Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Application Gateways
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Application Gateways In this edition you will learn how Azure Application Gateways provide load balancing and security for highly available web apps.
On Being a Mentor
Mentoring is a big part of what I do professionally, but my path to being a mentor started with being mentored myself when I was still very young. It all started with my first computer, a Commodore 64, which is what got me interested in IT. My dad saw that I had this interest, and…
Restoring Azure Tests for SonarQube
The vstest task in Azure DevOps doesn't guarantee an output location. Learn how to ensure that SonarQube will see your test results correctly.
Power BI: When My Dataset is Too Big and My Reports are Too Slow
If you are importing around 10 million rows and no more than 100 MB of data in Power BI, more than likely you don’t have performance issues. But, if you trying to deal with more than 50 gigabytes of data in Power BI, and you have complex DAX measures there is a good chance you’re…
Missing Tests on Azure DevOps
Trying to integrate unit tests and code coverage Azure DevOps to other systems and things seem to be disappearing? Learn why it happens and how to fix it...
How to Implement the Observer Pattern with Objects and Arrays in Pure JavaScript
A little over a year ago, I wrote an article about how to do data binding in pure JavaScript. Anyone that read my ramblings about data binding in pure JavaScript probably would know that I’m not a huge fan of frameworks, but to say I hate them would be an overstatement. But because I like…
Nextcloud and Azure Blob Storage: A Match Made in the Cloud
Hosting your own File Sharing service like DropBox or OneDrive is not only possible, it’s actually not too hard. One of the most widely used products for doing just this is an app called Nextcloud. In short, Nextcloud is an open source web app written in PHP that acts as a front end for and…
10 Tools and Techniques Python Web Developers Should Explore
Building web applications is one of Python’s true superpowers. Yet, the wide-open ecosystem means there are SO MANY CHOICES for any given project. How do you know whether you’re using the right tool for the right problem? In this webcast, you will go on a tour of modern Python-based web techniques and tooling. We’ll see…
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Using VHD’s with Azure
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Using VHD’s with Azure In this edition, learn how to bring your own operating system or virtual appliance to Microsoft Azure with Virtual Machine Hard Disk Images (VHD).
Microsoft Regional Director Renewal for 2019
Introduction I’m proud to be able to say that I was just renewed for another two-year term in the Microsoft Regional Director (RD) program. I very much love this program and, as always, am honored to be a part of it. Many folks have asked me about the RD program and what it means, so…
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Availability Zones
Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS – Availability Zones In this edition, Blaize will show you how to use Azure Availability Zones for creating highly available applications on Azure.
High Availability vs. Disaster Recovery
Any good system that is targeting the public or the enterprise these days must be built to expect the unexpected. No system is perfect and at some point, something will happen that will render a system inoperative – a fire, a hurricane, an earthquake, human error – the list goes on. Because there are so…