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Call for Papers now open: Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2024
We are thrilled to announce that theCall for Papers (CFP) for Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2024is now officially open! This is an exciting opportunity for you to share your knowledge, experiences, and innovations with a vibrant and diverse community of developers. About the conference Azure Cosmos DB Conf is a free virtual developer event co-organized by Microsoft and the Azure Cosmos DB community. Scheduled for April 16, 2024, this conference marks our fourth year of bringing together the brightest minds in the field. It’s not just a conference; it’s a celebration of innovation and collaboration in powering today’s most advanced modern and AI-driven apps. What to expect This year’s event promises a wealth of knowledge with sessions delivered by both Microsoft and community experts. The conference will be streamed as a one-day 3-hour show, accompanied by additional on-demand sessions. Expect insightful, pre-recorded 15-minute sessions focusing on various aspects of Azure Cosmos DB. Why should I submit a session? Submitting to the Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2024 is an invaluable opportunity for professionals in the field. It’s not just about showcasing your expertise in Azure Cosmos DB and related technologies, but also about connecting with industry experts and peers, fostering relationships within the community. This platform offers you a chance to gain recognition and enhance your professional profile, contributing to your career growth. Beyond personal recognition, your contribution plays a crucial role in enriching the community’s collective knowledge and experience. It’s also an excellent way to develop and refine your public speaking and presentation skills, engaging with a diverse and global audience. You don’t want to miss this opportunity! Call for Papers is due February 15, 2024. We invite you to submit your proposals on the following themes: Intelligent Applications with AI and Azure Cosmos DB:Showcasing AI-enabled applications using Azure Cosmos DB’s vector database capabilities with Large Language Models (LLMs) from Azure OpenAI Service. Innovative and Specific Use Cases:Share your unique customer scenarios and solutions where Azure Cosmos DB played a pivotal role. Specific Programming Languages:Insights on utilizing Azure Cosmos DB SDK in languages like Java, Python, and Node.js. Connecting with Open-Source APIs:Experiences in integrating Azure Cosmos DB with APIs like MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Apache Cassandra, and Gremlin. Demonstration-Heavy Content:Submissions rich in live demonstrations or code are highly encouraged. Data Migration Sessions:Addressing the challenges and strategies in data migration to and from Azure Cosmos DB. Integration with Azure Ecosystem:Exploring the synergy between Azure Cosmos DB and other Azure services. Submission guidelines When submitting, please include details about yourself, prior presentation experiences, and any relevant links (videos, code repos, etc.). The selection process will consider your expertise in Azure Cosmos DB and your ability to deliver a confident and well-prepared talk. Call for Papers (CFP) for Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2024Join Us! Azure Cosmos DB at Microsoft Build 2022
Find out what's new in the world of Azure Cosmos DB directly from our team at Microsoft Build 2022. We will be introducing new features that enable developers to build scalable, cost-effective cloud-native applications with ease. Join senior leadership, program managers, and engineers for live sessions, roundtable discussions, and much more. This live event will be held virtually and is free for anyone to register. You won’t want to miss it! ###Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Scale Cloud-Native Apps and Accelerate App Modernization Tuesday, May 24th| 9:50 AM – 11:10 AM (PT) | 12:50 PM – 1:10 PM (ET) Learn about all the new exciting features coming to Azure Cosmos DB and join Microsoft senior leaders, Brendan Burns, Julia Liuson, Kathleen Mitford, and Scott Guthrie, as they kick off this year’s Microsoft Build,. The theme of this year’s keynote is “Scaling your application innovation and modernization with cloud-native architectures and fully managed databases – without compromise.” ### Wednesday, May 25, 2022 Deploy Modern Containerized Apps and Cloud-Native Databases at Scale Wednesday, May 25th| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM (PT) | 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM (ET) The microservices app pattern is widely used to accelerate solution velocity and agility. Learn about the latest updates in Azure Container Apps, a service tailored for high productivity with microservices and serverless containers. Then join senior program manager Justine Cocchi, Dustin Brown, Director at SitePro, and Bob Lowell, Director at Walmart to learn about the latest features coming to Azure Cosmos DB and how to use them to build distributed, modern, and cloud-native applications at scale and cost-effectively. Validating Azure Cosmos DB Strategies for Cost Effectiveness and Elasticity Wednesday, May 25th| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT) | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET) Pre-registration by May 24th is required to attend this session.In this round table, Azure Cosmos DB Senior Program Managers Estefani Arroyo, Mark Brown, and Deborah Chen are looking to review and get insights into how effective or meaningful any of these strategies are to your past or current usage of Azure Cosmos DB. The input you provide directly impacts how we prioritize and approach making Azure Cosmos DB both more cost-effective and efficient as well as providing higher levels of elasticity for your workloads. Ask the Experts: Modern Containerized Apps and Cloud-Native Databases at Scale Wednesday, May 25th | 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM (PT) | 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM (ET) Join Azure Cosmos DB Senior Program Managers Justine Cocchi and Deborah Chen as they answer your questions about building applications using serverless containers on Azure Container Apps, and Azure Cosmos DB, a fully managed NoSQL database service for modern app development. Azure Cosmos DB: Learn How to Enable Analytics Over Real-time Operational Data with Azure Synapse Link Wednesday, May 25th| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT) | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (ET) Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB is a cloud-native hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP) capability that enables near real-time analytics over operational data in Azure Cosmos DB. In this session, Senior Program Managers, Gary Hope and Rodrigo Souza will walk through how to create your own cloud-native HTAP workloads using real-time data stored in Azure Cosmos DB. ### Get Started with Azure Cosmos DB Azure Cosmos DB is a fully managed NoSQL database for modern app development with SLA-backed speed and availability, automatic and instant scalability, and open-source APIs for MongoDB, Cassandra, and other NoSQL engines. Discover features or capabilities atwww.AzureCosmosDB.comorget started for free. For up-to-date news on all things, Azure Cosmos DB be sure to follow us onTwitter,YouTube, and ourblog. ### Register for Microsoft Build Microsoft Build 2022 is a FREE digital event and experience that is open to all. Click the link to register for free and take part in this year’s Microsoft Build and explore the latest innovations in code and app development from experts all around the world. Microsoft Build will be held on May 24-26, 2022. See you there! Register for free to Microsoft Build 2022 right here!Join us at Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2022 on April 19th - 20th
Azure Cosmos DB conf is coming April 19th - 20th. We've got live sessions, a great keynote with people like Scott Hanselman, and tons of on-demand sessions. You can find all the details and register (free)https://aka.ms/AzureCosmosDBConf- See you there! The event is run as three, 3-hour live streams in Americas, APAC and EMEA, each with its own unique content, with a slate of on-demand sessions as well. VisitAzure Cosmos DB Confto see our agenda and download an .ics save the date for your calendar. Some of the key features of this event include: Three time zones (Americas, APAC, & EMEA) Unique content for each stream Straight to on-demand content launched during live event .ics save the date available based on your time zone Are you using Azure Cosmos DB? What are your favorite features? Share them in the comments below!
Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2021.11.12
Welcome back! I amJay Gordonand every week I try to bring you the latest updates from around the DevOps on Azure community. If you have a post you’d like to have me include, I am always listening. You can reach out onTwitterorLinkedInand I will be sure to share your latest post with the community. Also, be sure to tag your posts with #AzureDevOps! Get the top stories from the Azure DevOps community right in your email every week with this newsletter! Sign up today and never miss any of these great posts from the #AzureDevOps community! Subscribe to the newsletter here! Well, it’s the week afterMicrosoft Igniteand things are a bit more “normal” for many of us who were engaged in all the keynotes, talks, and Q&A sessions. I really enjoyed this session from Microsoft partner Red Hat’s James Read,How Pelayo moved from traditional IT to DevOps with Red Hat and Microsoft. If you missed out on great sessions like this, you can find recordings of many of the sessions at Microsoft Ignite within thesession catalog. Let’s dive into this week’s posts. We’ve got lots of new content including a lot on Terraform, Power Platform, containers, and more. Deploy Azure Container App from Azure DevOps Panu Oksalatakes a look at one of the products announced at Microsoft Ignite, Azure Container Apps. Power Platform: setting up an Azure DevOps Pipeline Django Lohnis like many Citizen Developers creating Apps with Microsoft Power Platform. This post explains how to setup a Azure DevOps Pipeline for your Power Platform Apps. Microsoft is bringing a managed Grafana service to Azure Paul Sawersshares details on the announcement of a fully-managed Grafana service coming to Azure. Deploy Azure Kubernetes Service using Terraform with Azure DevOps pipeline and deploying a sample application Thomas Thorntoncontinues his posts on using Terraform to deploy Azure resources. This time he shows you how to deploy a sample app to AKS. Using Containers to Share Terraform Modules and Deploy with Azure Pipelines Mark Johnsonreturns again this week with a new post on containers and how they can help you share your Terraform modules. Terraform, Azure DevOps, App Services, and Slots Yes! Even more Terraform! This post byJohn Folberthcovers the swapping slots in Azure App Service. He shows you how to deploy with Azure DevOps and Terraform along with providing some helpful YAML. Thank you to all this week’s contributors! We appreciate the posts byPanu,Django,Paul,Thomas,Mark, andJohn. If you’ve written an article about Azure DevOps or find some great content about DevOps on Azure, please share it with the #AzureDevOps hashtag on Twitter! Happy Friday, may your deploys go as planned and your weekend be fun!Join us at #MSCreate: DevOps on @LearnTV October 21, 2021
Microsoft’s Donovan Brown defines DevOps as, “the union of people, process, and products to enable continuous delivery of value to our end users.” Microsoft Create is back again and by popular demand, we are going to talk about everything DevOps. Join us at “Create: DevOps” as we discuss automation, cloud-native, infrastructure as code, and security. When: Thursday, October 21, 2021 9 AM PT – 12 PM PT Where:Microsoft LearnTV How:Register here for free DevOps Community Experts I’ll be hosting “Create: DevOps” onMicrosoft Learn TVon October 21. 2021 at 9 AM PT. I’ll be joined bySteven Murawskias we welcome presentations from some amazing speakers from across DevOps. We’ll have expert community leaders likeDonovan Brown,Martin Woodward,Quintessence Anx,April Edwards,Alex Hidalgo, andKat Cosgrovespeaking about subjects that make up five key pillars of DevOps. We’ll cover subjects such as culture shift, implementation of automation, cloud native applications, security, and a panel on observability. Together with our community speakers, we share with you how to break down the silos of development and operations teams with the tools and processes that set them up for success. DevOps is more than just CI/CD, it’s about cultural shifts within your organization. DevOps: A Cultural Shift DevOps looks to bring people together in IT organizations through shared goals, increased collaboration, and focus on improvement. While technology plays a key role in DevOps by implementing tools for automation, time management, and communication, ultimately a cultural shift within organizations is critical for success. DevOps is a strategy that’s been proven to work. As per the 2019 DevOps Research and Assessment report, high-performing teams using DevOps see 208x more frequent deployments, 106x faster from commit to deploy, 7x lower change failure rate, and a much faster incident recovery. This all leads to greater reliability of our systems. You’ll also get a chance to take part in a hands-on lab that provides an introductory look at some of the tools that give teams ways to automate and deploy their applications and infrastructure. Our team will be showing you how to deploy an Azure Kubernetes Cluster with the help of Infrastructure as Code tool Bicep and GitHub