Yves has been an advocate for development methodologies and architectural styles, like Domain Driven Design, Command Query Responsibility Segregation and Event Driven Architecture, independent of specific products. Today he is specializing in Microsoft's Platform As A Service offering, Windows Azure. Yves is also very active in the belgian Microsoft community. Besides being a frequent speaker and blogger, he is also one of the founders of AZUG. In 2011 Yves has been awarded as 'Most Valuable Professional for Windows Azure'.