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Few days ago, the Cloud & Enterprise team at Microsoft Singapore organized an event about developing modern applications on Microsoft Azure in their downtown office. As member from a young startup using Microsoft Azure services, I decided to join the event to find more about the tools that we have been using daily in our development journey. Hence, this article is to share what I had learnt in that 8-hour Azure event. [caption id=“attachment_media-36” align=“aligncenter” width=“1366”] Modern App Development with Azure event[/caption] ...

Modern Application Development with Microsoft Azure August 2nd, 2017 | 0900 – 1730 (Registration begins at 8:30) Microsoft Singapore Level 21, Auditorium One Marina Boulevard Singapore 018989 The developer community is extremely important to Microsoft. The tools and methodologies developers use in their day-to-day work defines their efficiency and ability to deliver. At Microsoft, we aim to walk alongside developers and provide them with the right tools and empower them with relevant skillsets. Learn Microsoft’s holistic strategy for you, the developers of today; and see how our tools and services can remove blockers so you can focus on innovating and making what’s next. Set out with us on a journey of discovery through our compelling developer story. Agenda: Registration URL: https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x2253325517b

Azure Search is provided as a Search-as-a-Service solution that helps e-commerce developers to easily offer a robust search experience on the website without managing search infrastructure and understanding in depth about search. Working in the e-commerce team, we find search to be very important because as the number of products grows, search function becomes a top-priority task for us to implement. Azure Search is what we choose to use. Upload Data to Index For our e-commerce platform, we have data stored separately in different systems. With Azure Search, we can easily compile and push data to populate the Azure Search index. By doing this way, we don’t need to worry about what our data sources will be. To upload data to Azure Search in .NET, firstly, we need to get the Microsoft Azure Search .NET SDK NuGet Package. [caption id=“attachment_4759” align=“alignnone” width=“1392”] Installed Azure Search NuGet package in ASP .NET MVC project.[/caption] Secondly, we need to create an instance of the SearchServiceClient. ...

You’re invited to join Microsoft APAC’s first Cloud Tech Summit on 28th June. In a Cloud first and Mobile first world, both business and technology leaders need to embrace disruptive innovations for a sustainable competitive advantage Join us for this virtual summit as leaders from UEM Edgenta, Downer Group, PACT, Snowden Group and more come together to share their experiences on how they leveraged innovative technologies such as AI & machine learning, IoT and Big data to accelerate their digital transformation. This inaugural summit brings you 5 tracks on how Azure can help you stay ahead. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– ...

Top 3 resources for developing on Microsoft Azure Microsoft offers startups and students alot of resources to get started on Microsoft Azure. Ranging from the Microsoft BizSpark program which provides free Azure credits and product keys, there is also the Microsoft Imagine program for students to host websites and download software for free. Here are the top 3 resources which you can use in your journey with Microsoft Azure. Azure for Startups (Github) This repository on github contains an array of guides which startups can use to kick start their journey on Azure. There are tutorials and sample code to help startups migrate from other platforms to Azure, as well as the different possible services which Microsoft offers. Visit the Azure for Startups Github page here. ...

Whether you are just getting started in your own business transformation, are looking to differentiate yourself as an expert, or are proficient in another cloud solution and are looking to explore ways to become a multi-cloud expert to address any customer need – these trainings will help you become more profitable with the cloud. You need the skills to stand out in the IT industry. The range of training offers – including the courses that are available today and what Microsoft will add over the coming year – make these trainings to build Azure skills on any platform a sound investment. FREE! Learn and build your skills ...