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2023

Jan 1: [Blogged] – Happy New year and congratulations to “Awesome Azure Bicep” community of contributors – social channel post.
Jan 3: [Blogged] – Cloud journey never stops, happy to share new Google Cloud Digital Leader certification with #cloudmarathoner community – LinkedIn announcement details.
Jan 10: [Blogged] – #AzureSpringClean 2023 event is open for speaker submissions – detailed blog in-progress.
Jan 18: [Blogged] – Automating consistent resource naming in Microsoft Azure – detailed blog in-progress.
Feb 1: [Moderated] CLL session – Fire & Forget with Azure Service Bus – YT recording posted.
Feb 15: [Moderated] CLL session – How to Build Enterprise Data platform with security and governance – recorded YT session.
Feb 26: [Blogged] – Troubleshooting steps with the Azure Bicep Insert and system path errors?
Mar 13: Presenting at Azure Spring Clean 2023– Zero to Hero: Secure IaC with Bicep – post.
Mar 15: [Moderated] CLL session – Jumpstart with Enterprise Landing zones – recorded YT session.
Mar 22: [Moderated] CLL session – Central network management in Azure – YT recording.
Mar 25: Cloud Infrastructure Journey – Episode 1: Getting you started with IaC in Azure – YT recording.
Mar 28: Microsoft Secure – Data Security Posture Management: Keeping your data secure and compliant
Apr 1: Azure Bicep GitHub Discussions – Answer accepted for “Assign existing VNet in bicep file” question
Apr 4: DevOps Global Summit 2023 – Zero to Hero: Securing IaC in Your Cloud Environment – YT recording
Apr 12: [Moderated] CLL session -Microsoft Sentinel the modern SIEM system – YT recorded session.
May 3: Presenting at Cloud Lunch and Learn – Zero to Hero: Secure IaC with Azure Bicep – YT recording.
May 11: Presenting at Global Azure 2023: Gimme Cloud Talks -Why should you be managing cloud resource hygiene in your environment? – YT recording.
May 12: Presenting at Global Azure 2023: Gimme Cloud Talks – Exam prep session for AZ-220: Microsoft Azure IoT Developer – YT coming soon.
May 12: Presenting at Global Azure 2023: Gimme Cloud Talks – Exam prep session for AZ-305: Microsoft Azure Architect – YT coming soon.
May 13: Presenting at Global Azure 2023: Gimme Cloud Talks – What to expect on an upcoming Azure Bicep version 1.0? – YT coming soon.
May 17: [Moderated] CLL session – Azure VWAN the future for your WAN – YT recording.
May 24: MS Build 2023 – Moderating Learn Live – DIS07 Migrate SQL workloads to Azure Managed Instances
Jun 7: Presenting at Cloud Lunch and Learn – Building your IaC with private Azure Bicep modules – coming soon.
Jun 14: [Moderated] CLL session – Container Apps – Zero to Hero – YT recorded session.
July 19: [Moderated] CLL session – Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Computing hands on – YT recording
July 26: [Moderated] CLL session – Managed Kubernetes Service: Day Zero Survival Pack – YT recording
Aug 2: [Moderated] at Gira Online Speakers Latam 2023 – Synapse PII Data Masking with Cognitive Services – YT recording
Aug 3: Presenting at Gira Online Speakers Latam 2023 – Building your IaC with private Azure Bicep modules.
Aug 4: Presenting at Gira Online Speakers Latam 2023 – What to expect on an upcoming Azure Bicep version 1.0?
Aug 4: Live Stream – Azure Greg chats to Elkhan Yusubov about his Cloud Journey.
Sep 7: Presenting at Azure Back to School 2023 – What you need to know about Microsoft Azure Architect (AZ-305) exam?
Sep 27: Presenting at Azure Back to School 2023 – What do you need to know about Cloud Design Patterns? – YT recording.
Oct 4: [Moderated] CLL session – Securing your app’s communications with Kubernetes, Azure Key Vault, and TLS certificates – YT recordin g.
Oct 25: [Moderated] CLL session – Unlock i ng K8s Troubleshooting Best Practices with Botkube – YT recording
Oct 31: [Blogged] – Resolving “git fetch” SSL certificate problem on windows machine
Nov 1: Presenting at Cloud Lunch and Learn – Getting started with private Bicep modules in Azure – YT recording.