Actions. We’ll also explain how to create a more secure environment in sharing sensitive information by utilizing Azure Key Vault. This workshop is geared toward those just getting started with DevOps tooling. Steven Murawski, Marcus Felling, and I will demonstrate how to implement a fully automated deployment using CI/CD methodology powered by GitHub Actions. Let’s reduce our manual work and automate all the things! Get even more from this Create: DevOps event! Earn an Azure Hero Builder Badge Both Bicep and GitHub actions are great tools to help automate your infrastructure deployments on Azure. Be sure to stay with us till the end of the Workshop and learn how to automate deploying a Bicep file to Azure to earn an Azure Hero Builder Badge. We are always working to empower technical practitioners of all backgrounds. Microsoft created Azure Heroes to inspire developers to learn, coach, and build on Azure and promote a healthy, inclusive community. Earn yours while at Create: DevOps and show the world how much you’d like to give to the community. Plant a tree when you join Create: DevOps and complete a Learn Module Create cultural shifts through DevOps while impacting the planet with Ecosia. When you join Create: DevOps and complete one of the Microsoft Learn modules, we will plant a tree on your behalf. Our goal through this event is to plant over 1,440 new trees. Help restore the environment and communities all around the world. Learn more about our initiative here. Certificates will be issued after completion of Learn Module. Microsoft Learnis one of the best places to get free technical and conceptual training on subjects related to DevOps. You’ll be able to educate yourself on the latest Azure products, methods of implementation, and even have a little fun by earning experience points. Be a level ten wizard! Challenge your friends! Start your certification journey to become aDevOps Engineer with Microsoft Learn. See you there I really hope you join us for this great opportunity to hear about DevOps culture, tools, and cloud native implementation. We look forward to you being part of this very special event. When: Thursday, October 21, 2021 9 AM PT – 12 PM PT Where:Microsoft LearnTV How:Register here for freeJoin us at #MSCreate: DevOps on @LearnTV October 21, 2021
Microsoft’s Donovan Brown defines DevOps as, “the union of people, process, and products to enable continuous delivery of value to our end users.” Microsoft Create is back again and by popular demand, we are going to talk about everything DevOps. Join us at “Create: DevOps” as we discuss automation, cloud-native, infrastructure as code, and security. When: Thursday, October 21, 2021 9 AM PT – 12 PM PT Where:Microsoft LearnTV How:Register here for free DevOps Community Experts I’ll be hosting “Create: DevOps” onMicrosoft Learn TVon October 21. 2021 at 9 AM PT. I’ll be joined bySteven Murawskias we welcome presentations from some amazing speakers from across DevOps. We’ll have expert community leaders likeDonovan Brown,Martin Woodward,Quintessence Anx,April Edwards,Alex Hidalgo, andKat Cosgrovespeaking about subjects that make up five key pillars of DevOps. We’ll cover subjects such as culture shift, implementation of automation, cloud native applications, security, and a panel on observability. Together with our community speakers, we share with you how to break down the silos of development and operations teams with the tools and processes that set them up for success. DevOps is more than just CI/CD, it’s about cultural shifts within your organization. DevOps: A Cultural Shift DevOps looks to bring people together in IT organizations through shared goals, increased collaboration, and focus on improvement. While technology plays a key role in DevOps by implementing tools for automation, time management, and communication, ultimately a cultural shift within organizations is critical for success. DevOps is a strategy that’s been proven to work. As per the 2019 DevOps Research and Assessment report, high-performing teams using DevOps see 208x more frequent deployments, 106x faster from commit to deploy, 7x lower change failure rate, and a much faster incident recovery. This all leads to greater reliability of our systems. You’ll also get a chance to take part in a hands-on lab that provides an introductory look at some of the tools that give teams ways to automate and deploy their applications and infrastructure. Our team will be showing you how to deploy an Azure Kubernetes Cluster with the help of Infrastructure as Code tool Bicep and GitHub Actions. We’ll also explain how to create a more secure environment in sharing sensitive information by utilizing Azure Key Vault. This workshop is geared toward those just getting started with DevOps tooling. Steven Murawski, Marcus Felling, and I will demonstrate how to implement a fully automated deployment using CI/CD methodology powered by GitHub Actions. Let’s reduce our manual work and automate all the things! Get even more from this Create: DevOps event! Earn an Azure Hero Builder Badge Both Bicep and GitHub actions