Reading Notes #228

Cloud

• But Why Do You Trust Your Data? (Buck Woody) - I consider this post as a really great teaser. After ready his post most chances are you will check the video it recommended... and next give a shot to Azure data Catalog.

Programming

• An update on ASP.NET Core 1.0 RC2 - This post explains why the next release is taking "so long".
  
• PowerShell: Simplify Complex Function Calls (John Kirkham) - I love it! It's time to clean our scripts or at least stop writing more obfuscated ones.
  
• How to host your own NuGet Server and Package Feed - Wow, I didn't know it was that easy to have a private Nuget server...Definitely something to explore more deeply.

Data

• Analyzing your Azure Search traffic (Berni Torres Garayar) - Great post that explains how to improve our services by listening to our client's search requests, leveraging the new Azure Search Analytics and PowerBi.

Miscellaneous

• Give yourself permission to have work-life balance - In a connected world, it's easy not to slow down a moment and raise our head to look around us. Interesting post to read before you win the race to the burnout.
  
• Check out the new MVP Channel 9 page! - Channel9 has a brand-new section where you can see all MVPs video... see it by yourself.

~Frank

Reading Notes #227

Suggestion of the week

• Secure Authentication of Azure Resource Management Deployments (John Kirkham) - Nice tips about security, true all the time but they take all their sense in a context of continuous deployment.

Cloud

• New diagnostics and analytics capabilities in Application Insights (Merav Davidson) - This post is a great tour of the nee features of Applcation Insights.
  
• Planning and creating Azure Search indexes - | Gunnar Peipman - Programming Blog (Gunnar Peipman) - A fantastic tutorial about all the thinking we need to do before creating Azure Search index creation.
  
• DocumentDB goes planet scale with global databases, new pricing and more developer choices (John Macintyre) - Perfect post to be up to date with the latest DocumentDB: availability, prices, new compatibility.
  
• Using SOAP Services with Logic Apps (Jeff Hollan) - Interesting tutorial that gives all the details about how to configure SOAP Services with Azure LogicApp.
  
• Global Azure BootCamp 2016 - The global event is planned for next week, did you reserved your seat?

MVP Award 2016!

Thank you

Since two years now, the first of April is very special for me. Not because of all the April fool, but because that the date you made me a Microsoft Azure MVP.

I'm very proud and happy to be renew this year again. I wanted to take time to thank you all. I will continue to write and talk about my passions!
See you soon...

Up-comming events

• April 16 - Montreal Global Azure Bootcamp (Montreal edition)
• April 27 - Ottawa Ottawa Cloud Tech Kick Off meeting!
• July 4-8 - Montreal DevTeDevTeach Montreal DevConach