Hey all, thanks for sticking with my blog, check out this new video update featuring the amazing Sweet Baby Rico. Sorry about the brightness, getting used to this still! Will modify my recording space a bit more next time. A quick update: Three weeks at MSFT! Microsoft Ignite 2018 (9/24-9/28/2018 Orlando, FL) Chaos
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Video Tutorial Time! This time I start showing you how to build a basic Ubuntu Linux VM on the Microsoft Azure Cloud.
On September 18th, 2018 I attended the Cloud Native Security Summit in New York City. This was an invitation-only event that gave Security and DevOps industry members an opportunity to hear from some of the brightest minds in InfoSec today. The event had about 100 attendees and was sponsored by Duo, Signal Sciences and Capsule
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Microsoft Azure provides you with many pre-configured solutions to assist with your daily operational tasks in your IT environment. One of the best options for deploying systems quickly to Azure is using Chef Automate. Chef Automate is a point and click solution you can create within the Azure portal to assist you to
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Check out the latest product from Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps for your CI/CD process. Check out Azure DevOps to provide you with FREE CI/CD testing for open source projects. I went to the Azure Pipelines offering on the GitHub marketplace, connected my account for free, then added a repository! Here’s a brief look
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It’s September 11th, 2018 and it’s a Tuesday. A day I wake up, look across the street to the 1 WTC building not far from my home and try to just continue. For some this is a day of remembrance, for others a day of pain and torment. For me, it’s Tuesday. On Sept
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Azure has a hosted MySQL service that allows you to offload the operational overhead of your database. By providing you with management for: High Availability Pay-as-you-go pricing Elastic scale Security, including encryption Point-in-time restores You can check out all the features on the Azure website to get a complete listing of all the services that
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Hey there. I’m Jay and I’ve done a bunch of blogging and videos about MongoDB in the past. Now that I am part of the Microsoft Azure Advocates team, I want to take you all on a journey with me as I navigate my way through the process of understanding all the different options to
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