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Run your Python script on demand with Azure Container Instances and Azure Logic Apps

By Basim Majeed, Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft An increasing focus has been placed recently...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 04/04/2018

The Azure IT Camps are back!

Are you ready to do more with Azure? We're hosting a series of free, 2-day training events that...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 03/15/2018

Build analytics on social media streams using Power BI and Logic Apps

By Phil Beaumont, Data and AI Solution Architect at Microsoft There are numerous technologies that...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 03/07/2018

What I think is the single best thing about VSTS

By Matteo Emili, Visual Studio and Development Technologies MVP I speak at several meetups and...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 03/05/2018

Don’t make these 5 Azure developer mistakes

By Alex Bennett, Firebrand Training Alex works for Firebrand Training, a Microsoft Gold Learning...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 03/02/2018

Using Power BI to visualise your data

Power BI is a suite of powerful business analytics tools that can connect to hundreds of data...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 02/21/2018

A look at the open source PowerShell v6

By Richard Siddaway, IT Consultant and Author. Richard Siddaway has over 25 years of experience in...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 02/19/2018

There’s a gorilla in the room and it’s not here to redecorate

By Tom Britton, Co-Founder and CTO of Syndicate Room At some point in time you’re going to realise...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 02/16/2018

Catch up on the Azure Red Shirt Dev Tour with these resources

On the second day of Tech Summit Birmingham, Scott Guthrie took to the stage to host the Azure Red...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 02/14/2018

An introduction to the Microsoft Bot Framework

This article was originally published on the Microsoft UK Developers website.  By Gary Pretty,...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 02/02/2018

How to use microservices with Azure Service Fabric

By Alex Bennett, Firebrand Training Most applications are made up of multiple component parts, with...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 01/22/2018

What are Azure Availability Zones and why should you use them

By Alex Bennett, Firebrand Training Highly available applications can absorb changes in load and the...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 01/08/2018

5 Reasons Why You Should Consider Moving to Azure This Year

Azure is the perfect platform for integrated services, including virtual machines, webservers,...

Author: Jacob McQuillan Date: 01/04/2018

Data always tells a story

Data always tells a story.  The easiest stories for it to tell are about what happened in the past...

Author: Gavin Payne Date: 01/02/2018

Good software comes to those who wait

By Jacob McQuillan, Developer and Social Media Manager at Microsoft When ensuring that the product...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 12/18/2017

How Aveva developed engineering apps for HoloLens

By Asavin Wattanajantra The HoloLens has enormous potential in engineering – augmented reality can...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 12/13/2017

A Secure Azure

By Olivier Subramanian Olivier is a Cloud Solution Architect in the UK Customer Success Unit.  He...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 12/04/2017

How the HoloLens can help build the buildings of tomorrow

By Asavin Wattanajantra Engineers, architects and other experts in the construction industry are...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 11/17/2017

Connecting Configuration Manager to OMS

This article was originally posted on morethanpatches.com This post follows on from a speaking...

Author: Peter Egerton Date: 11/15/2017

An Introduction to Microsoft’s Big Data Certifications and Courses

By Alex Bennett, Firebrand Training Big Data spending is set to hit £36.95 billion by 2019, as tech...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 11/13/2017

Two Backlogs Integration (Trello & VSTS)

By Mohamed Radwan, Visual Studio ALM MVP and DevOps Practice Lead at Testhouse The Operations...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 11/09/2017

How to choose an Azure Virtual Machine

By Alex Bennett, Firebrand Training Microsoft offers a wide range of Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) to...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 11/07/2017

Future Decoded Day 1 - The Technical Keynote

Miss the technical keynote from Future Decoded 2017? Not to worry, as we have a roundup of the...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 10/31/2017

Azure Cosmos DB: An expert’s introduction

By Alex Bennett, Firebrand Training Unveiled at Microsoft Build in May, Azure Cosmos DB is the...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 10/26/2017

Microsoft and Mixed Reality

It's been an eventful few weeks for Microsoft and mixed reality! Just last week we saw the reveal of...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 10/12/2017

The Innovate IT camps are back!

What is an #InnovateIT Camp? Last year over 700 attendees developed their Hybrid IT skills, with...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 10/10/2017

Get Started on Your Path to Earning More with Microsoft’s IT Pro Certifications

By Selina Winter, Sr. Business Program Manager, Microsoft Certification Microsoft certified...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 10/06/2017

Get Started on Your Path to Earning More with Microsoft’s Developer Certifications

By Selina Winter, Sr. Business Program Manager, Microsoft Certification Microsoft certified...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 10/05/2017

Implementing Windows Autopilot - the future of device deployment

By Paul Winstanley, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Consultant, SCCM Solutions Ltd. He...

Author: Paul Winstanley [MVP] Date: 09/26/2017

Containers – The Next Small Thing

While application systems are always getting larger, the trend is for them to be made from smaller...

Author: Gavin Payne Date: 09/18/2017

The HoloLens and the Future of Crime Scene Investigation

By Asavin Wattanajantra In the 2010 video game, Heavy Rain, an FBI agent called Norman Jayden hunts...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 09/05/2017

Watching the Red Bull Air Race with the HoloLens

By Asavin Wattanajantra Red Bull is one of the biggest brands in the world. The pioneer in energy...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 08/24/2017

Extend the Automatic Deletion of Windows 10 Feature Update Backups

By Alex Popham, Modern Desktop Technical Solutions Professional at Microsoft As you will all be...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 08/23/2017

.NET Core 2.0 is available!

By Rich Lander As of Monday, .NET Core 2.0 is available! You can now start developing with it at the...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 08/16/2017

Intune goes to the Cloud

Source: Intune goes to the Cloud First I should apologise for being dead to the world in blog terms...

Author: Ed Baker (UK Evangelist) Date: 08/02/2017

How to get GDPR compliant with Microsoft

By Alex Bennett, Firebrand Training When the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 08/01/2017

Top 5 .NET Exceptions

By Liam Westley, Application Architect at Huddle When you use the word Exception it always sounds...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 07/25/2017

How Parquet.Net from Elastacloud Will Empower your Big Data Applications

By Andy Cross, COO of Elastacloud You may have heard of Apache Parquet, the columnar file format...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 07/20/2017

Migrating to Azure SQL Database

As well as hosting the databases used by new cloud applications, Microsoft’s Azure SQL Database...

Author: Gavin Payne Date: 07/13/2017

Mastering Identity with Azure Active Directory – Episode 7: The Azure AD Application Proxy

The seventh part of John Craddock’s series into Azure Active Directory shows you how to publish...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 07/12/2017

Complete Windows Server Certification Guide: MTA, MCSA and MCSE

By Alex Bennett, Firebrand Training Whether you’re new to Windows Server technology or an...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 06/30/2017

Using Microsoft Azure to add Blockchains to enterprise solutions

By David Goon, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft If you have heard of Blockchains, or distributed...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 06/29/2017

Tech community events are changing

Not only is tech itself changing, but so are the community events people attend to learn about it....

Author: Gavin Payne Date: 06/22/2017

How to change your Intune MDM authority

By Paul Winstanley, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Consultant, SCCM Solutions Ltd. He...

Author: Paul Winstanley [MVP] Date: 06/21/2017

5 areas in which Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise extends Visual Studio 2017 Professional

By Giles Davies, Visual Studio Technical Specialist at Microsoft This is an updated version of the 6...

Author: Chris Walden Date: 06/08/2017

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