of the Day 2025 | Technical Blogger | Public Speaker | Long Distance Runner | Hiker | Traveller | Citizen of the World. I Focuss on Cloud Adoption, Architecture, Automation, Build and Run in Azure using IaC and Devops.
| Microsoft MVP 2025: Developer Technologies & Azure Infrastructure as Code |
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| Microsoft MVP 2024: Azure Infrastructure as Code |
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| Microsoft MVP 2023: Developer Technologies |
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| Sessionize 2023: Most Active Speaker |
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| Sessionize 2025: Speaker of the Day (9th Jan) |
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| TOTAL PUBLISHED BLOGS | TOTAL PUBLISHED BLOG SERIES | TOTAL SPEAKER SESSIONS | TOTAL VIRTUAL SPEAKER SESSIONS | TOTAL IN-PERSON SPEAKER SESSIONS | TOTAL AZ COMMUNITIES SUPPORTED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 13 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 20 |
| TOTAL PULL REQUEST | TOTAL ISSUES RAISED | TOTAL CONTRIBUTION TO ISSUES | TOTAL PRODUCT FEEDBACK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 16 | 6 | 5 |
| NAME OF BLOG SERIES | NO. OF BLOGS IN THE SERIES |
|---|---|
| ARCHITECTURE | 8 |
| CDK FOR TERRAFORM | 4 |
| DATA & AI | 7 |
| DIAGRAM AS CODE | 3 |
| GITHUB & GITHUB-ACTIONS | 3 |
| KV-SECRETS-PIPELINES | 2 |
| MASTERING LOOPS IN AZURE DEVOPS | 2 |
| OPS-IN-DEVOPS | 10 |
| PACKER | 2 |
| SECURITY | 2 |
| TERRAFORM | 8 |
| TERRAFORM-CLOUD | 4 |
| TROUBLESHOOT | 3 |
| DATE | NAME OF AZ COMMUNITIES | LOCATION | SPEAKER TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03.07.2024 | The Cloud Show with Magnus Martensson (Talk Show) | Sweden (Malmo) | Decentralized Devops |
| DATE | NAME OF AZ COMMUNITIES | LOCATION | SPEAKER TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28.08.2023 | Virtual Boston Azure | USA (Boston) | After Show Conversation |
| DATE | NAME OF AZ COMMUNITIES | LOCATION | SPEAKER TOPIC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09.12.2025 | Festive Tech Calendar 2025 | United Kingdom (UK) | Crossplane Powered Platform Engineering |
| 28.08.2025 | Microsoft Cloud Security & Modern Workplace | Switzerland (Bern) | Mission Azure Security Possible |
| 22.08.2025 | Rauszeit | Switzerland (Lenzburg) | Rauszeit FinOps - The Art of Not Freaking Out at Cloud Invoices |
| 12.08.2025 | Interview Master's Thesis By Hader Butt | Switzerland (Basel) | Invitation to Interview Master's Thesis on Security in CI/CD Pipelines |
| 05.06.2025 | Azure Bootcamp 2025 | Switzerland (Bern) | Platform Engineering with Terraform, Crossplane and Port |
| 08.05.2025 | Microsoft Azure Zurich User Group (Global Azure 2024) | Switzerland (Zurich) | Crossplane powered Platform Engineering |
| 27.02.2025 | Microsoft Azure Bern User Group | Switzerland (Bern) | Azure Databricks - Insights from a Platform Engineer |
| 30.01.2025 | .NET User Group Zurich | Switzerland (Zurich) | CDK For Terraform |
| 29.12.2024 | Festive Tech Calendar 2024 | United Kingdom (UK) | Diagram As Code |
| 30.09.2024 | Microsoft Azure Zurich User Group | Switzerland (Zurich) | Azure Databricks - Insights from a Platform Engineer |
| 11.05.2024 | Azure Bootcamp 2024 | Switzerland (Bern) | Ask the Experts |
| 11.05.2024 | Azure Bootcamp 2024 | Switzerland (Bern) | Model Platform |
| 01.05.2024 | Cloud Lunch and Learn | Ireland | Hashi Packer |
| 18.04.2024 | Microsoft Azure Zurich User Group (Global Azure 2024) | Switzerland (Zurich) | CDK for Terraform |
| 14.03.2024 | 90 Days of Devops | United Kingdom (UK) | Workload Identity Federation with Azure DevOps and Terraform |
| 07.03.2024 | Azure Spring Clean 2024 | Ireland | Terraform Cloud - Zero to Hero |
| 18.12.2023 | Festive Tech Calendar 2023 | United Kingdom (UK) | Decentralized Devops |
| 28.09.2023 | Azure Back To School - 2023 | USA (Detroit and South Carolina) | Container Apps - Zero to Hero |
| 25.09.2023 | Azure Back To School - 2023 | USA (Detroit and South Carolina) | Automate Entitlement Management in Azure AD Identity Governance using Microsoft Graph Powershell |
| 14.09.2023 | Azure Back To School - 2023 | USA (Detroit and South Carolina) | Automate App Management with AAD Graph and Devops |
| 04.08.2023 | Gira Online - LATAM 2023 | Latin America & Europe | Terraform - Use Cases |
| 31.05.2023 | Cloud Lunch And Learn | Ireland | IaC - Blueprints |
