Azure Greg NewsLetter v25

This is the 25th edition of my weekly newsletter - As always, thank you for reading.

Last week I attended Experts Live Europe in Prague, it never fails to deliver an awesome time, and the conference matched the weather - amazing.

If you want to go to a great conference with the best people, listen to expert sessions, and enjoy the beautiful Prague scenery then you should add this conference to your must-attend list for 2024 and beyond.

The Festive Tech Calendar Call for Speakers is now open, if you add a session you are guaranteed to be in and taking part! - https://sessionize.com/festive-tech-calendar-2023/

Next week I have a nice video to share with you all - more on that soon.

The new MVP website went live and I’ve updated my profile a bit.

This week episode 6 went LIVE, Check it out at the link below.

• The call for speakers for the Festive Tech Calendar 2023 is open - https://sessionize.com/festive-tech-calendar-2023/

• Azure Logic Apps Community Standup - What's new for September - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bPc_K94B9s

• Convert the number of vCores or vCPUs in your nonrelational database to Azure Cosmos DB RU/s - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/convert-vcore-to-request-unit

• Try Azure SQL Database for free (preview) - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/free-offer?view=azuresql

• Example Reference Network Topologies for API Management in private mode. - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-architecture-blog/example-reference-network-topologies-for-api-management-in/ba-p/3932001

• Accelerate customer outcomes with Azure AI and Azure Communication Services. Check it out. - https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-mechanics-blog/build-gpt-automated-customer-support-with-azure-communication/ba-p/3937155

Still streaming and here are the streams that have demos included.

Below are some YouTube videos from my streaming sessions, enjoy!

• Learn 3 new features of Azure Bicep with Freek Berson.

• Learn GitHub CoPilot and Codespaces and more with April Edwards.

• Get Microsoft Certified In Azure And Healthcare With Sucheta Gawade!

You can watch the rest of the videos here on YouTube

If you would like to appear on the stream and either come and chat or maybe demo something you enjoy then here is my calendar.

https://calendly.com/gsuttie/live-streaming

Please don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel - that way you can click on the bell and get reminders when I go live.

Course Content

The Azure AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals course is complete - and thank you for all the people getting in touch with me about it, more courses are something I think will be on the horizon.

We have 12 videos now available covering all of the AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals content.

Check out the playlist below:-

View my LinkedIn Learning Courses on Azure Data Fundamentals:

Career Tips and Advice

• Book focus time in your diary so you can get some time to try to keep up to date.

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