The "Bunker" vs. Resilience: Scaling Windows Server Without the Burnout By: Luis Alonso Zuñiga Carballo Cloud Architect & Security Strategist 💣 The Challenge: The Problem That Kept Me Up at Night Imagine this: You are tasked with deploying a critical-tier enterprise infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It’s not just about "spinning up VMs"; it’s about orchestrating an environment that supports Windows Server applications, ensures hybrid connectivity with on-premises offices, and—most importantly—doesn't break when traffic spikes or a node fails. The true challenge was transforming a "functional bunker" into a High Availability Hybrid Architecture that was 100% reproducible and transparent for the stakeholder.…