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We now live in a world where multiple systems connect or integrate with each other. This is not new, and has been a technology trend for some time. But - in a world of distributed compute (on the increase, thanks to cloud), and the rise of microservices, we find that we have more and more services that we need to integrate with each other. Integration is typically handled through a couple of routes, including Enterprise Messaging (such as message brokers), as well as APIs (Application Programming Interface). There are many areas that we should consider when building our APIs, and that's what we'll give some thought to in this blog post.

In this video, Chris sails the seas on Sea of Thieves with some interdispersed updates on Azure DevOps, Azure and GitHub. This sets the stage for a regular bi-weekly gaming session and tech update, with the other week being a usual technology update!

You may have heard about ARM Templates. You may have heard about Project Bicep. What are they, how do they differ? Why would I use one over the other? That's exactly what we'll be exploring throughout this blog post!

In this episode, Chris is joined by John Lunn, aka jonnychipz! An organizer of the Welsh Azure User Group, Blogger and Vlogger, Chris and John talk around 100 days of Cloud, Learning Cloud and Exam Certifications, Cloud Adoption and getting involved in the community. Wanted to start learning cloud, or getting more involved in the community? Then this may be a talk to follow!

In this session, Chris is joined by Shannon Kuehn, a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft. In this Livestream, they talk all about, Azure and VMWare and what this combination means for your cloud deployments!

In this video, Chris provides another update on Cloud with Chris, updates on what's coming soon and Azure related news!

I recently started thinking about the typical setup process for a GitHub Action Workflow which will deploy into Azure. Typically, the process is to use the Azure/login GitHub Action, and then use the azure/cli or another Azure GitHub Action to deploy into GitHub. This is a nice approach. However, from my initial research - I wasn't able to see a way use the Azure/login GitHub Action to deploy into Azure using a System Assigned Managed Identity. This got me wondering, is this possible?

We've previously covered the theory of the Geode pattern in episode 11. Now it's time to see it unfold live and in action! Tune in to see Will demonstrate the concept of the Geode pattern and how it adds value to a globally distributed application.

In part 1 of this Using Azure Arc for Apps series, we explored Azure Arc and Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes clusters. In this post, we'll be exploring Event Grid for Kubernetes. At time of writing, this approach is in public preview, so we may see certain limitations / features that are not yet available.

In this session, Chris is joined by Senior Cloud Advocate Sarah Lean. Chris and Sarah will talk about the latest and greatest in the world of Hybrid Cloud, and explore the day-to-day experience of being a Cloud Advocate, working in the DevRel space.