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In this episode, Robert is joined by Sourabh Shirhatti, who shows how to build a gRPC service with Visual Studio. Sourabh starts with an introduction to gRPC, a language agnostic, high-performance Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework, and reviews why it was created and what benefits it has over other ways of building services. Sourabh then creates a service from scratch in Visual Studio and then builds an app to call it. Resources: Introduction to gRPC on .NET CoreTutorial: Create a gRPC client and server in ASP.NET CoregRPC services with C#

In this video, you will learn how to deploy recommended HADR architectures using Azure as a DR center with the best TCO using Software Assurance.[00:00] Intro[00:31] Licensing for HA/DR when using Azure as a disaster recovery site[01:42] Operations allowed on secondaries[02:01] Architecture with Azure for disaster recovery[03:30] Setting up an Azure SQL VM for disaster recovery[04:38] Summary Learn more at https://aka.ms/sqlserver2019licenseguide?WT.mc_id=dataexposed-c9-niner and https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server/optimize-tco-with-new-sql-server-software-assurance-benefits-for/ba-p/1123731?WT.mc_id=dataexposed-c9-niner.

In this episode of CodeStories – we're at the Microsoft Paris office with a few local Cloud Advocates: Julien and Wassim, as well as Maud, Developer Relations Program Manager in France. We'll learn about some recent projects in the Paris Java and JavaScript communities, with Azure Spring Cloud – and – we'll get some top travel recommendations from the team. From this episode: [01:22] Microsoft and Java[02:30] Java developer community in France [04:36] Nitro[04:42] Jhipster[05:53] Favorite travel spots in France [07:28] Tabs or Spaces? Links from this episode: Azure Functions for Java Azure App Services for JavaAzure Spring Cloud JHipster Nitro

Join Maddy, David, and Amanda as they kick off a day full of Xamarin and .NET. Find out what is new and awesome for Xamarin developers to build stunning cross-platform mobile apps with .NET and Visual Studio. You do not want to miss out! For more information on Xamarin head over to https://aka.ms/XamarinFocus

In part 2 of a 3 part series, focused on the Bot Framework, this episode looks at how you can use the telemetry capture capabilities built into the Bot Framework to analyze your bots usage and gain actionable insights by exploring data such as user / conversation trends, channel breakdown and dialog completion vs abandonment. We discuss why bot analytics are crucial, take a look at how easy it is to enable telemetry capture within your bot and how to drill into your data using Azure and Power BI. Jump To: [00:40] – Discussion about why bot analytics are important[02:15] – Demo showing how telemetry is wired up within a .NET Core sample bot[04:40] – Viewing telemetry captured during a debug session within Visual Studio[06:40] – Analyzing your telemetry within Application Insights in Azure and creating a dashboard[10:20] – Open source Power BI dashboard for advanced bot analyticsFor More Info: Bot Framework SDKBot Framework SDK samples (including for telemetry / Application Insights)Microsoft Docs – Add telemetry to your bot Microsoft Docs – Analyze your bot's telemetry dataThe AI Show's Favorite links: Don't miss new episodes, subscribe to the AI Show Create a Free account (Azure) Deep Learning vs. Machine Learning Get Started with Machine Learning

Xamarin.Essentials provides developers with cross-platform APIs for their mobile applications. On this week's Xamarin.Essential API of the week we take a look at the text-to-speech API to speak back text from the users device. Show Links: Xamarin.Essentials DocumentationXamarin.Essentials Getting Started DocumentationText-to-Speech API DocumentationSource CodeFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms, & Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer Center & BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

It can be very difficult to get health insurance for many people across the globe. Contigo helps lower the cost of insurance and provide information about the options that are available to their community. In this episode, Ismael talks to us about the issues around getting proper insurance coverage in the Dominican Republic. He also shares with us how .NET and Azure are enabling them to provide the solutions around this effort. [01:36] - Why is difficult to get an insurance policy?[02:11] - Contigo demo[03:40] - How was the application built?[06:56] - The importance of compliance[09:00] - How does the need for compliance affect your technology choices Useful Links Get started with .NETCaribbean Developers ConferenceGet started with .NET on Azure

We are changing the conventional wisdom that business-critical devices and equipment should be kept offline to keep them secured. Because of Azure Sphere Security Service, a.k.a. "AS3" (aka.ms/iotshow/azuresphere), Azure Sphere devices are more secure when they're connected.Caitie McCaffrey, leading the Azure Sphere Security Service engineering team joins us on the IoT Show to tell us what her team delivers and why device developers should care. Learn more about Azure Sphere and its Security Service visiting https://aka.ms/iotshow/azuresphere

Thomas Maurer joins Donovan Brown to show how you can manage and govern your Windows and Linux machines hosted outside of Azure on your corporate network or other cloud provider, similarly to how you manage native Azure virtual machines. When a hybrid machine is connected to Azure, it becomes a connected machine and is treated as a resource in Azure. [0:01:37] - Demo Azure Arc OverviewAzure Arc for serversHow to add a Server to Azure ArcAzure HybridWhat is Azure Policy?Understand Azure Policy's Guest ConfigurationCreate a free account (Azure)

