V027 - Weekly Technology Vlog #27

In this session, Chris provides a series of updates focused around Azure, DevOps, GitHub and Cloud With Chris. He also explores GitHub Copilot using Ruby and Python, looking into the potential that it has!

Episode

July 4, 2021
V026 - Sailing the Sea of Thieves while talking Cloud

In this session, Chris provides a series of updates focused around Azure, DevOps, GitHub and Cloud With Chris while sailing the seas with friends from the #CloudFamily Community. Like this episode? Please like the video, subscribe to the channel and hit the notification bell so that you know as soon as there’s new content!

Episode

June 27, 2021
V025 - Tech Roundup #25 (Sailing the seas on Sea of Thieves)

In this video, Chris sails the seas on Sea of Thieves with some interdispersed updates on Azure DevOps, Azure and GitHub. This sets the stage for a regular bi-weekly gaming session and tech update, with the other week being a usual technology update!

Episode

June 20, 2021
V024 - Weekly Technology Vlog #24

In this video, Chris provides another update on Cloud with Chris, updates on what’s coming soon and Azure related news!

Episode

June 14, 2021
Using the GitHub self-hosted runner and Azure Virtual Machines to login with a System Assigned Managed Identity

I recently started thinking about the typical setup process for a GitHub Action Workflow which will deploy into Azure. Typically, the process is to use the Azure/login GitHub Action, and then use the azure/cli or another Azure GitHub Action to deploy into GitHub. This is a nice approach. However, from my initial research - I wasn’t able to see a way use the Azure/login GitHub Action to deploy into Azure using a System Assigned Managed Identity. This got me wondering, is this possible?

Blog

June 14, 2021
Static Web Apps in Azure | DEVREAL.io

We often hear about Kubernetes, App Services, VMs and more. What about static sites? The Static Content Hosting pattern can be cost-effective, and when combined with a CDN can be incredibly performant! We will get hands-on, showing how these resources come together into a Cloud Architecture.

Talk

June 9, 2021
Discussing the Cloud with Chris GitHub Actions Usage

In this session, Chris is joined by Karl Cooke - Implementation Specialist at Action Point Technology Group, Blogger at https://irishtechie.com. Chris and Karl talk all about the CloudWithChris.com architecture and the decisions surrounding the GitHub setup that drive the deployment and management of CloudWithChris.com.

Episode

June 7, 2021
V023 - Weekly Technology Vlog #23

In this video, Chris provides another update on Cloud with Chris, updates on what’s coming soon and the Azure, Azure DevOps and GitHub news!

Episode

June 6, 2021
AZ Community Roundtable - Ep.01 - Chris Reddington & Martin Therkelsen with host James Cook

On the first AZ Community Roundtable show, James Cook introduces himself for the first time as the host. After guest speakers Chris and Martin introduce themselves, James discusses Microsoft Build news on App Services adopting Cloud Native approach using Kubernetes so it can be used on other platforms. Martin talks about how infrastructure as Code is being adopted and it’s place currently in organisations. Chris brings up what individuals are looking for in DevOps tools, the features we enjoy and a quick talk on the Azure DevOps vs GitHub hot topic on social media.

Talk

June 1, 2021
UK Community Session: Create friction-free code across all tools and frameworks

Microsoft Cloud Advocate Dean Bryen is joined by guests Carole Logan (developer and tech lead based in Glasgow) and Chris Reddington (Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect) as they take you through the end-to-end process of editing, committing and deploying code across different platforms and tools. We’ll end with a Q&A session and next steps for you to try the process out for yourself to see how agile and collaborative it is. We look forward to seeing you there!

Talk

May 26, 2021