We are delighted and proud to announce that nearly a decade's worth of community contributions have been gifted with a shiny new home in Azure, and the migration was smooth and seamless.
TechNet Wiki is one of Microsoft’s oldest surviving “heritage” community platforms - a very special case. You’ve probably got one in your company. A most precious time bomb. The “black box”. The dragon no-one is prepared to slay. Bulging with domain data, customised configurations, modified modules, dedicated daemons, or some very obscure integrations buried deep and hard to untangle.
Microsoft loves its community very much. Both TechNet, MSDN and the communities that grew around them have a chapter all of their own, in the story of Microsoft’s success and achievements. A passionate community, which makes sure we all move forward, no man (or woman) left behind.
This presented a great opportunity to demonstrate how easy it was to “lift and shift” even the most surly server, up to the higher vantage point of Azure cloud services.
Thus, with very little fanfare, commotion or tribulations (that we know of at least) TechNet Wiki was reborn! Microsoft’s most treasured “community crown jewels” - passed over to the loving embrace and attentive gaze of Azure’s managed services!
When asked for the top three benefits of migration, Microsoft’s Aman Singh [who led the task] said:
No, you didn’t count wrong.
Microsoft (especially Aman's team) always give us 133%!! :D
Congratulations to Microsoft for a successful shift into warm blue Azure. My best wishes also, to everyone who continues to educate us all, leaving a trail for the next generation of Microsoft community contributors.
The story does not end there though. Watch out for more chapters, in the never ending story of community collaboration and cooperation, within and around the world's biggest and bravest company!
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