Alan Kinane

Alan Kinane

@azurealan.ie

Azure Practice Lead based in Dublin, Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Microsoft MVP in Azure and Security.

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Alan Kinane
@azurealan.ie

A few months ago I wrote about why cloud capacity constraints in Europe aren't going away anytime soon. Microsoft has now put some dates and pricing behind that reality. azurealan.ie/2026/10/03/a... #Microsoft #Azure

azurealan.ieAzure capacity constraints in Europe: Microsoft puts dates and prices on the problemIn July I wrote about capacity constraints in Europe and why North Europe is feeling it most. My conclusion then was that weโ€™d be working within those constraints for years, and that customerโ€ฆ
Alan Kinane
@azurealan.ie

**New blog post*** Cloud capacity is tight everywhere right now. AI demand has outpaced what providers can physically build and power. Here's my write up on how Azure customers can plan for it instead of getting caught out. azurealan.ie/2026/07/21/a... #Microsoft #Azure

azurealan.ieAzure capacity constraints in Europe: why North Europe is feeling it mostAllocationFailed. The requested VM size is currently not available in the selected region due to capacity restrictions.Operation results in exceeding quota limits. If any of those look familiar, yoโ€ฆ
Alan Kinane
@azurealan.ie

***New Blog Post*** Running NVAs in Azure? MANA is rolling out to existing VM sizes from 1st August 2026. Find out how this could impact your Network Virtual Appliances. #Azure #Microsoft #AzureNetworking #MANA

azurealan.ieMANA is rolling out to existing Azure VM sizes: what it means for yourย NVAsIf you've been running Network Virtual Appliances in Azure for a while, this is one you'll want to pay attention to. Microsoft are in the process of rolling out the Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) to existing VM size families, with the deployment scheduled to begin on 1st August 2026. For most workloads, this is a non-event and you'll get some performance benefits for free.
Alan Kinane
@azurealan.ie

Pre-MVP summit brunch with the family. Something that has become a tradition over the last few years. Looking forward to catching up with friends from all over the world and nerding out for a week with peers and Microsoft product teams in Redmond. #Microsoft #MVPSummit

Alan Kinane
@azurealan.ie

๐Ÿš€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ! ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ”— azurealan.ie/2026/03/13/h... #AzureSpringClean #Azure

azurealan.ieHindsight is 20/20: The Azure Deployment Mistakes We All MadeSpring is here once again and Iโ€™m delighted to be contributing a post as part of the Azure Spring Clean event organised by Joe Carlyle and Thomas Thornton. As always, thanks to the organisersโ€ฆ
Alan Kinane
@azurealan.ie

My latest blog post is now available as part of the annual community event, 'Festive Tech Calendar' which takes place this time each year. Secure private access to your internal apps without a VPN azurealan.ie/2025/12/02/s...

azurealan.ieSecure private access to your internal apps without a VPNWelcome everyone to my contribution to this yearโ€™s Festive Tech Calendar. Thanks, as always, to the event organisers who put this event together. Itโ€™s always great to see such amazing aโ€ฆ
Alan Kinane
@azurealan.ie

Football, F1 and then the final round of the masters sounds like an ideal Sunday to me. Enjoying the final rays of sunshine first before that disappears again from Ireland for who knows how long.

Alan Kinane
@azurealan.ie

We're at that stage of the year where everyone in IT is just praying that some new problem doesn't land on their desk until after the holidays.

Alan Kinane
@azurealan.ie

My blog post for Festive Tech Calendar 2024 is now live! Come and learn all about Azure's Business Continuity Center here. https://azurealan.ie/2024/12/10/tidings-of-comfort-and-joy-with-azures-business-continuity-center/ #Azure #FestiveTechCalendar

azurealan.ieTidings of Comfort and Joy with Azureโ€™s Business Continuityย CenterI'm delighted to present my contribution to the Festive Tech Calendar which is now in it's sixth year. Thanks to all the event organisers for pulling together so much fantastic content once again, it just continues to get bigger and better each year. Well done everyone. This year, I have chosen to write a post on Azure Business Continuity Center which has very recently gone into general availability.
Alan Kinane
@azurealan.ie

En route for day 2 of #MsIgnite. Busy schedule of meetings, sessions and labs today. I will hopefully cross paths with a few more MVPs throughout the day. Come over and say hi if you spot me.

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