Talks

Deploying Static Sites to Azure the cheap and performant way

Deploying Static Sites to Azure the cheap and performant way

16 Oct 2021 Talk

Did you know that Static Sites can help you build performant sites that easily scale globally? Better yet, they can be incredibly cost-effective!

Azure Static Web Apps Deployment DevOps GitHub GitHub Actions Hugo Static Content
Using Azure Arc to run your Application Services on-premises or in any cloud

Using Azure Arc to run your Application Services on-premises or in any cloud

29 Sep 2021 Talk

Azure Arc is a suite of Azure Services that simplifies management of workloads in a Hybrid and Multicloud deployment. You've likely heard about this from the Infrastructure or Virtual Machine perspective, but how can it help with your applications? We'll explore how App Services, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, Event Grid and API Management Gateways can be deployed to on-premises and other clouds using Azure Arc!

Azure Azure Arc Developer Hybrid Multicloud Serverless
Requirements, Design Patterns, Cloud Architecture Oh My

Requirements, Design Patterns, Cloud Architecture Oh My

28 Sep 2021 Talk

In this session, we'll navigate through a typical real-world architecture of a solution and consider the decisions that we may wish to make at various stages. Alongside that, we'll factor in how requirements and design patterns can help influence our overall design, based on learnings from Chris' 5+ year journey taking customers to production on Azure.

Architecture Cloud Cloud Design Patterns Requirements
Requirements, Design Patterns, Cloud Architecture Oh My

Requirements, Design Patterns, Cloud Architecture Oh My

27 Sep 2021 Talk

In this session, we'll navigate through a typical real-world architecture of a solution and consider the decisions that we may wish to make at various stages. Alongside that, we'll factor in how requirements and design patterns can help influence our overall design, based on learnings from Chris' 5+ year journey taking customers to production on Azure.

Architecture Cloud Cloud Design Patterns Requirements
How GitHub can help in planning, building and deploying a Podcast/Blog site

How GitHub can help in planning, building and deploying a Podcast/Blog site

26 Aug 2021 Talk

Chris is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. He'll explore how GitHub Actions can be used to deploy your own static sites (or other apps!) to Azure.

Architecture Cloud Cloud Design Patterns Requirements
How GitHub Actions can help in building and deploying a static website and more

How GitHub Actions can help in building and deploying a static website and more

20 Jul 2021 Talk

Chris is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. He'll provide an overview of GitHub and explore how GitHub Actions can be used to build and deploy your own static sites (or other apps!) to Azure.

Deployment DevOps GitHub GitHub Actions Static Content
An introduction to Cloud, Azure and the Azure Portal

An introduction to Cloud, Azure and the Azure Portal

1 Jul 2021 Talk

In this session, Chris will discuss some of the fundamental concepts of the Cloud and Azure, and providing an introductory walkthrough of the Azure Portal.

Architecture Cloud Cloud Design Patterns Requirements
Static Web Apps in Azure | DEVREAL.io

Static Web Apps in Azure | DEVREAL.io

9 Jun 2021 Talk

We often hear about Kubernetes, App Services, VMs and more. What about static sites? The Static Content Hosting pattern can be cost-effective, and when combined with a CDN can be incredibly performant! We will get hands-on, showing how these resources come together into a Cloud Architecture.

Deployment DevOps GitHub GitHub Actions GitHub Codespaces GitHub Issues Static Content Visual Studio Code
Live or Recorded Demos - Panel Discussion

Live or Recorded Demos - Panel Discussion

2 Jun 2021 Talk

Join me and a few colleagues as we talk about demos during presentations and whether they should be live demos or recorded and the arguments for and against each option.

Blogging Content Creation Podcasting Vlogging

AZ Community Roundtable - Ep.01 - Chris Reddington & Martin Therkelsen with host James Cook

1 Jun 2021 Talk

On the first AZ Community Roundtable show, James Cook introduces himself for the first time as the host. After guest speakers Chris and Martin introduce themselves, James discusses Microsoft Build news on App Services adopting Cloud Native approach using Kubernetes so it can be used on other platforms. Martin talks about how infrastructure as Code is being adopted and it's place currently in organisations. Chris brings up what individuals are looking for in DevOps tools, the features we enjoy and a quick talk on the Azure DevOps vs GitHub hot topic on social media.

Community DevOps GitHub Infrastructure as Code Microsoft Build