​Enterprise Infrastructure CoP – Modern Infrastructure & Hybrid Identity

​Join VanTUG for an evening of practical enterprise infrastructure discussions, featuring two practitioners sharing real-world architecture decisions, implementation challenges, and lessons learned from enterprise environments.

​This session brings together two important areas of modern enterprise IT: infrastructure modernization and hybrid identity. Through practical scenarios and real-world experience, we'll explore how organizations can evolve their environments while maintaining business continuity, security, and operational stability.

​Session 1: Modernizing Enterprise Infrastructure Without Disrupting Operations

​Speaker: Parveen Singh

​Business-critical services cannot simply stop while infrastructure is being modernized. Moving workloads is only one part of the journey. Networking, governance, deployment, and day-to-day operations must evolve alongside the platform.

​Drawing on enterprise projects, including WorkSafeBC and similar engagements, Parveen will walk through the key architecture decisions and practical considerations involved in moving business-critical services to containers on Azure.

​Topics include:

• ​Deciding which services to migrate first when downtime is not an option.

• ​Integrating connectivity, governance, and monitoring into a container platform.

• ​Using infrastructure as code and deployment pipelines to reduce manual work and risk.

• ​Planning phased rollouts with validation and rollback strategies.

• ​Preparing operations teams for a successful handover.

​Scenario: Modernizing business-critical enterprise services by moving workloads to containers on Azure while keeping existing operations running.

​Session 2: Making Hybrid Identity Work in a Complex Enterprise

​Speaker: Rahul Kumaar

​Managing identity across multiple environments becomes increasingly complex as organizations grow, acquire other businesses, and maintain legacy applications.

​Rahul will explore the challenges of managing hybrid identity across on-premises Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and Microsoft 365, sharing practical lessons and architecture considerations from complex enterprise environments.

​Topics include:

• ​Designing hybrid identity architecture across on-premises and cloud environments.

• ​Managing synchronization and authentication challenges.

• ​Supporting acquisitions, multiple tenants, and legacy applications.

• ​Maintaining secure access across different environments.

• ​Balancing security, business continuity, and operational requirements.

​Scenario: Managing identity across a complex enterprise with multiple environments, legacy dependencies, and evolving business requirements.

​Meet the Speakers

​Parveen

​Enterprise infrastructure practitioner sharing real-world experience in Azure, container platforms, and infrastructure modernization.

​Rahul Kumaar

​Enterprise identity practitioner focused on hybrid identity architecture, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and Microsoft 365.

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​About VanTUG

​VanTUG is a community user group bringing together IT professionals, practitioners, architects, and technology enthusiasts to share knowledge, discuss real-world challenges, and learn from each other's experiences.

​Our sessions focus on practical discussions, different perspectives, and lessons that attendees can take back to their own organizations.

​Whether you work in infrastructure, cloud, security, or identity, this is an opportunity to connect with the community and learn from fellow practitioners.

​Come ready to share, ask questions, and take part in the discussion.