| 13.05.2023 | Microsoft Azure Zurich User Group (Global Azure 2023) | Switzerland (Zurich) | IaC - Blueprints |
| 11.05.2023 | Azure Bootcamp 2023 | Switzerland (Bern) | Advanced Analytics with Azure Devops Dojo |
| 28.04.2023 | Journey to the Cloud (Microsoft Ireland Event) | Ireland | Microsoft Ireland Event - Azure and Security |
| 15.04.2023 | Microsoft Azure Pakistan Community | Pakistan | Automate pull request & associate work-items using Az Devops |
| 05.04.2023 | Cloud Lunch and Learn | Ireland | Automate Entitlement Management in Azure AD Identity Governance using Microsoft Graph Powershell |
| 30.03.2023 | Virtual Boston Azure | USA (Boston) | Map Azure DevOps Runtime Variables to Terraform Input Variables |
| 15.03.2023 | Azure Spring Clean 2023 | Ireland | Automate Entitlement Management in Azure AD Identity Governance using Microsoft Graph Powershell |
| 15.12.2022 | Journey to the Cloud - Wrap up 2022 | Ireland and USA | Az Managed Grafana with Terraform AZAPI & DevOps |
| 07.12.2022 | Festive Tech Calendar 2022 | United Kingdom (UK) | Ops In DevOps |
| 28.09.2022 | Cloud Lunch And Learn | Ireland | Dynamic Deployment of SonarQube in Azure Container Instance Using Azure DevOps |
| 23.09.2022 | Journey to the Cloud (9.0) | Ireland and USA | Ops In DevOps |
| 14.09.2022 | Cloud Lunch And Learn | Ireland | ACR + Scan Images in ACR Using Trivy and DevOps |
| 12.09.2022 | Azure Back To School - 2022 | USA (Detroit and South Carolina) | Terraform Plan in DevOps GUI |
| 10.09.2022 | Azure Back To School - 2022 | USA (Detroit and South Carolina) | Power of DevOps CLI and REST API |
| 07.09.2022 | Cloud Lunch And Learn | Ireland | Power of DevOps CLI and REST API |
| 06.09.2022 | Azure Back To School - 2022 | USA (Detroit and South Carolina) | Can we Deploy Az B2C Using Terraform and Devops |
| 18.08.2022 | Microsoft Azure Bern User Group | Switzerland (Bern) | Azure DevOps - Best Practises With Real-Time Demos |
| 13.08.2022 | Microsoft Azure Pakistan Community | Pakistan | ACR + Scan Images in ACR Using Trivy and DevOps |
| 28.07.2022 | Journey to the Cloud (7.0) | Ireland and USA | AM in JTTC Talks On MS Azure Associate Certification (AZ-104) |
| 28.06.2022 | Microsoft Azure Zurich User Group | Switzerland (Zurich) | ACR + Scan Images in ACR Using Trivy and DevOps |
| 15.06.2022 | Welsh Azure User Group | United Kingdom (UK) | Fetch Secrets/Selective Secrets with No Access to Keyvault using DevOps Pipelines |
| 13.05.2022 | Journey to the Cloud (5.0) | Ireland and USA | Power of DevOps CLI and REST API |
| 28.04.2022 | Journey to the Cloud (4.0) | Ireland and USA | Azure Lighthouse |
| MICROSOFT PULL REQUEST TOPIC | LINK TO THE PULL REQUEST | STATUS |
|---|---|---|
| Update analytical-data-stores.md #3577 | MicrosoftDocs/architecture-center#3577 | MERGED & CLOSED |
| Private Endpoint limitation in Az Managed Grafana #99904 | MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs#99904 | MERGED & CLOSED |
| MS Defender for Cloud - GitHub repos Limitations #100739 | MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs#100739 | CLOSED |
| Microsoft.Dashboard/grafana #275 | Azure/terraform-provider-azapi#275 | MERGED & CLOSED |
| MICROSOFT ISSUE TOPIC | LINK TO ISSUE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|
| Service Principal Credential Reset does not appear in Azure Portal App Registration GUI #23566 | Azure/azure-cli#23566 | CLOSED |
| ERROR: TF400813: The user 'aaaaaaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaa' is not authorized to access this resource. #24108 | Azure/azure-cli#24108 | OPEN |
| Multiple AAD Group Using Same Name #24162 | Azure/azure-cli#24162 | OPEN |
| Private Endpoint for Azure Managed Grafana #99900 | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/99900 | CLOSED |
| Update Private Endpoint limitation of Azure Managed Grafana #99902 | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/99902 | CLOSED |
| Az Active Directory Admin Group Name for Azure Database for PostgreSQL single server supports up to 63 Characters #100012 | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/100012 | CLOSED |
| Limitations Not Listed in the Documentation: Connect your GitHub repositories to Microsoft Defender for Cloud #100017 | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/100017 | CLOSED |
| REST API Reference missing: SFTP Support for Azure Blob Storage #100406 | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/100406 | CLOSED |
