June 2019 | Developer Support

Learn How to Ask the Right Questions!

Premier DeveloperJune 30, 2019Jun 30, 201906/30/19

if you want to change something, never immediately assume that current conditions are immutable. If you’ve never discussed the possibility to change, you cannot know whether others – your partners, customers, teammates, or managers – would resist, or the reverse – enthusiastically gush and support the change.

4 Ways to Integrate Development and Operations Efforts

Premier DeveloperJune 30, 2019Jun 30, 201906/30/19

How do you deal with the fact that the developers in your organization cannot or will not own the process of delivering into production? How do you deal with the fact that your operations engineers cannot or do not fully understand the software to which they have been given stewardship?

The Journey Begins – DevOps starts with culture!

Premier DeveloperJune 29, 2019Jun 29, 201906/29/19

At this point we were five plus years into a local transformation that was underappreciated and overlooked by the global IT organization. The frustration was high and the hope was waning. For me this became my motivation to start a journey to understand why some organization can adopt DevOps strategies successfully and other struggle.

Tribal Knowledge – The Anti-DevOps Culture

Premier DeveloperJune 27, 2019Jun 27, 201906/27/19

By removing or reducing tribal knowledge from projects and teams, organizations set themselves up for success in an ever-changing landscape (exponentially changing). In other words, you can add to your DevOps culture (or create one) simply by subtracting the bad habits and behaviors.

AI and the Art of What’s Possible

Premier DeveloperJune 21, 2019Jun 21, 201906/21/19

Application Development Manager Rich Maines explores the art of the possible with AI in the context of Microsoft services and the ethical principles that we believe should drive the development of AI.

Setting up a cloud server to run UniFi Controller

Premier DeveloperJune 20, 2019Jun 20, 201906/20/19

In this post, we'll explore how to setup an Azure virtual machine to act as a UniFi controller in the cloud, enabling 24x7 guest access without the overhead of running a physical machine continuously in your home.

Getting started with Docker for Windows

Premier DeveloperJune 19, 2019Jun 19, 201906/19/19

In this walkthrough, our App Dev Managers show how to install, configure and containerize a simple webapp to help you get up and running with Docker.

Easily create a low-cost WordPress blog on Azure

Premier DeveloperJune 18, 2019Jun 18, 201906/18/19

These directions apply if you want to create a personal blog which is hosted on someone else's domain, and that won’t get a lot of traffic, and you want to do this cheaply.

Choosing the OAuth2 grant flow

Premier DeveloperJune 17, 2019Jun 17, 201906/17/19

Premier Dev Consultant Marius Rochon explores OAuth2 questions you need to ask and how the answers lead to the selection of the grant. The OAuth2 specifications define six different grant types (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749 and https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-device-flow-15). Each provides the most optimal (from the ...

Understanding ‘Why’ you should take CompTIA’s Security+ Exam for DoD Programs

Premier DeveloperJune 16, 2019Jun 16, 201906/16/19

It is extremely difficult to find individuals with Security+ accreditation. Achieving this accreditation not only helps you but also helps defense contracting companies and the DoD community to fill in those national security related positions with those specialized needs.

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