Azure Weekly

Issue #300 - 15th November 2020

In honour of our 300th edition, I'd like to say thank you to everyone who has been following over the past 6 years, and huge welcome to all the new-comers!

It's been a big week in the .NET community, with the long awaited release of .NET 5. In line with this, the Azure team have announced that .NET 5 now available in App Service! It was also lovely to see endjin get a mention in the .NET Foundation keynote, as we became Corporate Sponsors earlier this year (individuals can become members, and talk to your leadership about whether your org can become a corporate sponsor too). Alongside this, they have also announced that premium tier for Azure Data Lake Storage is now generally available.

On the Azure blog, Mark Russinovich has written a great post on advancing global network reliability through intelligent software. And, on the Microsoft Developer blog, the ream has announced the Release of the Git Experience in Visual Studio, which anyone using VS this week may already be aware of!

Elsewhere, Thomas Maurer has provided a run-down of Azure Learning and Microsoft Certifications, which is definitely worth checking out if you're thinking of getting Microsoft certified.

Finally, Sam Smith walks through using what-if to optimize ARM template deployments, which could have a drastic impact on pipeline performance.