Upcoming events: (or backstage cooking 🙂

Coming soon: Presenting at MVP TechBytes – Learning Bicep for your IaC solutions in Azure
Dec 23: Irish Techie talks – Festive Tech Calendar 2023 – The 12 Bicep Tips of Christmas: Best Practices for Azure Deployment
Dec 28: Irish Techie talks – Festive Tech Calendar 2023 – Unboxing the Festive Design patterns with Santa
TBD: Live YouTube Infrastructure as Code (IaC) interaction sessions with Microsoft MVPs – Kasun and Elkhan – coming soon.

2022

Jan 4: Starting the New Year with an #OpenHack event – “Happy to join the #OpenHack Containers coaches club 🎉“
Jan 15: An Awesome Azure Bicep GitHub repo is launched to help community learn and practice from official and community resources. A detailed blog post.
Jan 19: Cloud Lunch and Learn webinar – Setting up your Biceps 💪 for success in Azure – recorded YT session.
Feb 16: Moderated a CLL session – Azure Data Factory for absolute beginners! – recorded YT session.
Feb 17: Present at Azureish Live – Grow your Biceps while flexing Azure ARM 💪 – recorded YT session.
Feb 27: Blog post – Azure Spring Clean 2022 session has been accepted.
Mar 2: Moderating CLL session – How to become a Cloud Architect – Part 1 – recorded YT session.
Mar 9: Moderating CLL session – How to become a Cloud Architect – Part 2 – recorded YT session.
Mar 16: Welsh Azure User Group – How you could flex the ARM with Azure Bicep? – recorded YT session coming soon.
Mar 17: Azure Spring Clean 2022 – What you need to know about Azure AD security defaults?
Apr 1: Breakfast with the GitHub Product Group session
Apr 8: #MVPbuzzChat Interview with Christian Buckley – podcast link.
Apr 27: Moderating CLL session – Automate Azure Role Based Access Control (RBAC) using Azure DevOps – recorded YT session.
May 3: Career Panel Q&A LinkedIn Live – recorded session.
May 4: Moderating CLL session – Serverless Deep Neural Network(DNN) with Azure Functions and ML.Net – recorded YT session.
May 6: Global Azure 2022 – Getting you ready for Azure Architect AZ-305 exam! – recorded YT session.
May 7: Global Azure 2022 – What is new in Azure Bicep? – recorded YT session
May 11: Moderating CLL session – Azure SQL Managed instance, a different SQL server? – recorded YT session.
May 31: Microsoft Post Build Table Topic– Your Cloud Certification Journey
June 1: Moderating CLL session – The known and unknown features of Bicep the evolution of Azure ARM – recorded YT session
July 13 – Moderating CLL session – Azure Security & Governance – recorded YT session
July 22 – In convo with John Lunn (aka, @JonnyChipz) – recorded YT session with a blog post.
Aug 2 – LATAM 2002 event – Productivity tips for setting infrastructure-as-code with Azure Bicep – recorded YT session
Aug 2 – Moderating at LATAM 2002 event
Aug 19 – Interview with DynamicsSmartz (Netsmartz company) on Cloud Security and Governance
Sep 1 – Azure Back to School 2022 – Getting you ready for Microsoft Azure Architect exam (AZ-305) – YT recording.
Sep 23 – Tech Talk -MSSA – Cloud Interviewing guidance and tips for military veterans.
Sep 28 – Azure Back to School 2022 – What is new in Azure Bicep language ?- YT recording.
Sep 29 – Presenting for Azure Dominicana meetup – Learning infrastructure as code with Azure Bicep – recording coming
Oct 5: Moderating CLL session – Architecting a Modern Analytics Cloud Data Platform – YT recording.
Oct 12: Moderating CLL session – Implementing Identity Protection with Microsoft Cloud – coming soon.
Oct 13: Microsoft Ignite 2022 – Moderated “5 Recommendations to Identities in the Cloud” – the session details.
Nov 3: Mentoring & Coaching session with #cludmarathoner community.
Nov 16: Moderating CLL session – Exploring Azure Stack HCI & Azure ARC Overview and Use cases – YT recording coming soon.
Nov 18 – Orlando Power BI User Group – Azure Fundamentals Exam with Elkhan Yusubov
Dec 16 – Irish Techie talks – Festive Tech Calendar 2022 – What you need to know about Azure Bicep configurations?

