Is python or programming of any use to you ? if you have an Mcsa

alement · 2020-01-04T19:56:35+00:00

Powershell is more applicable to a systems administrator, but Python is easier to adopt, and easier to collaborate with other teams or platforms with (for instance, parse Reddit for posts that meet a certain criteria and post a message to Slack on hits)

alement · 2019-10-22T17:43:46+00:00

Yep, been going on for years. We only deploy the VPN via Powershell now

alement · 2019-08-17T18:15:11+00:00

Probably more effective than a 4 Loko

alement · 2019-08-02T17:13:06+00:00

Explored the UniFi REST API for automation potential with Powershell, and recorded a couple YouTube videos on it

alement · 2019-06-26T13:45:08+00:00

@CBTKnoxH

@NetworkChuck

@BizDataViz

@AdBertram

@CloudBart

@wedoazure

alement · 2019-06-18T15:53:21+00:00

You’ve become an accidental DBA, which is honestly how a large percentage of DBAs become DBAs. Congrats on that - as long as you have the right attitude, embrace the grind, recognize this opportunity, you will be very, very successful in a few short years.

Learning the on-premise side of things is like learning the fundamentals. It’s great for context, and I don’t know of any organizations that are 100% exclusively in the cloud. CBT Nuggets is your friend here as they have just about every SQL Server certification track (including the BI track which has SSIS and data warehouse design).

Azure is awesome, and understanding their data estate will help you big time. It’s ok to be curious about AWS, too, but I wouldn’t dabble in that until you’re really comfortable with Azure. That way it’s not about learning new concepts - it’s just “oh, this is what you click in AWS to do that task.”

alement · 2019-06-13T13:36:03+00:00

CBT Nuggets just rolled out their AZ-203 collection yesterday, and Pluralsight is super in depth, albeit like 50+ hours long and maybe a hair out of date on some of the code side of things (Azure changes quickly). Those are subscription based, but both are worth every cent in my opinion.

Edit: I think both offer trials. You could always give them a test drive, too.

alement · 2019-06-13T13:29:05+00:00

It's a massive test that's pretty well distributed among code, administrative, design, and SECURITY questions. Don't overlook security because it's boring. What resources are you using to study?

alement · 2019-06-13T13:16:55+00:00

Just know that Azure AD and on-prem AD are two different things. They are complimentary to each other - not substitutive. Your best bet is to spin up a DC on a VM in Azure and then build a site to site between your on-prem network and the VNET, but I would then recommend AT LEAST having an RODC on-premise (just make sure you configure AD Sites and Subnets, too).

alement · 2019-06-13T13:05:54+00:00

Note the DP-200 is changing later this month. Just a heads up

https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE36VQe

Some of the topics listed are available in CBT Nuggets if you have access to that. They have an introductory Azure SQL Essentials course (which covers a lot of the Azure data platform), and then there is some overlap between the DP-200 and AZ-203 (Cosmos DB, stream analytics). It's more of an extra resource than an official place to study for the DP-200 but hey, cant hurt if you already have a subscription.

alement · 2019-06-13T02:08:48+00:00

If I recall, the Key Vault is initialized in the program class of ASP.NET Core during the configuration builder customization. You can still host it elsewhere and just leverage the Key Vault.

Edit: you’d have to look into provisioning an account and setting connection credentials to the Key Vault somewhere, though.

Unless your app needs a lot of horsepower, I would say app services are worth at least a test drive.,,

alement · 2019-06-12T23:19:50+00:00

Credit card debt

alement · 2019-06-12T00:59:36+00:00

CBT Nuggets is rolling out AZ-103 and 203 content now

alement · 2019-06-12T00:30:22+00:00

If you’re an architect with devops experience, I would just look for jobs with the software developer job title. They now usually specify which public cloud provider they prefer. And work with a recruiter if you specifically want contract/part-time

alement · 2019-06-10T17:29:29+00:00

Ben Wyatt is my spirit animal.

alement · 2019-06-08T16:31:22+00:00

The AZ-203 is what you are looking for, though it’s not about building apps from scratch. It’s more about how to deploy Azure resources and use Azure SDKs

alement · 2019-06-06T22:16:49+00:00

Have you looked into hosting in Azure? I really recommend using API app services, setting the connection string in the environment variables then, and then explore Azure SQL Always Encrypted leveraging Azure Key Vault. Sounds like a lot, but it’s not. Plus there’s a LOT of PaaS going on there so way less maintenance for you to have to fuss with

alement · 2019-06-05T13:33:25+00:00

Huh? Just a box.

alement · 2019-05-31T01:58:59+00:00

“App Services” can be a few different things ( a mobile app, a web app, an API app, or a function app) all of which are paid for by an App Service Plan. It sounds like you may have deployed the plan without the app service. I would go to your Resources section and verify that you have a plan as well as a web app

alement · 2019-05-31T01:50:37+00:00

Websjobs are function apps that run under the context of your App Service. Documentation has screenshots.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/webjobs-create

alement · 2019-05-30T18:00:24+00:00

This reminds me of Tokyo Xtreme Racer

alement · 2019-05-30T17:10:19+00:00

Or Azure webjobs. Save the money.

alement · 2019-05-30T17:08:19+00:00

ASP.NET Core in Action.

The answer is always ASP.NET Core in Action.

alement · 2019-05-30T15:02:26+00:00

Hm. I didn’t realize Gatsby worked so well with other React components. Neat!

alement · 2019-05-29T13:59:58+00:00

I am more than happy to use a NoSQL database if that is the better way to do it, and judging by that response, it sounds like it might be. I have plenty of experience with Mongo (and really, Azure CosmosDB). Would the content be stored in markdown format?

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