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Hasan Gural

Hasan Gural

Platform / DevOps / Automation Architect · AI Developer · Global Speaker · Mentor

MVP
Microsoft MVP10 Years of Azure · 2016 – 2026

Hasan Gural is a Principal Consultant/Trainer/Blogger/MVP with more than 15 years of experience in infrastructure and cloud technologies. He specializes in planning, designing, implementing, and sustaining projects on Private, Public, and Hybrid Cloud offerings and architecture, specifically around Microsoft products, to help customers realize their full potential. He also has extensive experience on automation scripting and configuration management tools for Windows and open source systems (PowerShell – DSC, Ansible). He is currently working at Cloud Rundle as a Principal DevOps Engineer / PowerShell Engineer on Microsoft Cloud, Azure DevOps and Container technologies for Turkiye, UK, Germany and EMEA region. He holds Microsoft Certified Trainer certificate and delivered more than 2000 hours of official Microsoft trainings since 2015. Hasan is also a known blogger and has spoken at several events and universities so far.

MVP Journey

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Skills

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Platform & Cloud Architecture

Designing enterprise-scale Azure landing zones, subscription topologies, and governance frameworks. Building internal developer platforms that give engineering teams self-service cloud provisioning while maintaining organizational control.

AzureTerraformBicepPythonGo

DevOps & Automation

Building end-to-end CI/CD ecosystems and GitOps-driven release strategies. Developing PowerShell and Bash toolchains that deliver repeatable, auditable deployments across multi-team engineering organizations.

GitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsPowerShellBashPython

Infrastructure as Code

Codifying complex cloud environments with Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates. Building custom providers in Go and automation scripts in Python for modular, version-controlled infrastructure at enterprise scale.

TerraformBicepARMGoPython
Azure AI Foundry

AI for Infrastructure

Embedding AI capabilities directly into infrastructure workflows. Leveraging Azure OpenAI, Copilot integrations, and Semantic Kernel with Python and Jupyter Notebooks to build predictive, self-healing systems.

Azure OpenAICopilotSemantic KernelPythonNotebooks
Power Platform

Power Platform

Engineering low-code enterprise solutions with Power Automate, Power Apps, and Dataverse. Designing custom connectors and governance patterns that bridge citizen development with IT-managed service delivery.

Power AutomatePower AppsDataverse
Finance & Operations

Finance & Operations

Delivering Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations implementations covering data entity architecture, X++ customizations, and end-to-end ERP integration patterns that unify financial and supply chain processes.

D365 F&OX++Data Entities
Microsoft Defender

Security & Governance

Implementing zero-trust architectures and policy-as-code frameworks. Writing KQL queries across Log Analytics and Sentinel to enforce continuous compliance, detect threats, and drive security operations at enterprise scale.

Azure PolicySentinelDefenderKQLLog Analytics

Linux, Windows & Hybrid

Managing heterogeneous infrastructure spanning Linux, Windows, and hybrid cloud environments. Scripting with Bash and PowerShell, extending governance through Azure Arc across on-premises and multi-cloud workloads.

LinuxWindowsAzure ArcBashPowerShell

Containers & Kubernetes

Running production Kubernetes clusters on AKS with full GitOps delivery, network policies, and policy enforcement. Operating Container Apps, Container Instances, and Container Registry for workloads from microservices to batch jobs.

KubernetesContainer AppsHelmFluxACR
Microsoft Fabric

Fabric & Analytics

Building modern analytics architectures with Microsoft Fabric and Databricks. Writing KQL queries against Azure Data Explorer, designing data lakehouse topologies, and delivering insights through Power BI and Notebooks.

FabricDatabricksAzure Data ExplorerKQLPower BINotebooks