Category: Learning

AIAzureEventsLearning

Microsoft Build 2021 Book of News

on May 25, 2021

What is the Book of News? The Microsoft Build 2021 Book of News is your guide to the key news items that are announced at Build 2021.

As expected there is a lot of focus on Azure and AI, followed by Microsoft 365, Security, Windows, and Edge & Bing. This year the book of news is interactive instead of being a PDF.

Some of my favorite announcements

Azure Cloud Native and Application Platform

  • Running Azure app services being able to run on Kubernetes clusters anywhere with Azure Arc
  • Native support for WebSocket APIs in Azure API Management is now in preview
  • Azure Communication Services, the first fully managed communication platform offering from a major cloud provider, has new intelligent features and functionality to complete customers’ end-to-end communication experiences
  • Azure Logic Apps is now updated with new hosting options, improved performance and developer workflows
  • Durable Functions, an extension to Azure Functions that lets users write serverless workflows, now supports PowerShell

Azure Cosmos DB

  • With the introduction of the partial document update for Azure Cosmos DB, developers can modify specific fields or properties within a document without requiring a full document read and replace
  • Azure Cosmos DB serverless is now generally available for all APIs (Core, MongoDB, Cassandra, Gremlin and Table)
  • Azure Cosmos DB Linux emulator is now in preview
  • Azure Cosmos DB expanded free tier is now generally available
  • Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache is now in preview
  • Always Encrypted for Azure Cosmos DB is now in preview
  • Azure Cosmos DB role-based access control (RBAC) is now generally available

Click here to read the Microsoft Build 2021 Book of News!

Enjoy!

Resources

Build cloud-native applications that run anywhere.

Microsoft Build 2021: What’s new with Azure Communication Services?

Learn more about Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache and Azure Cosmos DB serverless.

AIAzureEventsLearning

Microsoft Build 2020 Book of News

on May 19, 2020

What is the Book of News? The Microsoft Build 2020 Book of News is your guide to the key news items that are announced at Build 2020.

As expected there is a lot of focus on Azure and AI, followed by Microsoft 365, Security, Windows, and Edge & Bing. This year the book of news is interactive instead of being a PDF.

One of my favorite announcements was the STATIC WEB APPS HOSTING OPTION NOW AVAILABLE IN APP SERVICE IN PUBLIC PREVIEW. This is a new hosting option for JavaScript developers building static or single page apps (SPA) that can quickly host the app in App Service and leverage Azure Functions as an API and GitHub Actions for your CI/CD. Checkout the Azure blog post for more details.

Click here to read the Microsoft Build 2020 Book of News!

Enjoy!

Resources

AzureCertificationLearning

AZ-900 Study Guide: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals 2020

on March 31, 2020

The content of the AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals exam will be updated on May 28, 2020.  Thomas Maurer has published an excellent article with his updated study guide. Check it out.

Vía Thomas Maurer https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/03/az-900-study-guide-microsoft-azure-fundamentals-2020/

Enjoy!

AzureLearning

Added a new page for Azure resources

on March 29, 2020

I’ve started to collect resources pertaining to learning Azure from a developer’s perspective. These could be tips and tricks, eBook’s, whitepapers and even learning courses.

The new page on my blog can be found here Resources which is located in the top menu bar as shown here

Added Resources to my top navigation bar menu.

If you have suggestions for links please let me know.

Enjoy!

AzureDeveloperLearning

Want to learn Azure? 10 tips for learning Azure in the new year

on December 23, 2019
Learning Azure in 2020

As things start to wind down for the end of the year and we take a break from work to be with family and friends, you might start to think about resolutions for 2020. If one of your resolutions is to learn Azure then now is the best time to do so.

Here are some community resources to help you get started:

  1. Create a free Azure account: You can sign up with a Microsoft or GitHub account and get access to 12 months of popular free services, a 30-day Azure free trial with $200 to spend during that period and over 25 services that are free forever.
  2. Stay current with the Azure Application Developer and Languages page: This is a single, unified destination for developers and architects that covers Azure application development. The content is updated monthly.
  3. Free Developer’s Guide to Azure eBook: a free eBook that includes all the updates from Microsoft’s first-party conferences (Build, Ignite), along with new services and features announced since then.
  4. Learn Azure in a Month of Lunches, a free e-book to build your cloud computing skills quickly and efficiently.
  5. Azure Tips and Tricks :Azure Tips and Tricks helps developers learn something new within a couple of minutes.
  6. Azure.Source Newsletter where you can catch up on Azure in one post
  7. Microsoft.Source Newsletter where you can get the latest articles, documentation, and events from the developer community
  8. Azure weekly, a great way to keep up to date with what’s new each and every week
  9. Microsoft Learn – Azure fundamentals course. If you’re interested in the cloud, but aren’t quite sure what it can do for you? This path is the place to start.
  10. Azure documentation is the most comprehensive and current resource you’ll find for all of our Azure services.

Enjoy and happy learning for 2020!