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Cloud Design Patterns – Availability

September 20, 2017 Sep 20, 2017 09/20/17
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In this post, App Dev Manager John Tran explores some important availability concepts you need to consider when moving applications to the cloud.Moving to the cloud forces us to change the way we design and deploy applications.  The traditional way of application development for on premises infrastructure is not the same as development ...

Differentiating between Azure Virtual Network (VNet) and AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

September 17, 2017 Sep 17, 2017 09/17/17
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In this post, Senior ADM Fidelis Ekezue shares insights into similarities and differences between Azure VNets and AWS VPC.It’s important to note that in the cloud, features and capabilities are in a state of constant change to improve services and adapt to industry demands.  To the best of our knowledge, the information in this article ...

mySQL, POSTgreSQL DBs as a Service

August 9, 2017 Aug 9, 2017 08/9/17
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This post is from App Dev Manager, Omer Amin who spotlights mySQL and POSTgreSQL, both announced at BUILD this year.(image) If you missed the announcement at BUILD earlier this year, Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL provide fully-managed MySQL and PostgreSQL database as-a-service for easy development and deployment...

Getting Started with Java on Azure

July 12, 2017 Jul 12, 2017 07/12/17
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This post is provided by App Dev Managers, Derrick Sharpe and Andrea Martini, who spotlight the use of Java on Windows Azure.Many people are surprised to hear that running Java on Microsoft Azure is even possible, but there are many large, Java-based production applications running in the Microsoft Cloud. Azure provides numerous resources just...

Microsoft .NET Architecture Guidance

July 11, 2017 Jul 11, 2017 07/11/17
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This post is provided by Senior ADM, Brian Swiger, who shares several helpful .NET Architectural Guidance e-books and samples.(image) Four application architecture guidance drafts are available from Microsoft's Developer Division and the Visual Studio product teams.  These drafts cover four areas: Microservices and Docker, ASP.NET Web ...

Computer Vision Made Easy with Cognitive Services

July 6, 2017 Jul 6, 2017 07/6/17
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This post is provide by App Dev Manager, Andrew Kanieski, who takes K9 obedience training to a new level with computer vision and Cognitive Services. Computer vision is truly amazing technology! It can be used to distill rich information from images that can help you breathe life into your applications. Microsoft's Cognitive Services - ...

Riding the Azure Stack opportunity

June 23, 2017 Jun 23, 2017 06/23/17
Monu Bambroo
In this blog post, Premier Developer consultant Rob Vettor talks about Azure Stack opportunities. You are hearing more and more about Azure Stack. As a developer, the release of this long-awaited platform will present new opportunities and place a premium on Azure development skills. A highly ambitious project from Microsoft, Azure Stack ...