Laura Kokkarinen

Laura is a software architect and developer with a strong passion for application security and software development best practices on the Microsoft cloud platform. She has been working professionally with full‑stack software development using Microsoft technologies since 2011 and has focused exclusively on Microsoft cloud services since 2017. Laura holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Computer Science (graduated in 2012).

Knowledge sharing comes naturally to her, and Laura has received the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award annually since 2019.

Certifications and education

• Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in two categories: Developer Security and M365 Development (2019–)

• Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate

• Microsoft Certified: Teams Application Developer Associate

Areas of expertise

• Software architecture design

• Secure software development

• Software development best practices

• Software development on Azure

• Custom solution development for Microsoft 365, including Copilot