In this show Dona and Sarah talk to Philippe about Power Virtual Agents, one of the latest technologies within the Power Platform. Watch as Philippe discusses how to use conversation to automate business processes across every organization in EVERY industry. Philippe originally was head of the Power Virtual Agent team where he has led the product to the market and championing this within the community. He has now moved over to being a Principle Program Manager in Financial Services! Learn more about Philippe here https://www.linkedin.com/in/philbrissaud/ To learn more, visit: https://aka.ms/LessCodeMorePowerDocs

This week, James is joined by friend of the show Alexey Strakh, Microsoft Mobile Customer Advisory Team Engineer, who shows off how to bind native Swift libraries so you can use them in your Xamarin iOS apps. Show Links: Documentation: Binding Swift LibrariesSource Code + WalkthroughBinding Tools for SwiftDocumentation: Binding Objective-C LibrariesFind James on: Twitter, GitHub, Blog, and his weekly podcast Merge Conflict.Follow @JamesMontemagnoNever Miss an Episode: Follow @TheXamarinShowUseful Links: Learn more about Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms, & Cross-platform developmentXamarin Developer Center & BlogMicrosoft Learn Self-Guided TrainingCreate a Free Account (Azure)Xamarin Developers YouTube ChannelXamarin on Twitter

In this video, you will learn how to deploy recommended HADR architectures with the best TCO using Software Assurance.[00:00] Intro[00:32] Reminder of benefits for HA/DR[01:11] Common scenarios[02:14] Operations allowed on passive secondaries[03:28] Operations not allowed on passive secondaries[03:49] Application of SA benefits in more complex setup[05:50] Summary Learn more at https://aka.ms/sqlserver2019licenseguide?WT.mc_id=dataexposed-c9-niner and https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server/optimize-tco-with-new-sql-server-software-assurance-benefits-for/ba-p/1123731?WT.mc_id=dataexposed-c9-niner.

In life, we all need a little help sometimes to reach that next level. That's what the team behind the Hidden Genius project is trying to do by opening up the world of technology to young men of color. In this episode, Sean Valentine of the Hidden Genius projects gives us some insight into program and how it is positively changing the lives of its students. [01:27] - How can a student expect from this program?[02:38] - What's happens with some of the students after the program?[03:58] - Empowering expressiveness through code[06:44] - How are past students paying it forward?[09:14] - Breaking down stereotypes[T11:011] - How can you support the program?[14:06] - What's the future of Hidden Genius look like? Useful Links The Hidden Genius ProjectCaribbean Developers Conference

Learn all about WSL2, the new version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, and what changes have been made to improve performance. Craig Loewen will show you how to get things installed and set up a Linux development workflow that is integrated with Windows and VS Code. Check out the faster IO performance and system call compatibility, then watch Craig run an app from inside a container using Docker Desktop for Windows and debug it using VS Code. ***UPDATE: There has been a recent refresh to WSL2 that requires a kernel update. The update happened shortly after filming this episode, so it is not mentioned, but you can read Craig's blog post about it or head straight to the kernel update doc if you install WSL2 and encounter a kernel error.* Here are some links to learn more: Install WSL2Set-up your dev environment on Windows (link directly to WSL docs)File issues, search existing issues, get help with WSLWindows Command Line Blog (WSL News)Follow Craig Loewen or Windows Developer Docs on TwitterCreate an Azure Account (12 months free + $200 credit)Source code for the Ghost Game demoGet started using Docker containers with WSL2 and NodeJSInstall Docker Desktop for WindowsInstall VS Code

In the first of a 3-part series focused on the Bot Framework, this episode looks at how the Bot Framework now makes it easier than ever to develop incredible engaging experiences in Microsoft Teams – from conversational bot through to Teams messaging extensions – and give you the information you need to get up and running with your own Teams bot in just a few minutes using the available Bot Framework samples. [01:50] – Conversational Bot / TeamsActivityHandler Demo – A demo of a conversational bot in Microsoft Teams and how this is driven using the TeamsActivityHandler class. [05:07] – Bot Framework Samples – A look at what samples are available in the Bot Framework Samples repo on GitHub for Teams bot development. [06:25] – Teams Search Extension Demo / sample walkthrough – A look at what it takes to build a bot to power a Teams Search Extension and walking through the sample available in the samples repo on GitHub. For More Info: Bot Framework SDK Bot Framework SDK samples (including for Microsoft Teams) Bot Framework Virtual Assistant Microsoft Docs – Create a bot for Microsoft TeamsThe AI Show's Favorite links: Don't miss new episodes, subscribe to the AI Show Create a Free account (Azure) Deep Learning vs. Machine Learning Get Started with Machine Learning