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Blogs|Jun 23, 2020

When to Use a Service Mesh with Kubernetes

If one has been around the Kubernetes space for any significant amount of time, one has probably heard the words, “service mesh” mentioned, or at least some implementation of one such as Istio, Linkered, or Consul. At first, one might wonder why one would need to add something to Kubernetes, an already complex package that…
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Video|Jun 11, 2020

Tech on Fire: Take a Tour of Cosmos DB

Cosmos DB has quickly become the go-to database as a service for many NoSQL database paradigms, including document databases and graph databases. With these offerings, there are a lot of possible solutions for a variety of different projects. In this video, you’ll get a long-form introduction to Cosmos DB on Microsoft Azure.
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Blogs|Jun 5, 2020

Azure Resources: Saving Time And Money

Money is always important whether you are developing for yourself, your employer, or a client. One way to save money in Azure is to shut down resources at the end of the day. As an Azure data engineer, it can be a tedious task that is easy to forget. There can be a lot of…
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Blogs|Jun 1, 2020

The Importance of DevOps in Your Business

For anyone in the technology space, the topic of DevOps has become prevalent across virtually all industries as organizations recognize that DevOps delivers value well beyond their IT department. Technology is changing the way we do business, and in the prescient words of Satya Nadella, “every business will become a software business.” So, how can…
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Blogs|May 29, 2020

Delivering Desktop Apps in Docker Containers

In this session from DockerCon 2020, Microsoft MVP Blaize Stewart will teach you two different ways to deploy desktop applications. The first, how desktop apps can be deployed to a local machine running Docker, and second how to run the application through the desktop. You will also learn how a similar approach can be used…
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How To|May 20, 2020

Tech on Fire: Using Cloudfare with Blob Storage

Cloudflare offers some amazing protection for websites such as DDoS protection, a Web Application Firewall, and End-to-end SSL. In this video, we’ll look at how to configure a static site hosted on Azure Blob Storage to work with Cloudflare to take advantage of all the security Cloudflare offers.
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Devcenter|May 18, 2020

A Microsoft Partner’s View of the Pandemic

As I look out on the world right now, I find myself experiencing something rare for me: surprise.  After being in business for over 25 years – and a Microsoft Partner for most of that time – I thought I had experienced pretty much everything. There was the dotcom bust of 2000. The Great Recession…
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How To|May 15, 2020

Tech on Fire: The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

The Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSL) lets Windows users run Linux apps right on top of Windows. QSL offers tight integration with Windows that makes using it easy and installing it is also a cinch. In this video we’ll show you how to install it and use it.
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