| Assign a Key Vault access policy - Update Screenshots in the Documentation #100407 | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/100407 | CLOSED |
| Private DNS Zone of Azure Static WebApp #102010 | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/102010 | CLOSED |
| Sample JSON Format Configuration file for All type of Service Connection #13074 | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-devops-docs/issues/13074 | OPEN |
| Azure DevOps Pipelines Common service connection types does not include ACR #13251 | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-devops-docs/issues/13251 | OPEN |
| Azure Container Registry Service Connection gets Stuck in Loading Subscription or Loading Registries | https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Azure-Container-Registry-Service-Connect/10340185 | IN PROGRESS |
| App Service VNet Integrated Subnet cannot be deleted because Service Association Link still exists #116634 | https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs/issues/116634 | CLOSED |
| Additional Information on WinGet Installation #64 | asheroto/winget-install#64 | CLOSED |
| Winget Installs Terraform Version 1.4.4 and not the Latest. #259029 | microsoft/winget-pkgs#259029 | OPEN |
| CONTRIBUTION TO MICROSOFT ISSUES | LINK TO ISSUE | STATUS |
|---|---|---|
| Invalid value was provided for Key Vault 'accessPolicies' | Azure/azure-cli#9763 | CLOSED |
| Please provide the JSON examples for --service-endpoint-configuration | Azure/azure-cli-extensions#1495 | CLOSED |
| Create service endpoint connections to Docker registry & ACR | Azure/azure-devops-cli-extension#706 | CLOSED |
| Unknown error: unknown shorthand flag: 'l' in -l #544 | Azure/kubelogin#544 | CLOSED |
| error: unknown shorthand flag: 'l' in -l #139 | Azure/kubelogin#139 | CLOSED |
| Unable to connect AAD enabled AKS Cluster ... KubeLogin Not found ... But Kubelogin is installed #7956 | lensapp/lens#7956 | OPEN |
| MS PRODUCT FEEDBACK CATEGORY | MS PRODUCT FEEDBACK TITLE | LINK | STATUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Keyvault | Provision to Add Multiple Users while Creating KV Access Policy | https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/e44f9d9c-e653-ed11-a81b-000d3a7c50ce | NEW |
| Azure Static WebApp | Custom Name included in the URL of Static WebApp Similar to Azure WebApp | https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/a8dab502-1a32-ec11-a819-000d3ae2b5ca | NEW |
| Azure Static WebApp | Single Private DNS Zone for Azure Static WebApp | https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/0840a4d4-7667-ed11-a81b-000d3adb7ffd | NEW |
| MS Defender for Cloud - Defender for Storage | Azure Files does not support Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage | https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/8f157cbc-d714-ee11-a81c-000d3adb7ffd | NEW |
| Azure Web App and Azure Networking | Subnet cannot be deleted because Service Association Link still exists | https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/c88382d1-db77-ee11-a81c-6045bdb7ea56 | NEW |
| PUBLISHED ARTICLE NAME | YEAR |
|---|---|
| Linux and Mail(GMail) | Aug, 2015 |
| Linux and Automations(Shell Scripts) | July, 2015 |
| Linux and Middleware(Glassfish) | Mar, 2015 |
| Linux and Load Balancer(Pound) | Oct, 2014 |
| BLOG POST | YEAR |
|---|---|
| Hoi Azure Devops | Oct, 2019 |
| Azure and IBM Mainframe | Oct, 2019 |
| Azure in der Schweiz | Oct, 2019 |
| ORA a one stop shop | Sept, 2019 |
| why move workload to Azure | Sept, 2019 |
| Linux and Middleware Troubleshooting (JBoss) | Aug, 2017 |
| Linux and Middleware Multiple Instances (JBoss) | July, 2017 |
| Linux Client Tooling (WinSCP) | July, 2017 |
| Linux Middleware (JBOSS) Automation | July, 2017 |
| Linux - Download Software in Cache | July, 2017 |
| Linux and IBM Middleware Licensing (Part -1) | July, 2017 |
| List IBM Websphere Application Using Jython | July, 2017 |
| Linux and Loadbalancer(HAProxy) | July, 2017 |
| Linux and Middleware(IBM Websphere MQ | July, 2017 |
| Linux and Web Server (Apache) | July, 2017 |
| Automation (Powershell) | June, 2017 |
| Linux and Web Server(Apache) | June, 2017 |
| Linux Middleware (JBoss) Automation | June, 2017 |
| VMware Automation (Start Stop ESX Host) | June, 2017 |
| Linux Automation | June, 2017 |
| Linux and Network (Rancid) Automation | June, 2017 |