Hello there, I’m Martin, software architect and developer from the Cologne/Bonn area. Right from the start of my professional career, I decided in favor of .NET and Microsoft technologies and tools and have always incorporated them into my work. With more than 15 years of experience in the field of software architecture and development with .NET, my focus is particularly on increasing the quality and performance of development teams, the interaction of the software solution with the target environment and the actual application down to the last byte.
In my position as Director Consulting Services @ CGI , I act as enterprise architect and developer for cloud native and .NET solutions. I am also a trainer for cloud and software architecture. In addition to my professional life, I am involved in the open source communities and currently provide them with various NuGet packages with different focuses and functionalities.
A strong willingness to learn and develop is also part of my everyday life. This was taken to a new level for me in 2021 after I successfully completed my IHK trainer and my Microsoft certified trainer this year. In addition, I was able to qualify as a trainer for CGI’s Risk and Cost Driven Architecture program in 2022.
For over 12 years, NuGet package management has been part of the .NET ecosystem with direct integrations to various IDEs, CLIs and build systems. But a feature took 12 years before it appeared and certainly needs some more maintenance until it is mature!
Whatever our role, be it developer, IT professional or architect, we try to avoid technical debt. If this is not possible from the outset, or if we decide to accept this technical debt for a limited period of time, we usually lack the tools to do so. This is where this article may help.
When can I finally renew my Microsoft certification? - I’m certainly not alone with this or similar questions and the associated uncertainty. Okay, a certain impatience certainly resonates as well. After all, I would also like to schedule it into my daily routine. But how?
How do I best prepare for a Microsoft certification? - this or a similar question is asked by everyone who wants to deal with the topics Microsoft, Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform or Dynamics 365. In this article, I would like to go into the possibilities that Microsoft offers us for preparation.