Cloud

Aug 19, 2019 • 4 min read

Azure + AI Conference – Nov 2019 – Chris Pietschmann Speaking on Azure IoT

This year at the Microsoft Azure + AI Conference co-produced by Microsoft and DEVintersection, Chris Pietschmann (the founder of BuildAzure.com) will be presenting. The topics of his sessions at the conference will center around Microsoft Azure and the Internet of Things (IoT) with topics including Azure Sphere and Real-time IoT Stream Processing in Azure. This edition of the Azure + AI Conference is being held November 18th through 21st, 2019 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also, in partnerships with the Azure + AI conference,  we are pleased to announce that you can register for the conference with the discount code "BUILDAZURE" to receive a $50 discount.

Aug 18, 2019 • 4 min read

Book Launch: Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Certification

The Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Certification is your guide and introduction to growing your career through Microsoft certification! It's difficult to decide which certification path to follow, and which suites you best based on your experience and current job role. This book was written as a guide to help you decide which certification(s) to pursue, and it lays out other important information about the Microsoft certification process.

Jul 25, 2019 • 7 min read

Remote Desktop (RDP) Security Tips: Stop Hackers, Exploits, Reduce Vulnerability

In the current cloud landscape, security has never been more important than it is today. This applies to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) security as it…

Jul 11, 2019 • 9 min read

Detect and Handle a Twitter Outage with Azure Logic Apps

As I’m writing this Twitter is down, and it’s actually been down for at least 20 minutes now. It’s hard to tell exactly how long…

Jun 27, 2019 • 1 min read

Cloud Design Patterns Infographic

Cloud Design Patterns offer prescriptive guidance to designing and architecting solutions in the cloud. Microsoft patterns and practices has this infographic available to help you…

Jun 24, 2019 • 6 min read

Microsoft xCloud: Azure Powered Game Streaming

Microsoft is building a game streaming network to unlock console quality gaming on any device. Microsoft has realized that not all gamers are going to…

Jun 14, 2019 • 4 min read

Azure Bastion: VM RDP & SSH Access within Azure Portal

Recently, a new Remote Desktop (RDP) and SSH remote access service in Microsoft Azure came to my attention. In short, Azure Bastion enables the Azure…

May 24, 2019 • 2 min read

Fix Azure Front Door Error with Azure Web App “Always on” Configuration

Azure Front Door is a Layer 7 (or HTTP(S) layer) load balancer service and provides a number of great features for better running globally available…

May 15, 2019 • 3 min read

ESP32-Azure IoT Kit Development Board from Espressif (ESP32-WROVER-B)

There are certainly lots of different boards that can be used for building and prototyping Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. I’ve posted a few times…

May 7, 2019 • 2 min read

Microsoft Blockchain Confidential Consortium Framework (CCF) Released

It’s been about a year and a half since Microsoft first announced the Coco Framework they’ve been working on. It’s been about a full year…

May 6, 2019 • 2 min read

Azure IoT DevKit Simulator (MXChip AZ3166)

The Azure IoT DevKit (MXChip AZ3166) is a really cool board for prototyping Azure IoT solutions. However, it’s a physical board and having the board…

May 6, 2019 • 2 min read

Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum Released

Microsoft has been investing a lot into the development of Blockchain based technology. Azure Blockchain is the cloud offering that’s part of making Enterprise Blockchain…

May 3, 2019 • 3 min read

May 2, 2019: Major Azure Outage Due to DNS Migration Issue

A DNS outage affected many services in Microsoft Azure between 19:43 and 22:35 UTC on May 2, 2019. The outage affected many services within Microsoft…

Apr 12, 2019 • 2 min read

Azure Icon Downloader Chrome Extension

I’ve written previously about the zip download of the Azure Icons available from Microsoft. That download has .png, .svg, and some other formats of many…

Mar 26, 2019 • 7 min read

Top 13 Cosmos DB Features Coming Soon as of March 2019

Azure DocumentDB, ahem… I mean Azure Cosmos DB is the globally distributed, highly available, NoSQL, database-as-a-service offering from Microsoft. The service boasts lots of really…

Feb 4, 2019 • 4 min read

AI-100 Designing and Implementing an Azure AI Solution Certification Exam (RETIRED)

The AI-100 Designing and Implementing an Azure AI Solution certification exam tests and validates your expertise using the various services within the Microsoft Azure Artificial…

Sep 24, 2018 • 6 min read

Introducing Role-based Microsoft & Azure Certification Shakeup

Last July, Microsoft Learning announced some upcoming changes to the Microsoft Azure Certifications to make them more role-based. Recently, surrounding the Microsoft Ignite 2018 conference,…

Jul 17, 2018 • 2 min read

New Microsoft Azure Certification Paths Coming in 2018

Microsoft announced, at Inspire 2018, some additions and changes to the Microsoft Certifications surrounding the Microsoft Azure cloud that are starting to be released, and…

Jul 16, 2018 • 3 min read

Introducing the Azure Administrator Certification Track from Microsoft

Microsoft continually updates the content of the different Microsoft Azure certification exams, but it’s been almost 2 years since they really updated the Microsoft Certification…

Jul 14, 2018 • 1 min read

eBook: Serverless Apps: Architecture, Patterns, and Azure Implementation by Jeremy Likness

The “Serverless Apps: Architecture, Patterns, and Azure Implementation” eBook, authored by Jeremy Likness, is a guide for cloud native development of applications using serverless compute.…