Friday Five: Azure Functions, Microservices and More!

Speech to Text in an Azure Function Henk Boelman works as a Cloud Solutions Architect in the Netherlands. He started out as a software developer in the late '90s and later moved on to the role of architect. He now guides organizations in their cloud adventure, with a strong focus on cloud native software development. During these years, Henk has built and designed numerous web-based platforms for small and large companies. He loves to share his knowledge on topics such as DevOps, Azure and Cognitive Services by providing training courses and he is a regular speaker at user groups and conferences. In June 2018 he received a Microsoft MVP award in the AI category. Follow him on Twitter @hboelman .

UWP Controlled Wireless Netduino Car
Jiong Shi has been a Microsoft MVP for nine years, and is interested in Windows 10 IoT Core, Windows Embedded, Azure IoT and UWP. He is an associate professor at the School of Computer and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang Wanli University, China. He is an author of the book “Windows 10 IoT Application Developer Guide”, a blogger , and speaker for Ignite China. Jiong is active in local developer community, speaking at technical conferences, writing articles on hackster , contributing to Windows IoT Core open-source projects , and  serving as a mentor and Microsoft Community Contributor . Follow him on Twitter @dearsj001 .