are great tools to help automate your infrastructure deployments on Azure. Be sure to stay with us till the end of the Workshop and learn how to automate deploying a Bicep file to Azure to earn an Azure Hero Builder Badge. We are always working to empower technical practitioners of all backgrounds. Microsoft created Azure Heroes to inspire developers to learn, coach, and build on Azure and promote a healthy, inclusive community. Earn yours while at Create: DevOps and show the world how much you’d like to give to the community. Plant a tree when you join Create: DevOps and complete a Learn Module Create cultural shifts through DevOps while impacting the planet with Ecosia. When you join Create: DevOps and complete one of the Microsoft Learn modules, we will plant a tree on your behalf. Our goal through this event is to plant over 1,440 new trees. Help restore the environment and communities all around the world. Learn more about our initiative here. Certificates will be issued after completion of Learn Module. Microsoft Learnis one of the best places to get free technical and conceptual training on subjects related to DevOps. You’ll be able to educate yourself on the latest Azure products, methods of implementation, and even have a little fun by earning experience points. Be a level ten wizard! Challenge your friends! Start your certification journey to become aDevOps Engineer with Microsoft Learn. See you there I really hope you join us for this great opportunity to hear about DevOps culture, tools, and cloud native implementation. We look forward to you being part of this very special event. When: Thursday, October 21, 2021 9 AM PT – 12 PM PT Where:Microsoft LearnTV How:Register here for freeTop Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2021.10.08
The top stories from the #AzureDevOps #community for 2021.10.08 are here! Welcome back! I amJay Gordonand every week I try to bring you the latest updates from around the DevOps on Azure community. If you have a post you’d like to have me include, I am always listening. This includes any community events or even videos you’ve posted. You can reach out onTwitterorLinkedInand I will be sure to share your latest post with the community. Also, be sure to tag your posts with #AzureDevOps! Before I get into this week’s post, I just wanted to share that I’ll be hosting Create: DevOps onMicrosoft Learn TVon October 21. 2021 at 9 AM PT. I’ll be joined by Steven Murawski as we welcome presentations from some amazing speakers from across DevOps. We’ll have people likeDonovan Brown,Martin Woodward,Quintessence Anx,April Edwards,Alex Hidalgo, andKat Cosgrove. When: Thursday, October 21, 2021 Where:Microsoft LearnTV How:Register here for free I really hope you join us for this great opportunity to hear about DevOps culture, tools, and cloud-native implementation. Well, we have another great week of contributions from the community. I’ve got a jumbo-sized update this week. So let’s dive into the posts on subjects like GitHub Actions, service hooks, git, monitoring, and more. Reuse your workflows across multiple projects with GitHub Actions Damien Aichehshares how to reduce duplication when creating GitHub Actions workflows by reusing what you have already built. How to: Service Hooks Mapping on Azure DevOps Vinicius Mourais one of our most prolific contributors, and this week he comes with a script to list all of yourService Hooks(in all Team Projects) within the Azure DevOps organization. Video: What is a Git Merge Conflict? Cameron McKenziedescribes what a git merge conflict is and how to resolve issues that may arise. Azure DevOps – Managed Identity for Automation Tests Dylan Morleyprovides insight into how to create service connections to securely run your tests. Azure DevOps with Pipeline for Azure Storage Munki repo Tobias Almencontinues his series on Munki by setting up a pipeline to sync data intoAzure Storage. DevOps Master Class – Part 8 – Monitoring & Feedback John Savillalways brings some great content to the DevOps community and this week is no different as he covers monitoring and feedback. sqlcmdcli Sergio Govonishares his new CLI for ad hoc, interactive execution of commands on SQL Server to simulate specific workloads, anonymize sensitive data and much more. Azure DevOps Connect To Azure Cloud Using Service Principal Jinalkumar Patelprovides a tutorial on using a Service Principal to connect your Azure DevOps Pipelines to Azure. Thank you to all this week’s contributors! We appreciate the posts byDamien,Vinicius,Cameron,Dylan,Tobias,John,Sergio, andJinalkumar. If you’ve written an article about Azure DevOps or find some great content about DevOps on Azure, please share it with the #AzureDevOps hashtag on Twitter! Happy Friday, may your deploys go as planned and your weekend be fun!AzureFunBytes Reminder - Remote Possibilities with @burkeholland - 10/07/2021
