Jan Ring
Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft
Norway
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Top SchoolJan Ring is a seasoned Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft with over a decade of experience helping enterprises migrate, transform, and modernize on Azure. He brings deep automation expertise and a passion for PowerShell, evidenced by years of MVP recognition (2011–2022) and active contributions to the VSCode PowerShell extension where he implemented practical developer features like OpenInISE. Previously a lead infrastructure architect at Crayon, Jan blends hands-on engineering with presales and partner-facing architectural guidance from his time as a Microsoft P-Seller. A regular conference speaker and community builder, he maintains a technical blog, open-source projects on GitHub, and a steady stream of IT insights on Twitter. Based in Norway, he pairs pragmatic cloud strategy with developer-focused tooling work, often surfacing small but impactful usability improvements that benefit everyday PowerShell users.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (11)
powershell10
visual-studio-code-extension10
extension-methods9
webextension9
nodejs9
magento-extension9
automations8
automation8
automation-testing8
regex6
fest4
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
PowerShell/vscode-powershell
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
Provides PowerShell language and debugging support for Visual Studio Code
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 10 comments in 4 days
Contributions summary:Jan focused on enhancing the Visual Studio Code PowerShell extension with the "OpenInISE" feature, allowing users to open PowerShell scripts directly in the PowerShell ISE. Their work involved implementing the command, modifying the `main.ts` file to register the command, and addressing the correct file path and OS architecture compatibility. Key changes include updating the way the external process is launched and the ability to use the ISE for editing files.
debuggingpowershellvisual-studio-codeextensions
janegilring/arc_jumpstart_docs
Nov 2023 - Aug 2025
A public repo for hosting the Azure Arc Jumpstart docs
Contributions:63 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year 9 months
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