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About
Iowa State MIS student building toward a Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect role — security-leaning, hands-on, and already inside the Microsoft ecosystem on a datacenter contract.
Overview
I'm a Management Information Systems student at Iowa State University (Class of 2027) working a Microsoft datacenter contract while I stack Azure and security certifications. My goal is concrete: land the Microsoft Aspire Experience-in-Practice internship for Summer 2027 and move onto the Digital Cloud Solution Architect track.
I learn by building. Everything here — the labs, the certs, even this site running on Azure — is something I set up and broke and fixed myself rather than read about.
Essentials
- Name
- Johnny Nguyen
- Location
- Iowa, USA
- Education
- Iowa State University — B.S. MIS, Class of 2027
- Current role
- Microsoft Datacenter Contract (DCT)
- Targeting
- Microsoft Aspire EiP — Cloud Solution Architect, Summer 2027
- Status
- Open to internships & CSA-track conversations
Timeline
- Now
Microsoft datacenter contract + AZ-104 study
Hands-on datacenter operations while building the Azure administrator foundation.
- Summer 2026
AZ-104 → AZ-500
Azure Administrator, then Azure Security Engineer — the security-leaning CSA path.
- Aug–Oct 2026
Microsoft intern applications open
Aspire Experience-in-Practice (EiP) requisitions for Summer 2027 — the real target.
- 2027
Graduate ISU (MIS) + Aspire EiP
Finish the degree and step into the Digital Cloud Solution Architect track.