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Hi, I’m Daniel Apps - AI platform enthusiast, Azure MVP, hybrid cloud architect, and unapologetic infrastructure nerd.

For the past 25+ years I’ve lived at the intersection of datacenters, cloud, and the humans who rely on them. I’ve helped organisations modernise their platforms, adopt hybrid patterns, and navigate the increasingly tangled world of AI workloads, private/hybrid cloud, and scalable infrastructure.

My background includes everything from racking servers at 3am, to designing landing zones for enterprise Azure deployments, to leading pre-sales strategy at an AI infrastructure startup. If it runs on silicon and keeps people productive, I probably care about it - especially if it’s messy under the hood.

I’ve spent years building private clouds, modernising legacy estates, and helping organisations transition to public cloud - and now my focus is on enabling sovereign, cost-effective AI infrastructure at scale.

👨‍💻 What I Do

  • Design and deploy AI-ready infrastructure - from GPUs and LLM factories to sustainable DC layouts
  • Advocate for hybrid architecture patterns - across cloud, edge, colo, and everything in between
  • Write about pragmatic infrastructure with a bias for what’s real, not just what demos well
  • Speak at conferences (not as much lately), run workshops, and mentor folks navigating the next generation of cloud-native infra

💬 Microsoft MVP

I have been recognised as a Microsoft MVP in Azure Hybrid & Migration, for 7 years with contributions to the community through:

  • Blog posts like these
  • Talks at user groups and conferences
  • Open source tooling and scripts
  • Deep-dive nerd chats about how “hybrid” should actually work

Originally awarded in the Cloud and Datacenter Management (CDM) category, I often straddled classic datacenter virtualization, cloud native solutions, and the more common hybrid world in beteen.

🎯 Why this blog?

System.Daniel.Status is where I log ideas, document problems worth solving, and occasionally rant about the state of tech and tech business. It’s definitely evolved over the years as it’s grown with me, but sometimes you’ll find code, sometimes it’s concepts, sometimes it’s coffee-fuelled existentialism about compute density.

If you’re into cloud, AI infrastructure, PowerShell, edge networks, weird ReFS configs, broken YAML, or the future of data centre design - you could possibly find something here worth reading.

Thanks for dropping by. Cheers