by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 23, 2020 | Development, Featured Articles
The Visual Studio Online (VS Online) web-based IDE is now available to be used. Based on the popular Visual Studio Code editor, it offers a familiar feel and workspace for writing and working with source code.. This also offers the extensibility of supporting Visual...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 21, 2020 | Internet of Things
Internet of Things (IoT) solutions employ some kind of messaging protocol for each individual IoT device to communicate in the system. These messaging protocols are used to transmit device telemetry (or messages) from the IoT devices to the IoT Messaging Hub (or...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 20, 2020 | Build5Nines Weekly Newsletter
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 20, 2020 | Certification, Featured Articles
It’s important to use plenty of great study materials when studying for that next Microsoft certification exam. There are many great paid resources available on the video course front. You can always read the official Microsoft documentation too. However, if you...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 17, 2020 | Internet of Things, PowerShell
It’s simple to provision an Azure IoT Hub service instance using the Azure Portal. However, there are time when you need a more DevOps style approach by scripting it. The Azure Powershell Az.IotHub module can be used to manage commands for managing Azure IoT Hub...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 16, 2020 | Internet of Things, Featured Articles
Recently, Hackster.io announced the contest winners for the “Secure Everything with Azure Sphere” contest they were running, along with partners Microsoft and AVNet. The contest was giving away prizes worth a total of $37,000. And, they were giving away...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 15, 2020 | Hardware, HoloLens
A while back I wrote up a summary of the hardware specifications for the first generation HoloLens. Here’s a short write up of the hardware specifications for the HoloLens 2 (the second generation HoloLens hardware). The biggest difference in the new device is a...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 14, 2020 | Architecture, Infrastructure, Offer
Awhile back Microsoft had the BizSpark program that offered free Microsoft software for startups. A couple of my own startups were able to get free licenses for Microsoft software and Azure services credits to help get bootstrapped. While BizSpark is no longer around,...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 13, 2020 | Certification, Featured Articles
As we begin a new year, and enter 2020, you are among a large group of people looking to earn their next Microsoft certification. The site Bookauthority.org has a list of the Top 9 Best New Microsoft Certifications Books to Read in 2020. And, The Ultimate Guide to...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 13, 2020 | Build5Nines Weekly Newsletter
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 12, 2020 | Infrastructure, Linux
In this hands-on lab, you will migrate an on-premises based help desk application called OsTicket, to Azure. This will be a two-phase project to lift-and-shift the application into Azure IaaS and then migrate it to Azure PaaS. The application is Linux based using...
by Dan Patrick | Jan 10, 2020 | Infrastructure, Featured Articles
Over the past couple of months, Chris and I have been working with Microsoft on a whitepaper focusing on helping customers get ready for a migration to Azure. This paper focuses on the many different areas that are critical to the success of a project. These include...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 9, 2020 | Certification, Featured Articles, Internet of Things
The AZ-220 Microsoft Azure IoT Developer certification exam tests and validates your expertise as an Azure Internet of Things (IoT) Developer. Passing this exam will earn you the Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification. If you are an IoT...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 8, 2020 | Build5Nines Weekly Newsletter
Build5Nines Weekly provides your go-to source to keep up-to-date on all the latest Microsoft Azure news and updates. Included within Build5Nines Weekly newsletter are blog articles, podcasts, videos, and more from Microsoft and the greater community over the past...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 5, 2020 | Certification, Featured Articles
The question of “Where to start with Microsoft Azure Certification?” is a common one. Navigating the gauntlet of certification paths and exams can seem a bit daunting at first. This article is specially written to help ease the pain involved, so you can...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 3, 2020 | Featured Articles, Build5Nines Weekly Newsletter
Early last year, Build5Nines.com (formerly BuildAzure.com) was ranked, via Feedspot, as the #1 Top Microsoft Azure blog to follow in 2019 by the community. In 2020, Feedspot has ranked Build5Nines.com (formerly BuildAzure.com) as the #1 Top Microsoft Azure blog to...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 3, 2020 | Infrastructure, Featured Articles
The first ever Microsoft Linux Conference named WSLConf is being held on March 10 – 11, 2020 in Redmond, WA, and it’s free to attend. With great news for the conference, and possibly bad news for you, the first ever WSLConf is SOLD OUT! That is for...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 3, 2020 | Infrastructure
In this hands-on lab, you will construct an end-to-end Proof of concept for ticket ordering based on a microservices architecture based on Service Fabric and Azure Functions, alongside other supporting Azure features such as API Management, Web Apps, Azure Active...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 3, 2020 | Development
In this hands-on lab, you will construct an end-to-end Proof of concept for ticket ordering based on a microservices architecture based on Service Fabric and Azure Functions, alongside other supporting Azure features such as API Management, Web Apps, Azure Active...
by Chris Pietschmann | Jan 1, 2020 | Build5Nines Weekly Newsletter, Featured Articles
There was a lot more growth to BuildAzure.com (ahem… I mean Build5Nines.com) in 2019. It’s been a couple years since I wrote up a “year in review” post, so I thought I’d do it again this year. Here’s a short summary of the top 25...
