As Azure Functions have matured, the number of ways you can build and run them has increased and the need to execute long-running, compute intensive or complex jobs is becoming more common. Some examples of these emerging job types include the running of Machine Learning models or the batch processing of videos to transcode them. … Continue reading Customised Serverless using Azure Functions, Docker and Kubernetes Event-driven Architecture (KEDA)
Integrate Meetup announcements with Microsoft Teams using Azure Logic Apps and Adaptive Cards
❗ Note: Meetup announced that from August 15, 2019 they will be removing API key access to their API. The OAuth replacement doesn't currently work with the in-built HTTP Connector from Logic Apps, so would likely require a custom connector. I'm leaving this post up as a "how to", but the integration as captured here … Continue reading Integrate Meetup announcements with Microsoft Teams using Azure Logic Apps and Adaptive Cards
Getting Azure Fundamentals in place: why sit the AZ-900 exam?
This week I sat my first Microsoft certification exam in ten years. When I posted on Twitter a question as to which exam I'd sat some of you found it within yourselves to be jokers, but at least a couple of you got it right 🙂 https://twitter.com/gavin_a_armitag/status/1126042408334921729?s=20 Now I know some of you reading this … Continue reading Getting Azure Fundamentals in place: why sit the AZ-900 exam?
Sydney Global Azure Bootcamp 2019 Session Content
If you attended the Global Azure Bootcamp in Sydney on April 27 and you are looking for content a speaker presented to then you should find it here. Content provided is at the discretion of a speaker. As I am sent more content I'll add links here. * denotes that the session is covered in … Continue reading Sydney Global Azure Bootcamp 2019 Session Content
Running Python Flask apps on Azure App Service
I enjoyed speaking at the Sydney Python (SyPy) meetup on how Python Flask developers can quickly deploy their web applications onto Web Apps hosted on Linux on the Azure App Service platform. But... why Python?! Anyone taking a cursory glance through my writings will see that prior to last year I didn't write about Python. … Continue reading Running Python Flask apps on Azure App Service
Speaking on Azure PaaS and Serverless in Sydney
A short update from me on a couple of speaking slots I'm doing in April 2019 that might be of interest if you're in Sydney. Talk 1: How I built Where's Bit - April 10 Last year at all the developer events Microsoft sponsored in Australia we ran a "hide-and-seek" game based on selfies posted … Continue reading Speaking on Azure PaaS and Serverless in Sydney
Use GitHub Actions to deploy a Python Flask web app to Azure App Service on Linux
In this post I am going to walk through how to quickly get a Python Flask web application deployed into a Web App hosted on Azure's App Service on Linux using GitHub Actions. Getting Azure Ready Create an Azure Active Directory (AAD) Service Principal A Service Principal is a special form of identity in Azure … Continue reading Use GitHub Actions to deploy a Python Flask web app to Azure App Service on Linux
