GitHub, Azure Arc, Java on Azure, and more: Top picks from Microsoft Learn – March 2021

 

With Microsoft Ignite so close, Azure team has been busy releasing exciting new content. Here are my picks from new and recently discovered content on Microsoft Learn.

 

Introduction to GitHub in Visual Studio Code

Learn to use GitHub integration in Visual Studio Code, including authentication, publishing repos, and viewing your repo timeline.

 

Unify operations and management with Azure Arc

Learn how Azure’s hybrid and multicloud technologies take you from bare metal to a cloud-connected and consistent application and data platform in on-premises, multicloud, and edge environments with Azure Arc and Azure Stack HCI.

Manage hybrid infrastructure with Azure Arc
Azure Stack HCI foundations

 

Introduction to key Azure network security services

Learn to protect your network from cyber security attacks with Azure network security services: Azure Private Link, Azure Virtual WAN, Azure DDoS Protection Standard, Azure Firewall, Azure Firewall Manager, and Azure Web Application Firewall.

 

Build a real-time event-driven Java Solution on Azure

Send event based telemetric data in real time to Cosmos DB using Azure Functions and Event Hub. Learn to explain event-driven and real-time workloads and understand the metrics in Application Insights to measure the performance and identify potential bottle necks.

 

Accelerate and scale a Spring Boot application with Azure Cache for Redis

This module is part of a growing learning path about Java on Azure. Stay tuned for more.