Talk: SQL Saturday Boston – Azure SQL DB, not just a hosted version of SQL...
This past weekend I participated in SQL Saturday BI Boston in Burlington, MA. I spoke about Azure SQL Database, explaining why Azure SQL Database is much more than just a hosted version of SQL Server....
View ArticleTalk: SharePoint Saturday Burlington – Gentle Introduction to Azure
We first looked at how we might solve a random StackOverflow question using Azure Logic Apps, Azure Function Apps, the nifty PhantomJsCloud.com service, and a look at how a little Cognitive Service...
View ArticleTalk: SQL Saturday 694 – Azure SQL Database – not just a cloud version of SQL...
Spoke today to a small crowd of hardy soles who braved the snow to make it to SQL Saturday 694 – Providence – held at nearby Bryant University in Smithfield. My slides are included below. Azure SQL DB...
View ArticleTalk: Running Securely On Azure
On Tuesday evening 27-Mar-2018 I had the pleasure of speaking to the Nashville Azure group about keeping workloads safe in the Azure cloud. Was a great group with a lot of interesting questions and...
View ArticleTalk: Running Securely On Azure – 29th Boston Code Camp
At the 29th Boston Code Camp, I spoke about Running Securely on Azure. Thanks to all of you who waited patiently for the A/V hookup challenges to be overcome. Slides are here:...
View ArticleTalk: Running Azure Securely — PART I — Boston Azure 18-Oct-2018
At most recent Boston Azure meeting I give (what turns out to be…) the first part of a multi-part talk on Running Azure Securely. Even though I did not cover all this content, I’ve attached the whole...
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Event: Boston #Azure / MIT edition of Global Azure Bootcamp
We had a great event at MIT on Saturday 27-April-2019 — the Boston Azure edition of the Global Azure Bootcamp hosted at MIT. There were lots of great session contributions – making this a true...
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Talk: Are all these #Azure security features for me?
On Tuesday July, 30, 2019 I had the opportunity to speak at North Boston Azure. The talk was part of a series on Running Azure Securely and was called Are all these Azure security features for me? and...
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Talk: Running SQL Azure Securely — SQL Saturday #877 — 14-Sep-2019
Today I had the opportunity to speak at SQL Saturday #877 in Burlington, MA. As part of my series of talks on Running Azure Securely, my talk today was Running Azure SQL Database Securely and applied...
View ArticleTalk: Running #Azure Securely – Are all these security features for me?
Today I had the opportunity to speak at VT Code Camp #11 in Burlington, VT. As part of my series of talks on Running Azure Securely, my talk today was around defense in depth and was called Running...
View ArticleTalk: Running #Azure Securely – Granite State Code Camp #GSCC – Are all these...
Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak at the Granite State Code Camp (#gscc) in Burlington, MA. As part of my series of talks on Running Azure Securely, my talk today was around defense in depth and...
View ArticleTalk: Running #Azure Securely – Turning on the WAF
Tonight I had the opportunity to speak at #VirtualBostonAzure to talk about raising the visibility of security signals in your environment by turning on your WAF. In demos the WAF available in Azure...
View ArticleTalk: Running #Azure Securely and Compliantly – Granite State Code Camp...
Today I had the opportunity to speak at the Granite State Code Camp (#GSCC2021) in Manchester, NH. This was the first time I’ve given an in-person talk since the start of COVID and it was great to see...
View ArticleTalk: Running #Azure Robustly – Granite State Code Camp #GSCC2022 – Fail and...
I had the opportunity to speak at the 2022 Granite State Code Camp in Manchester, NH. The last couple of years I was more focused on Security and Compliance-enablement in Microsoft Azure. This year I...
View ArticleTalk: Exploring DORA at Boston Code Camp #34
Today at the 34th edition of Boston Code Camp (#boscc) I presented (in person – yahoo!) my talk “Exploring DORA – Using data to drive better outcomes” which introduced the DORA project. DORA is short...
View ArticleTalk: GitHub Copilot: Meet Your AI Pair Programming Assistant!
On 27-June-2023 at our first back-from-the-pandemic in-person regularly scheduled Boston Azure monthly meeting, the main event featured Juan Pablo Garcia Gonzalez from Microsoft talking about Azure...
View ArticleTalk: GitHub Copilot is your AI Pair Programming Assistant
08-Aug-2023 I gave an extended demo of GitHub Copilot at the Boston Azure AI event tonight. Most of the session was a demo, but I did also walk through some slides. Those slides are attached. I also...
View ArticleTalk: Meet GitHub Copilot! at Boston Code Camp 35
(I gave two talks at this event – the other one was on DORA.) Always great to engage with the OG Code Camp crew at Boston Code Camp. My talk description: According to legend, programmers back in the...
View ArticleTalk: Exploring DORA! at Boston Code Camp 35
(I gave two talks at this event – the other one was on GitHub Copilot.) Always great to engage with the OG Code Camp crew at Boston Code Camp. My talk description: Haven’t heard about DORA yet? You...
View ArticleTalk: Meet GitHub Copilot, your AI Coding Assistant at Granite State Code...
My talk description: According to legend, programmers back in the stone age would write code without IntelliSense and refactoring tools. The next generation of developers will wonder how our...
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