AzureFunBytes is a weekly opportunity to learn more about the fundamentals and foundations that make up Azure. It's a chance for me to understand more about what people across the Azure organization do and how they do it. Every week we get together at 11 AM Pacific onMicrosoft LearnTVand learn more about Azure. When: October 7, 2021 11 AM Pacific / 2 PM Eastern Where:Microsoft LearnTV This week on AzureFunBytes we look at how using remote development containers can help produce greater reliability and speed to software builds. Containers are a unit of software that allows for packaging of all the resources and dependencies. They are lightweight and are meant to require less overhead than managing a whole server with an operating system requiring regular updates and security fixes. Development containers help you focus on building code and in this software, providing a separate coding environment from your computer. This is ideal when ensuring reliability for all that may be collaborating on a single software development project. "Works on my machine" If you're a developer, you've almost certainly said those words in your life. Environments are still one of the hardest things to setup and manage. In this stream, we'll take a in-depth look at how VS Code and GitHub are solving this problem and the myriad of ways that you can access, edit and run your code. Even if all you have is an iPad." To help me understand how this all comes together, I've invited Microsoft Principal Developer AdvocateBurke Hollandto join me. We've got a jam packed agenda including: Opening projects in VS Code GitHub integration Remote - Containers Codespaces github.dev About Burke Holland Burke Holland is a front-end developer living in Nashville, TN; the greatest city in the world according to science. He enjoys JavaScript a lot because it's the only way he Node to Express himself. Get it? Never mind. Burke blogs only slightly better than he codes and definitely not as good as he talks about himself in the third person. Burke works with the VS Code team at Microsoft. You can find him on Twitter as@burkeholland. So be part on Thursday, October 7th at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET onLearnTVwith your questions! Learn about Azure fundamentals with me! Live stream is normally found on Twitch, YouTube, andLearnTVat 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET Thursday. You can also find the recordings here as well: AzureFunBytes on Twitch AzureFunBytes on YouTube Azure DevOps YouTube Channel Follow AzureFunBytes on Twitter Useful Docs: Get $200 in free Azure Credit Microsoft Learn: Introduction to Azure fundamentals What is a container? Microsoft Learn: Administer containers in Azure Developing inside a Container Create a development container devcontainer command line interface VS Code Remote Development Microsoft Learn: Use a Docker container as a development environment with Visual Studio CodeTop Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2021.09.24
The top stories from the #AzureDevOps #community for 2021.09.24 are here! It’s officially the fall season here in Brooklyn, NY! The leaves change, it gets a little darker earlier, and of course, the weather begins to cool. But none of these changes are going to keep me from finding great DevOps content every week. This week is no different as we dive into posts on Azure DevOps, Databricks, and more. Before we hop into the stories, I wanted to tell you about one of the best video series on DevOps out there. Have you checked outThe DevOps Labyet? One of my favorite people,April Edwards, brings you fresh DevOps content in this Channel 9 series.This week she talks with Chris Maneu about Infra as Code. So we’re ready! Let’s get into this week’s posts. How to: Project Stats Mapping on Azure DevOps Vinicius Mourareturns with how to create a report about your Azure DevOps organization. Using Azure DevOps Repos In Your Azure Cloud Shell MVPAnderson Patriciogives you some CLI tips for cloning your repo. Joe Guadagno on the Latest in Azure DevOps – Episode 159 Joeof Rocket Mortgage joinsJefferyon the latest episode of the Azure DevOps podcast including topics like tools, managing developer teams, and more. DevOps App Security Expert: ‘Use Microservices’ David Rameltalks toCarlos Rivasabout creating secure architecture for your IT solutions by implementing microservices. Automating DevOps to Create Standard Tasks Mike Stephenson(aka AJ’s Dad) walks through setting up Power Automate for generating your Azure DevOps work items. How-To Deploy your Synapse Workspace Artifacts to a Managed VNET Synapse Workspace Rui Cunhashares this post about about deploying your Synapse workspace along Azure DevOps. Part 1: Implementing CI/CD on Databricks Using Databricks Notebooks and Azure DevOps This is the first part of a two-part series of blog posts that show how to configure and build end-to-end MLOps solutions on Databricks with notebooks and Repos API. Thank you to all this week’s contributors! We appreciate the posts byVinicius,Anderson,Jeffery,David,Mike, andRui. If you’ve written an article about Azure DevOps or find some great content about DevOps on Azure, please share it with the #AzureDevOps hashtag on Twitter! Happy Friday, may your deploys go as planned and your weekend be fun!
