Eric D. Boyd

I had a great time tonight presenting about scalability, distributed systems, messaging, and eventing in Azure at the Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup. I also really enjoyed the collaboration throughout and the Q&A at the end. And now, I'm on the train headed home.

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Async Messaging & Eventing @ Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup Dive into the world of asynchronous messaging and event-driven architectures with Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Hubs, and Azure Event Grid

Curious how to build distributed systems at scale with messaging and eventing patterns using #Azure services?

Meet, mingle, and connect with other cloud computing practitioners and enthusiasts tomorrow evening at the Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup.

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Eric Siegel is kicking off #SummerfestTech 2025 with his keynote "The AI Playbook: How to Capitalize on Machine Learning".

It was great to get people together in-person again. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for presenting and helping organize.

What are you doing this Thursday evening?

Eating pizza with me and David Giard while learning about and discussing #Azure AI Search?

If you are, since I'm ordering the pizza, what do you want? Domino's, Chicago Deep Dish, or Chicago Tavern Style?

Great to meet you and thanks for the message. Good luck with the certifications. I hope the Getting Started videos help you on your #Azure journey.

Yeah, the Release Preview channel, but not the early adopters like Beta, Dev, or Canary.

I have no idea, it's just what's displayed in my Windows version information in Settings > About

Exactly. That's my question, too. Because Apple does it???

System-wide.

Yes, recent update.
OS: 26100.4188
Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.107.0

There's a couple of frustrating ones

Why do I have rounded corners in Windows this morning?!?!

I have a square-cornered screen.

Windows apps aren't designed well for this. Visual Studio Code is a prime example with icons in the lower left and right corners that I want to click, and now the click targets have been reduced.

And that's a wrap on the #MSBuild 2025 Seattle experience. I'll recap the conference, announcements, and provide recommendations for sessions to watch and things to learn in an article on ericboyd.com in the coming days.

Congrats Argus on your 2025 Imagine Cup win!

#MSBuild #ImagineCup

Tune into #MSBuild in less than 20 minutes at 8:47 PT to see the 2025 Imagine Cup World Championship with Dona Sarkar and Annie Pearl.

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The keynote will immediately follow at 9:00 PT with Satya Nadella and Kevin Scott.

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Heading to #MSBuild but not sure where to start?

Join me + fellow MVPs for "New to Microsoft Build? Get Help Planning Your Agenda" 🎯

We’ll share our picks, answer your Qs, and help you build your schedule with confidence!

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#Azure #AI #MVPBuzz

Chicago #GlobalAzure on Friday, May 9 at McDonald's HQ

Join me and members of the Chicago #Azure community to explore insights on patterns, practices, and innovations in Microsoft Azure.

Event details and registration:
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Jaxon and I at #BSidesMKE today.

Doing some fun recordings in the Microsoft studios this afternoon. #mvpbuzz

It's Fat Tuesday and I'm enjoying Café Du Monde chicory coffee this morning.

Do you see it?
Is it a Disney easter egg?

This is Oga's Cantina at Star Wars Galaxy's Edge. I see something else at this angle.

I had a cast member breaking character last night. She said, "OMG, I can't unsee that! I work here and I've never seen it!" And then apologized for breaking character.

My son loves Bing Create. This is his wallpaper this morning. Merry Christmas Eve!

Decisions, decisions...

What's frustrating is the only option I want is the one offered but not allowed.

YouTube video by Hackers of CypherCon Securing Azure cloud infrastructure - Eric D. Boyd | CypherCon 7.0

I had a great time at #CypherCon 7 in Milwaukee this past spring. I had the opportunity to discuss security risks and threats in #Azure environments, along with strategies, services, and tools to enhance security.

If you missed the event in person, you can now watch it here. youtu.be/3zsZKlT5KNc

Windows brings nostalgia to the holidays with the return of Windows Ugly Sweaters, this year featuring the Bliss backdrop This holiday season, Windows is bringing a touch of nostalgia to its ugly sweaters by going back to the early 2000s in the Time of XP. This year’s sweater features the iconic Bliss backdrop from Windo...

Me too. I acquired a Windows ugly sweater last year that is the Bliss wallpaper.

Sadly, it doesn't seem like there is a 2024 edition of the Windows ugly sweater. At least not that I can find.

Will do, Travis!

Azure Cobalt 100-based Virtual Machines are now generally available | Microsoft Azure Blog Azure Cobalt 100 Virtual Machines, powered by custom Arm-based CPUs, are now generally available in multiple regions.

Azure Cobalt 100 ARM processors became generally available in October and are now available in several Azure regions.

Who is using them, and for what purpose and workloads?

I suspect Azure Database for MySQL wasn't good for their offering. But they were also a victim of multiple acquisitions. First Navisite acquired them, then Navisite got acquired by Accenture.

I've used ClearDB for MySQL hosting in Azure since the beginning of Azure App Service. Sadly, it's the end of the road.