This episode Jeffrey brings you a live recording from the Microsoft Ignite event. Today, he’s talking with several people, including Greg Leonardo, an Azure MVP and Cloud Architect; Josh Gaverick, an MVP in Application Lifecycle Management and an Senior Application Architect at 10th Magnitude; Rob Richardson, a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET who also builds web properties for small and medium sized businesses; and Colin Dembovsky, an ALM MVP and Cloud Solution Architect at 10th Magnitude.

 

Tune in to hear highlights from each of the guest’s panels, what they have enjoyed learning about at the conference, their insights on various topics in the Azure space, their day-to-day work and projects outside of the conference, and their predictions on the future of Azure!

 

Topics of Discussion:

[:40] About today’s episode.

[:51] Jeffrey introduces his first guest this episode, Greg Leonardo.

[1:55] How Greg journeyed into the Azure space.

[2:49] What has been going on in Greg’s local community of Tampa, Florida.

[3:59] What Greg and Jeffrey share in common: supporting VetsinTech!

[4:48] Greg explains what a front door is in the Azure space.

[5:40] Where to find more information about the work Greg is up to.

[7:01] Greg explains some of the interesting ideas found in his book.

[10:27] A word from Azure DevOps sponsor: Clear Measure.

[10:53] Jeffrey introduces the next set of guests: Josh Gaverick, Rob Richardson, and Colin Dembovsky.

[11:50] How the conference has been so far for the three of them.

[12:23] Highlights from Rob’s talk at the conference.

[14:35] What has been Josh’s highlights of the conference thus far and what his talk was about.

[17:21] Colin’s highlights at the conference.

[19:18] Josh’s insights on SQL Managed Instance.

[20:09] About Josh’s other talks at the conference.

[21:16] About Rob’s current projects at his job.

[24:45] What Colin works on day-to-day.

[28:18] About Josh’s current work.

[35:27] Recommendations for listeners to check out after this week’s episode!

[41:22] Jeffrey asks: five years from now, where are we going to be?

 

Mentioned in this Episode:

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Ignite

Hands-On Cloud Solutions with Azure, by Greg Leonardo

VetsinTech

Clear Measure (Sponsor) Azure Front Door Service

GregLeonardo.com

SQL Managed Instance

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, by Fred Brooks

Micro Focus

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Windows Containers

 

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Follow Up with Our Guests:

Greg Leonardo’s LinkedIn

GregLeonardo.com

Josh Garverick’s LinkedIn

RobRich.net

Colin Dembovsky’s LinkedIn