2021

Jan 5: Roopu Cloud Podcast – 10 Questions about cloud – multi-cloud and hybrid computing
Jan 15: Cloud Skills Podca st – GC P for Azure P ros
Mar 17: Azure Dublin Meetup – How to up-skill with Azure Data Engineering Certification
Mar 24: Azure Dublin Meetup – Getting started with Data Transformation services in Azure
Apr 9: Tech Talk – MSSA: Helping military veterans transition to IT, cloud and automation
April 16: Global Azure – Transformation journey from Azure ARM into Bicep
April 17: Global Azure – Getting started with data transformation services in Azure
May 13: Cloud Lunch and Learn Marathon 2021 – Start you cloud upskilling journey with Azure Data Engineering certification?
May 14: Cloud Lunch and Learn Marathon 2021 – Intro to the cloud ETL and ELT services in Azure
May 14: Cloud Lunch and Learn Marathon 2021 – Transforming regular ARM template skills into Azure Bicep
June 16: Moderation for a CLL session: ML.NET: Machine Learning (and deep learning!) for the C# developer with Luis Beltran. Check out the “Live session“
Sep 8: Cloud Lunch and Learn session – Transforming ARM into Azure Bicep
Sep 10: Azure Back to School 2021 – Managing your Azure environment security guardrails with Azure Bicep
Sep 27: Interview with Azure Crazy – sharing cloud journey story with actionable tips.
Oct 29: Azure Bicep blog post: Hardening parameter inputs on Azure Bicep files is featured on Microsoft DevOps Community channel post “Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2021.10.29“
Nov 4: Cloud Lunch and Learn – Cloud Ideathon with community
Nov 17: Omaha Azure User Group – “Azure Bicep – beyond basics “
Nov 18: Cloud Lunch and Learn – Cloud Ideathon 2021 final closeout event
Nov 19: Another Azure Bicep blog post “What are the good options to manage sensitive info in Azure Bicep?” is featured on Microsoft DevOps Community channel post “Top Stories from the Microsoft DevOps Community – 2021.11.19“
Nov 24: Moderation for a CLL session – Resume API with Azure Functions with Rishab Kumar. Check out the Live session YT in few days.
Nov 26: A new LinkedIn course “Azure Bicep First Look” is released.
Dec 9: Present at Cloud Skills Live event: Azure Bicep: Getting Up & Running, check out the live recording
Dec 15: Festive Tech Calendar 2021 – All you need to know about Azure Bicep 💪 configurations

2020

Apr 20: Cloud Skills Podcast – Developer perspectives on Cloud & DevOps
Apr 24: Global Azure Virtual – Sharing story of a cosmic journey with Cosmos
Jun 18: Neolisk’s Tech Talk – Azure Q/A with Elkhan Yusubov
Jul 2: CFS – Global 2020 Summer Azure DataFest – Sharing story of a cosmic journey with Cosmos DB
Oct 21: BBIG meetup – How to up-skill with Azure Data Engineering certification?

2019

Aug 21 : BBIG Meetup – Sharing story of a cosmic journey to Cosmos DB with demos

2018

May 12: NoVa Spring Code Camp – Azure Automation 101: what you need to know about ARM templates

2017