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Thankful to be renominated for Microsoft Azure MVP in 2023

Hello, Cloud Marathoner community!

This week was huge, as we celebrated the 4th of July my eyes were on inbox for notifications to see the MVP nomination response from Microsoft.

MVP AWARD ANNONCEMENTs

I am thrilled and humbled to share with all of you that we are renewed as Microsoft Azure MVP for another year. YAY!!!


The email that I received was one of the best notifications of 2023 so far. Finally, an email below came out with an invitation to us (#cloudmarathoners) to accept the Microsoft MVP Award.

AWARD notification to CloudMarthoner

The email notification below is the highest recognition of the value and continues support that we (#CloudMarathoner) community do provide to everyone who is going through #cloudjourney and the career transformation process in their life.

-Microsoft MVP award notification email

YOU are all MVPs

Yes, that is right, this nomination and reward belongs to all of us. Because we are a unique community that shared interesting and informative posts and encouraged everyone to start their cloud journey.

Congrats to Martin on becoming Microsoft MVP

As you might know, an active member of our #cloudmarathoner community, Martin Dimovski, became an MVP just a few weeks ago. I have congratulated him on social channels as he truly embraced the #cloudmarathoner community and become one of the vocal people in our community. So, please join me in congratulating him.

What it takes to be an MVP

The MVP Award is a global program of recognized technology experts and community leaders who actively supporting technical communities through unique, innovative, and consistent knowledge sharing. These community leaders actively contribute to support the developer and IT Pro communities worldwide, helping them learn, build, and use our products. Learn below what the Microsoft MVP Program seeks for recognition of future community leaders.

Demonstrate community leadership and influence

Our program finds strength in diversity, inclusion, and positive influence. In all our interactions, we aspire to embody and champion these values as a program and as a community. Qualifying applicants must demonstrate leadership and ability to facilitate the sharing of knowledge with others, promote inclusive activities, and advance social good to support the community and under-represented groups.

Be a technical expert

Community leaders must have deep knowledge and expertise aligned to a Microsoft product or service or related open-source technologies. Through community work, qualifying applicants should be able to demonstrate their technical expertise.

Be a great advocate for the community

Leverage your technical expertise to advocate in the technical community. Qualifying applicants should generate local and global awareness that supports adoption and learning of Microsoft products & services through authentic connections, online/offline activities, and community enablement.

Contribute to the success of our products

Qualifying applicants should use their ability to discover and recommend improvements to Microsoft products & services through Microsoft official feedback channels (e.g., GitHub, Tech Community, etc.) or work on open-source extensions within the ecosystem.

Microsoft MVP page

massive Thank you for support!

I just want to say a massive, heartfelt thank you to all of you phenomenal individuals and organizations (T-REX Solutions, Cloud Lunch and Learn, MVP Community and LinkedIn community) for being my cheerleaders, my mentors, and my friends throughout my Microsoft MVP work and cloud journey. Your continued support has not only made me leapfrog personal and professional milestones but has also injected me with a hefty dose of confidence and determination.

I feel incredibly blessed to have such an extraordinary network of rockstars supporting me, and I can’t wait to keep on growing, learning, and rocking the tech world alongside each and every one of you! Sending you all a virtual bear hug filled with gratitude and joy!

What is Next?

I am still in a pleasant shock, and simply to say that “I am proud and humbled to receive this award” is an understatement. I am truly proud to be recognized along the way with the rest of the #MVP community while helping the #CloudMarathoner community to grow and prosper.

I am really happy to continue this cloud journey and invite you – the Cloud Marathoners ⛅🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ to join as well and be an important part of this community!!!

Our #CloudMarathoner community is over 1600+ members strong 💪

Hello, Cloud Marathoner friends!

We started the #CloudMarathoner community and cloud learning journey approximately 3+ years ago with few posts and followers. My main intention in starting this hashtag is to help everyone learn the #cloud #fundamentals & #architecture while sharing training resources that could help you in your awesome #cloud journey.

We ARE GROWING every month

Thank you for your continued feedback and support!
Our #CloudMarathoner community is over 1600+ members strong and we are growing it every month. This community of contributors and members like Hugo Barona, Jackson Feldon, new MVP – Martin Dimovski, John Lokerse and many other leaders are able to reach and inspire many more people every day and week.

