Blogs|Feb 2, 2021

How Azure Synapse integrates your data pipelines

Cloud computing is an exciting platform to deliver solutions in a fraction of the time it is used to take. It bypasses the heavy lifting of setting up everything from the power outlet in a data center or data room. Dealing with the multiple cloud provider’s approaches to their services can be challenging, though. Even…
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Video|Jan 21, 2021

Tech on Fire: Intro to Containers on Azure

Containers are one of the most popular ways to deploy applications. Microsoft has made containers an integral part of the Azure ecosystem. In this video, you’ll get a brief introduction to containers and a demo on how to create a container, push it to a registry, and then deploy it to Azure Container Instances.
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Webinar|Jan 19, 2021

Azure Synapse Analytics and the Modern Data Warehouse

As part of your cloud migration, the challenge of gathering Business Intelligence is amongst the most significant transformations being faced by companies today. The value of gaining insights from your data cannot be understated, and the techniques are changing and shifting. Join Derrick So’Brien, Senior Microsoft Instructor and Azure advocate, as we look at the…
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Blogs|Dec 21, 2020

Creating a Tagging Strategy for Azure

Azure has many controls out of the box that helps tailor the experience to an organization on Azure. Such controls include Azure Management Groups for organizing subscriptions, Azure AD with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to manage access to Azure resources, Subscriptions and Resource Groups for organizing resources, and Azure Policy to enforce compliance and augment…
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Devcenter|Dec 11, 2020

Azure Policy as Fast as Possible

Azure out of the box comes with a number of controls that allow users to shape permission on Azure through roles and role assignments. These roles control what actions a user can perform, but it does not limit what these actions can do within their given scope. For instance, RBAC can be used to configure…
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Video|Dec 10, 2020

Tech on Fire: Introduction to Azure Container Instances

Azure Container Instances provide a no-infrastructure-required platform to host containerized applications. Everything for running containers is handled as a first-class object on Azure and provides tight integration with other services like Azure Storage, Key Vault, and VNets. In this video, we’ll do a deep dive into Azure Container Instances to show you how you can…
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Video|Dec 4, 2020

Tech on Fire: Azure Application Insights

Monitoring applications in production can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. Azure Application Insights takes the pain out of monitoring apps by collating client-side, server-side, and database telemetry. A single portal allows you to see how your app is performing and drill down into the data to find out information about…
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Webinar|Nov 16, 2020

.NET Modernization through Azure Services

A move to the cloud represents one of the largest technology shifts faced by any organization. As changes occur, many are being forced to rebuild their applications and make them “future proof.” Some of the barriers to cloud adoption are just a matter of perception. In this webinar, you can get a taste of the…
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Webinar|Nov 16, 2020

GitHub and Azure DevOps – Better Together

With Microsoft acquiring GitHub, many teams struggle to understand whether to adopt GitHub or Azure DevOps, especially if there’s already an investment in Azure DevOps or Team Foundation Server (TFS). There is a third option that is often overlooked – the platforms are better together! Join Ken Muse, an ALM | DevOps Ranger, to learn…
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Web Development|Nov 9, 2020

Get Jammin’ with the Jamstack

GRANDstack – GraphQL, React, Apollo, Neo4j Database LAMP – Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP MEAN – MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, Node.js The list above is just a few examples of some popular tech stacks. Tech stacks are practical combinations of technologies and architectural patterns used to create robust solutions. A relatively newer stack (new when you compare…
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video|Oct 13, 2020

Tech on Fire: Azure Functions With Azure App Services

Azure Functions are Microsoft’s serverless solution, providing an event-driven programming model that simplifies developing APIs and integrations. Going serverless helps get developers out of the business of having to configure, maintain, and scale servers while also improving application development agility.
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