Vito On Azure

This is a collection of demos, guides, events, thoughts and software that are useful for Azure developers, architects, customers and partners that I work with at Microsoft. Some of these are made by me, others by colleague and the cloud community :)

Recent Videos

Unlimited Scale for Node.js application

Azure is a great development and deployment option for Node.js applications. Join Vito as he walks you through Visual Studio Code features for Azure productivity, great Azure cloud features that help you scale globally, interesting Azure services that you can reuse instead of building your own as well as automation options that enhances your cloud experience.

Could blockchain be the foundation of a viable KYC utility?

Sharing of insights resulting from a joint POC (with KPMG’s Michael Cutler) using Corda on Azure to develop a process that transform Customer Identification Procedures (eKYC) including architecture and best practice.

Azure Blockchain Service Overview (Consortium governance)

Walkthrough of consortium governance in Azure Blockchain Service.

Recent Events

• Microsoft Open Source Virtual Summit, March 2020
• JS Adventures in Azureland at JSConf.Asia 2019

Source and guide repositories

• 3nodes: Private transactions on Azure Blockchain Service
• Scaling with Azure
• Adding Azure AD authentication to your existing React based JWT in 15 small steps
• Sprint-based Technical Onboarding
• Decentralized Trust with Ethereum (Credit Score Scenario)

Writings

• To queue or not to queue

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Curated Azure resources

General

• (Heatmap of Azure updates)[https://azurecharts.com/]

Cost management

• (Analyze cost with the Azure Cost Management Power BI App for Enterprise Agreements)[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/analyze-cost-data-azure-cost-management-power-bi-template-app]

Azure Active Directory

• @azure/identity documentation

This documentation for is a MUST READ for any developer looking at leveraging Azure AD for identification, authentication and RBAC across all scenarios (i.e. ManagedIdentityCredential, EnvironmentCredential, AuthorizationCodeCredential, InteractiveBrowserCredential, DeviceCodeCredential). Just read it in any case, it is a very well-written piece of documentation :)

• Add Azure AD authentication to React apps (2020)

Azure Cosmos DB

• Azure Cosmos DB workshops
• Create a real-time dashboard using Azure Cosmos DB and Power BI

If you notice any links that are no longer pointing to working pages, please let me know by creating an issue on the GitHub repository of this site.

Azure Private Link

Setting up a Private Link service as a service provider

Curated VS Code resources

• When installing VSCode on a new macOS computer, remember to use the Command Palette to install ‘code’ command in PATH

Kubernetes

• Running kind in Windows
• Onboarding a Kubernetes cluster to Azure Arc

GTM (Go To Market)

• Introduction to the Microsoft commercial marketplace

Load Testing

• Terrific walkthrough on getting an Apache JMeter™ test plan together to load test services requiring Azure AD

Upcoming postings

• Add guest users to your directory in the Azure portal
• Code example on using the @azure/identity npm package
• @azure/identity username/password credential
• VS Code timeline
• aka.ms/codetour
• Find data with blob index
• Azure DevOps Demo Generator
• Table API for Cosmos DB
• Open Application Model Specification
• Rudr
• Azure Dev Spaces