#CloudMarathoner on LinkedIn channel

IN summary

Thank you.. Thank you… and Thank you so much for ALL you do!


For being a true #cloudmarathoner in learning the #cloud and sharing it with your community!

Please, check the #CloudMarathoner #tag on LinkedIn or Twitter and share information that you find helpful.

How could you implement microservices in practice with Node.js, Docker 🚀 in Azure with 💪 Bicep power ⁉ 🤔

Hello #CloudMarathoner community!

Recently, I have been asked for a reference on how to implement a microservices architecture from code to production, using an open-source stack with Azure.

Node.js Microservices Workshop

I am really glad to discover and test the following workshop >> Microservices in practice with Node.js, Docker and Azure.

In this workshop, you will build a complete application including a website with authentication and 3 microservices, deploy it to Azure using a CI/CD pipeline, monitor and tune the scaling of our services, and use log tracing to debug issues.

And yes, all that is done without needing to use Kubernetes while using the #AzureBicep 💪 for #infrastructureascode (IaC) and deployment!

💡 Check the details in the GitHub repo 👉 https://lnkd.in/eBZTMw5V #sharingiscaring ❤️

Alternative Approach

This workshop approach is one of many ways to get started with Node.js Microservices in Azure. But, I am interested to hear from you.

What is your preferred way to implement microservices in Azure ⁉ 🤔
Please, share your feedback 💬 in the comments or in the following LinkedIn post.

In Summary

I hope you will enjoy this reference architecture and the @GitHub code repo. More importantly, you got a chance to learn something new. Hopefully, you’ll be able to take this knowledge back to your projects and improve your solutions.

How could you remotely manage all the Linux and Windows Servers ⁉ 🤔

Hello, my #cloudmarathoner friends!

Let’s focus on answering the main question of this post. And some of you may suspect that we will allude to Azure Arc, right?

Microsoft Azure Arc

Yes, with the Microsoft Azure Arc, you can manage servers running on-premises, at the edge, and in multi-cloud environments. And with the latest updates, now, you also get SSH access to your Linux and Windows Servers running anywhere using Azure Arc-enabled servers.

Direct Network Connectivity

Even though direct network connectivity (like SSH connection into the server) can be a challenge in hybrid and multi-cloud environments, Azure Arc-enabled servers enable this unique capability for you.

What are the Helpful References?

Well, let me mention the following important three references that will get you going in your Azure Arc journey, ok?

1️⃣ SSH access to Azure Arc-enabled servers 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMd_yceR

2️⃣ Troubleshoot SSH access to Azure Arc-enabled servers 👉 https://lnkd.in/ePjcGUcv

3️⃣ SSH access to Azure Arc-enabled servers and how to set up one, check out the following blog post from Thomas 👉 https://lnkd.in/eMJy_zRZ #sharingiscaring ❤️

In Summary

I hope this provides you with a good overview and resources of how you can manage and SSH access your Linux and Windows Servers anywhere using Azure Arc. And if you feel like you got a question, please, feel free to leave a comment on my LinkedIn post.

The #CloudMarathoner community is approaching to 1400 members

Hello, Cloud Marathoner friends!

We started the #CloudMarathoner community and cloud learning journey approximately 3.5 years ago with few posts and followers. My main intention in starting this hashtag is to help everyone learn the #cloudcomputing and share training resources that could help you in your awesome #cloud journey.

We continuously GROWING

Thank you for your continued feedback and support!
Our community is almost 1400+ members string and we are able to reach and empower more people now.

Many Thanks to each of you, who has #shared and commented on #CloudMarathoner posts on social media.

summary

Thank you.. Thank you… Thank you..
For being a true #cloudmarathoner in learning the #cloud and sharing it with your community!

Please, check the #CloudMarathoner #tag on LinkedIn or Twitter and share information that you find helpful.

The #CloudMarathoner community is 1200+ members strong

Hello, my dear Cloud Marathoner friends!

