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Azure Portal goes Native on iOS and Android
Since the beginning of Microsoft Azure with the initial General Availability in February 2010, then Azure Portal has always been a Web Application. It's gone through a couple of different HTML5 / Javascript versions, including a Silverlight version back in the early...
Visual Studio 2017 Development using a VM in Azure
In the past the only option for writing code and building software using Visual Studio was to install it on your local machine. With technologies like Windows Hyper-V and VMWare things became less invasive by allowing you to develop software inside of a Virtual...
Free eBook: Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms
Written by Charles Petzold, the "Creating Mobile Apps with Xamarin.Forms" book is a 1200 page deep dive for C# developers who want to write applications that target the 3 most popular mobile platforms: iOS, Android, and Windows! This free eBook has been made available...
Free eBook: Microsoft Platform and Tools for Mobile App Development
It's important for today's decision makers to understand how to create a mobile app development strategy. This can be key to opening up new business opportunities. The "Microsoft Platform and Tools for Mobile App Development" Free eBook written by Cesar de la Torre...
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Chris Pietschmann Awarded 2020 Microsoft MVP in Azure
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Sysinternals ProcDump for Linux
Sysinternals are very widely used tools from Microsoft in the Windows world, and now the ProcDump utility has been ported over to Linux as an Open Source project from Microsoft. ProcDump is a command-line (CLI) utility for monitoring an application for CPU spikes and...
Install Azure CLI on Windows with Winget
The Azure CLI is the command-line tool for working with Microsoft Azure resources, and grants you access to the CLI through both the Windows Command Prompt (CMD) or PowerShell command-line. You could download and install the Azure CLI using an MSI installer, but if...
Change in ourselves helps drive change in the world – a letter from Satya Nadella (cross-post)
This is a letter that Satya Nadella wrote to Microsoft employees on June 5, 2020 in response to all the protests about George Floyd and racial injustice. I encourage you to all read it and reflect on how you can help us all change for the better. An email from CEO...
Certification
Top 15 Security Certifications for your Job Role in 2021
Are you looking at security certifications? Certification in the areas of Cybersecurity, IT Security, and Computer Security do not have as many straight forward options in comparison to Windows or Linux certifications, or even cloud certifications with Microsoft...
CompTIA Linux+ XK0-004 Certification Exam
In the modern world of IT, Linux has been growing in popularity and use. This is especially something we are seeing in the cloud, where even Microsoft has admitted that there are more Linux server running in Microsoft Azure than Window servers. You could even...
Microsoft Azure IoT Developer (AZ-220) Certification is now LIVE
The Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification (and exam AZ-220) is now LIVE and out of Beta. This is the first cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) certification from the major cloud providers and a great addition to the Microsoft Azure...
AZ-900 Exam: Azure IoT Product Overview from Tim Warner
For some time now, Tim Warner, a fellow Microsoft MVP, has been posting short videos that methodically go over all the AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals certification exam objectives and skill areas. This is a pretty great free series of training/study content geared towards...
Microsoft MCSA / MCSE Certifications Get Extended
In a response to the quarantine and lockdown restrictions due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Microsoft has announced they are delaying retiring the MCSA, MCSE, and MCSD certifications and exams. These certifications are now going to be retired January 31,...
Internet of Things
Raspberry Pi 4 Available in 2, 4, and 8 GB Options
The Raspberry Pi is a popular single board computer with many different uses from Internet of Things (IoT) to learning about computer science and many other uses in between. Since the original release in 2012, the Raspberry Pi has had many updates over the years with...
Top 11 Azure IoT Announcements from Build 2020
Microsoft made a ton of announcements at and around the Microsoft Build 2020 conference. Included in all the announcements was a tone of news surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT) space and what innovations Microsoft is bringing to Microsoft Azure and Windows for...
Azure Announcements from Microsoft Build 2020
Microsoft made a lot of announcements with their Microsoft Build 2020 event that kicked off today. The event included TONS of updates and announcements across the entire stack of Microsoft products with a centered focus towards a Developer audience; since #MSBuild is...
Microsoft Azure Sphere’s $100K IoT Hacker Bounty Challenge
Microsoft has begun a 3-month long Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge to find security vulnerabilities in its Azure Sphere OS for building Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. This challenge is adding to the Azure Security Lab announcement from Black Hat back in...
Microsoft Azure IoT Developer (AZ-220) Certification is now LIVE
The Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification (and exam AZ-220) is now LIVE and out of Beta. This is the first cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) certification from the major cloud providers and a great addition to the Microsoft Azure...
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