This is one guide in a series of guides that can act as study material for Microsoft's new Azure oriented certification exams. * [AZ-300 Exam Guide](/post/az-300-study-guide) * [AZ-301 Exam Guide](/post/az-301-study-guide) -- Update here, I passed this exam in January 2019 exclusively using this study guide. Let me know if you have any questions using the contact page. Intro As a Microsoft employee who works with customers and a cloud enthusiast, I see it essential to be knowledgeable of how the cloud can bring the best value to the developer.

Tis the Season I am humble to be a part of the 2nd Annual C# Advent Calendar. Thank you to everyone who helped put it together and contributed. My blog post is hopefully a fun one not to be taken too seriously. I have been a developer for over 10 years, and I am always looking at new ways to be more productive. May I present you with 6 tips that I have started to adopt that I think have increased my developer skills 1000% (YMMV).

An Easy Solution for an Easy Task I write about Azure Functions over and over again because they are the perfect solution for what I am trying to do, small little things that I don't want to spin up a larger unnecessary app to do it. That along with the fact they just run and go away, the price point for the things I do make it basically free. I recently remapped my blog to a static website hosted in Azure Blob Storage.

Did you know the Azure CLI was Extendable? I did not know this. I was minding my business, when I decided to catch up on some Azure Friday videos, and found this beauty from June 23rd 2018 regarding extending the Azure CLI and how it was completely in the open. In the video one of the extensions was showcased, alias, which allows a developer to create quick commands for Azure CLI commands.

New Version of Azure Media Services I have been a fan of Azure Media Services for a long time. I worked with a customer roll it our to their organization a few years back and immediately saw the opportunity to enable a company with the ability to wholly own their video content and host/play the media inside their organization. Previously, the SDK that interfaced with Azure Media Services, consisted of 2 External Packages

Extending the Greatness of Application Insights I will start off by saying I love Application Insights. I have been using it for a long time, and am delighted at the new roll-out of features for it. I have even been giving a talk on Application Insights and how easy it is to instrument your application, so check that out if you are interested. One thing that is great about Application Insights is how extendable it is.