We started the #CloudMarathoner community and cloud learning journey approximately 3.5 years ago with few posts and followers. Our intention is to help everyone learn the #cloudcomputing and share training resources that could help you to #upskill and start your awesome #cloud career.

The #CloudMarathoner hashtag followers

We continuously GROWING

Thank you for your continued feedback and support!
Our community has grown to 1200+ members and we are able to reach and empower more people now.

Again and again, “HUGE THANK YOU!” to everyone who has #shared and contributed to the #CloudMarathoner posts on social media.

This is “GREAT” progress that we could carry on by being active and sharing the power of #knowledge that empowers and elevates the people.

summary

Thank you for being a true #cloudmarathoner in learning the #cloud and sharing information!

Please, actively check my #CloudMarathoner #tag on LinkedIn and share information that you find helpful.

The #CloudMarathoner community is 1000+ members strong

Hello, my dear Cloud Marathoners!

We are a vibrant worldwide community with a passion to learn and grow our career with Cloud technologies! We are also a growing community who are dedicated to giving back and sharing with #community as well!

We are more than 1040+ members strong and continue to grow while supporting the community members with online, #free content on a variety of cloud technologies.

The #CloudMarathoner followers on @LinkedIn

Thank you

I would like to thank everyone who has followed and #shared the #CloudMarathoner posts and announcements.

As you already know, this is the beginning of something “GREAT” that we need to carry on by spreading the goodness and power of #knowledge that empowers people.

Summary

Thank you for stopping by and checking the announcement and celebrating this “HUGE” milestone with us. Please, check our architecture, cloud infrastructure as code, and overall, Azure videos in the #CloudMarathone YouTube channel.

Microsoft Ignite 2022 is open for registrations as a Hybrid event!

Hello, my Cloud Marathoner friends!

Are you ready for the Microsoft Ignite 2022?
This is an annual signature event for developer and IT professionals hosted by Microsoft. As usually, there would be many new Microsoft and Azure announcements in this upcoming conference.

How to register for Microsoft Ignite?

The registration for this event is #free. Yes, it is indeed free for digital attendees, and you can do it below:

Ignite 2022

Summary

I hope you will register and book your calendar for this fantastic event, and explore the latest innovations, learn from product experts and partners, level up your skillset, and create connections from around the world.

The #CloudMarathoner community is growing strong

Hello Cloud Marathoner friends,

We – the #cloudmarathoner community started this journey approximately three years ago with few posts and followers. The idea was to help everyone learn about the #cloudcomputing and #free training resources to help #upskill and launch your #cloud career.

The #CloudMarathoner followers on @LinkedIn

We ARE GROWING

Based on your feedback and support our community has grown to 920+ strong members and we are now empowered to reach more people than before.

Thus, I would like to say “HUGE THANK YOU!” to everyone who has followed or #shared the #CloudMarathoner posts and announcements.

Again, this is the beginning of something “GREAT” that we need to carry on by spreading the goodness and power of #knowledge that empowers people.

CONCLUSION

Thank you for stopping by and checking the announcement.
Please, check our architecture and cloud infrastructure as code videos in the #CloudMarathone YouTube channel.

Our blog is climbing up on the ranking of TOP 100 Azure Best Blogs

Hello Cloud Marathoner!

Thank you for stopping by to read about this exciting development!
Due to your continued interest and ongoing contributions to our blog, we are now placed as 16th best Azure blog.

Below is the screenshot from the Blog FeedSpot:

Our blog‘s standing in 100 Azure Best Blogs site

what are the Neighbouring blogs?

Currently, we have the following blogs as our upper and lower neighbors in the Top 100 Best Microsoft Azure Blogs.

The upper neighbor is an Azure Podcast and we have Azure Greg as the next neighbor. Both of them, the blog and podcast are good sources of information created free of charge for the #community by individual members.

What is next?

Well, please be on a lookout to find more Microsoft announcements, training opportunities and information about Cloud events in my upcoming posts. Namely, we will cover LATAM 2022 , Infrastructure as code updates in Azure, Azure Bicep, Security and Microsoft Ignite in the next 3 months.

Hope to hear back from you soon.
And THANK YOU for continued interest in the #CloudMarathoner blog posts!