Steve Miles, aka SMiles or Mr. Analogy, is a Microsoft Azure MVP, MCT, multi-cloud, and hybrid technologies author and technical reviewer with over 20 years of experience in security, networking, data center infrastructure, managed hosting, and cloud solutions. His experience comes from working in end user, reseller channel, and vendor spaces, with global networks, data and app security vendors, global telco hosters, and colocation and data center services providers, as well as in managed hosting and hardware distribution.
His roles have included network security architect, global solutions architect, public cloud security solutions architect, and Azure practice technical lead. He currently works for a leading multi-cloud distributor based in the UK and Dublin in a cloud and hybrid technology leadership role.
Most happy in front of a whiteboard, he prefers to speak using illustrations. He is renowned for his analogies for breaking down complex technologies and concepts into everyday, real-world scenarios.
His first Microsoft certification was on Windows NT. He is an MCP, MCITP, MCSA, and MCSE for Windows Server and many other Microsoft products. He also holds multiple Microsoft Fundamentals, Associate, Expert, and Specialty certifications in Azure Security, Identity, Network, M365, and D365. He also holds multiple security and networking vendor certifications, including PRINCE2 and ITIL, and is associated with industry bodies such as the CIF, ISCA, and IISP. Finally, as part of the multicloud aspect, he has experience with GCP and AWS, is Alibaba-Cloud-certified, and is a nominated Alibaba Cloud MVP.
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