Ctrl+Alt+Azure

Show notes:

• Azure DevOps (Microsoft)
• Secure DevOps (Microsoft Security Engineering)
• Embrace a Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) for Azure (Zimmergren.net)
• Automate Azure DevOps code security analysis with the Microsoft Security Code Analysis extension (Zimmergren.net)
• Get started with Azure DevOps (Microsoft Learn)

Show notes:

• Azure Cloud Shell via shell.azure.com
• Azure Account extension for Visual Studio Code
• Azure Portal (mobile app): iOS, Android
• Nokia N900
• Azure PowerShell 'Az' module
• Using PowerShell in Visual Studio Code
• A blog post from Tobias and Jussi with some fine examples on scripting (Zimmergren.net)
• WSL 2 deployment guide
• Windows Terminal (Store install), GitHub repo
• resources.azure.com 
• Cmder (Tobias' choice of command line environment)
• Installing the Azure CLI in Visual Studio Code (Zimmergren.net)
• Running the Azure CLI using Bash on Ubuntu, in Windows 10 (Zimmergren.net)

Follow along when we talk about IoT, and how to build the Internet of Things-solutions on Azure. We talk about the devices, the services and approaches you can use to build scalable IoT solutions easily

Show links:

• Exam AZ-220: Microsoft Azure IoT Developer (beta)
• Azure IoT Hub
• Raspberry Pi 4
• Raspberry Pi Zero W
• Read Azure IoT Hub device-to-cloud messages from the built-in and custom endpoints
• Use Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code to build IoT Plug and Play devices

Follow along when we talk a bit about considerations and practices for Azure development at scale. Performance, caching, redundancies and more - some good tips for thinking before kicking off development.

Show notes:

• Azure Application Architecture (Microsoft)
• Building scalable cloud systems with great performance using Azure Cache for Redis (Zimmergren)
• Caching Best Practices (Microsoft)
• Cloud Design Patterns (Microsoft)
• Run background tasks with WebJobs in Azure App Service (Microsoft)
• Using  Azure Automate to run PowerShell runbooks (Microsoft)
• Reflections on Logic Apps (Ctrl+Alt+Azure episode 006)

• Azure Security Center overview 
• Pricing  
• Microsoft Secure Score 
• Identity Governance 
• Azure Advisor 

Tag along for this episode where we're talking about remote access options for VMs, and the joys of traveling around the world to talk about Azure.

Show notes:

• Tiago Cost (Twitter, Linkedin)
• Tiago's courses on Linkedin Learning: 
  • Scaling Applications with Microsoft Azure 
  • Developing Long-Running Tasks with Microsoft Azure 
  • Azure for Developers: Implementing and Developing Functions 
  • Azure Administration: Implement and Manage Application Services 
• The Maersk article
• Azure Bastion Host
• Jussi's walkthrough of getting started with Azure Bastion Host
• Just-In-Time VM access
• Just-In-Time VM access pricing details
• PowerShell DSC
• Pets vs. Cattle analogy
• Windows Admin Center
• Run Azure Cloud Shell in Windows Admin Center (Thomas Maurer)
• Azure Functions consumption plan
• Azure Functions 3.0 availability

Tag along for this episode where we're talking about the tools we like with Azure, and what happens when you accidentally delete a Web App in production.

Show notes:

• Azurespeed.com and fast.com
• Azure Heatmap
• Azure Pricing Calculator
• Azure CLI 
• Curl
• Postman & Fiddler
• Screenshotting: Greenshot / SnagIt / Windows 10
• Windows Terminal
• Resources.azure.com
• Visual Studio Code + PowerShell extension
• Azure Roadmap
• Azure Architectures
• Azure Storage Explorer
• AzCopy
• Azure Portal App

In this episode we dive into a discussion around developing on Azure. Whether you're just getting started, or a seasoned developer, we'll take a look at what's involved when you want to start building solutions on Azure.

Tag along for this episode where we're reflecting a bit on what's essential in developing solutions on Azure!

Show links:

• Visual Studio Online
• Azure Pricing Calculator 
• How Azure pricing works
• Get Visual Studio 2019

In this episode we dive into a discussion around Logic Apps. What are they, what differs Logic Apps from things like Flow or Azure Functions? When do you use what? Do you know the costs involved? What about recurring Logic Apps and the involved cost? … and what about custom code in my Logic Apps?

Links:

• Automating tasks with Logic Apps
• Logic Apps pricing model
• Short (28 min) intro to building solutions with Logic Apps
• Serverless and Logic Apps

Tobias Zimmergren and Jussi Roine talks about Microsoft Azure Certifications, and different angles on if they are still important, what the experience is today versus in the past, differences between beta- and released exams and a lot more.

Links:

• Role-Based Certification Exams (Microsoft)
• How to prepare and succeed with exams (Jussi Roine)