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# Looking back at 2016
- URL: https://www.techielass.com/2016-in-review/
- Published: 2016-12-28T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-12-07T11:46:36.000Z
- Description: Join me as I look back at the year and share insights into my career, social media and travel.
- Author: Sarah Lean
- Tags: Year In Review

As we near the end of 2016 I feel it's only fitting to look back on the year and look forward to plans in 2017\. Over the course of 2016 I wrote over 20 blog posts, participated in posting content on [Microsoft Technet Gallery](https://social.technet.microsoft.com/profile/techie%20lass/?ref=techielass.com), complete KEMP and AWS Certifications, migrate from Blogger to Wordpress, move to a dedicated web hosting platform (AWS) and attract over 4,500 users to the blog. As I reviewed the stats I found these eight posts were the most popular: **Top 8 blog posts of 2016**

1. Avision AD230 Document Scanner
2. Avision MiWand 2 Wi-Fi Scanner Review
3. .NET Framework 4.6.1 and Exchange Compatibility Issue
4. [i-Stay Backpack Review](https://www.techielass.com/i-stay-backpack-review/)
5. Lenovo StorageDisk Firmware bug
6. [Retention Policy Powershell Commands](https://www.techielass.com/retention-policy-powershell-commands/)
7. Security Benchmarks for Workstations, Servers and Applications
8. Free Layer-7 Load Balancer from KEMP

In August I also moved to a new job, which has seen me move from being a General IT Consultant to a dedicated Wintel Engineer for a multinational enterprise IT company.

It has been a steep learning curve for me but I am finally starting to find my feet and settle in.

Changing job was all about expanding my skills and challenging myself and this new role certainly does that.

**Looking forward to 2017**

Next year I hope to get a lot more blog content up, become more active within the Microsoft community, pass some more certifications and attend more conferences.

There are three certifications I am mainly focusing on but hopefully I can knock them off fairly early in the year and look to doing a lot more. Here's to a positive end to 2016 and a good 2017!