Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Principal Architect at Synextra

Elliott has over a decade of experience in tech, specialising in Microsoft Azure, cloud architecture, and scalable solutions. With a background in professional and managed services, he focuses on cloud platform engineering, DevOps, and automation—helping businesses adopt cloud-native technologies smoothly. What keeps him hooked? The constant evolution of tech. There’s always something new to learn, a fresh challenge to tackle, and better ways to do things. Outside of work, he loves traveling, exploring new cultures, and discovering great food along the way.

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Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Smarter Routing in Azure: Route-Maps for Virtual WAN

Route-maps for Azure Virtual WAN are now GA—finally giving you real control over BGP route ads and...

discover smarter cloud migration strategies

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Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Smart Cloud Migration Strategies to Avoid Common Pitfalls

Azure should do more than shift your data. With the right cloud migration strategies, it can boost...

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Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Scaling Securely: How Platform Engineering Supports Developer Velocity

Developers want speed. Ops needs stability. Platform Ops delivers both. Check out our webinar...

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Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Securing Data Governance with Microsoft Purview

Shadow AI exposes some pretty severe risks that many companies aren't equipped to handle—but...

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Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Cloud vs Serverless vs Edge Computing: The Future of Cloud

The future of cloud is evolving fast—serverless, edge tech, and AI are reshaping what’s possible....

VMware's Latest Licensing Change – An April Surprise, But Its No Joke

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Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

VMware’s Latest Licensing Change – An April Surprise, But Its No Joke

Brace yourself: a VMware licensing change kicks in April 10. Broadcom’s latest move could shake up...

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Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Scaling Securely: How Platform Ops Supports Developer Velocity

In this session, we will explore how Platform Ops enables developers to ship faster without...

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Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

Why You Should Be Using Infrastructure-as-Code

Many of you will already be using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) day to day but for some, choosing...

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Elliott Leighton-Woodruff

The Best IaC Tools for Microsoft Azure

Many of you will already be using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) day to day but for some, choosing...

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