by Steef-Jan Wiggers | May 27, 2017 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
The month May went quicker than as I realized myself. Almost half 2017 and I must say I have enjoyed it to the fullest. Speaking, travelling, working on an interesting project with the latest Azure Services, and recording another Middleware Friday show. It was tha best, it was amazing!
Month May
In May I started off with working on a recording for Middleware Friday, I recorded a demo to show how one can distinguish Flow from Logic Apps. You can view the recording named Task Management Face off with Logic Apps and Flow.
The next thing I did was prepare myself for TUGAIT, where I had two sessions. One session on Friday in the Azure track, where I talked about Azure Functions and WebJobs.
And one session on Saturday in the integration track about the number of options with integration and Azure.
I enjoyed both and was able to crack a few jokes. Especially on Saturday, where kept using Trump and his hair as a running joke.
TUGAIT 2017 was an amazing event and I enjoyed the event, hanging out with Sandro, Nino, Eldert and Tomasso and the food!
During the TUGA event I did three new interviews for my YouTube series “Talking with Integration Pros”. And this time I interviewed:
I will continue the series next month.
Books
In May I was able to read a few books again. I started reading a book about genes. Before I started my career in IT I was a Biotech researcher and worked in the field of DNA, BioTechnology and Immunology. The book is called The Gene by Siddharta Mukherjee.
I loved the story line and went through the 500 pages pretty quick (still two weeks in the evenings). The other book I read was Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. And this book is a good follow up of the previous one!
The final book I read this month was about Graph databases. In my current project we have started with a proof of concept/architecture on Azure Cosmos DB, Graph and Azure Search.
The book helped me understand Graph databases better.
Music
My favorite albums that were released in May were:
- God Dethroned – The World Ablaze
- Voyager – Ghost Mile
- Sólstafir – Berdreyminn
- Avatarium – Hurricanes And Halos
- The Night Flight Orchestra – Amber Galactic
There you have it Stef’s fourth Monthly Update and I can look back again with great joy. Not much running this month as I was recovering a bit from the marathon in April. I am looking forward to June as I will be speaking at the BTUG June event in Belgium and Integrate 2017 in London.
Cheers,
Steef-Jan
Author: Steef-Jan Wiggers
Steef-Jan Wiggers is all in on Microsoft Azure, Integration, and Data Science. He has over 15 years’ experience in a wide variety of scenarios such as custom .NET solution development, overseeing large enterprise integrations, building web services, managing projects, designing web services, experimenting with data, SQL Server database administration, and consulting. Steef-Jan loves challenges in the Microsoft playing field combining it with his domain knowledge in energy, utility, banking, insurance, health care, agriculture, (local) government, bio-sciences, retail, travel and logistics. He is very active in the community as a blogger, TechNet Wiki author, book author, and global public speaker. For these efforts, Microsoft has recognized him a Microsoft MVP for the past 6 years. View all posts by Steef-Jan Wiggers
by Steef-Jan Wiggers | May 4, 2017 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Two more weeks and I will, once again, return to Lisbon for the TUGAIT event. Last year during the 2016 edition Azure MVP’s Sandro, Nino and myself (the three integration animals, see picture below) did a workshop and several sessions on integration i.e. BizTalk, Open Source connectivity (GrabCaster), and Hybrid And this was no doubt a successful event and the debut of the integration track. Hence this year the track will active again!
TUGAIT 2017
The May 18th until the 20th, a variety of speakers will present on a myriad set of technologies like Xamarin, Angular, DataScience, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Integration, DotNet, SQL Server, SharePoint, Office365, Azure and IoT.
The integration track on Saturday the 2oth will be packed with session by Azure MVP’s Sandro, Nino, Eldert, Riccardo, Tomasso and myself.
Integration in 2017: Logic Apps
Microsoft has made a leap forward with several of there Azure Services including Logic Apps. A Service that went GA end of July 2016 and evolved rapidly to maturity. Already we see a steady growing adoption of this service within enterprises. Logic Apps is not the replacement of BizTalk, its Microsoft answer to solve integration challenges in the Cloud. The Logic App connectors provide connectivity to other Azure Services and several SaaS solutions like MailChip, SalesForce and CRM online. At TUGAIT 2017 in the Integration Track you will learn more about Logic Apps.
Why attend?
“Nice there’s an integration track, but what if I like to learn about other technologies (too)?”
Well you are at the right place as on the 18th there’s a full day of workshops you can choose from. On Friday there are 5 parallel tracks from which you can pick and choose. The same accounts for Saturday, including the integration track!
The event is located in one of the most beautiful, cultural cities of Portugal. It’s three days packed with content, stellar speakers and community leaders you can listen to and grab to ask questions.
Registration
Registration is a few euro’s or even free if you do require lunch (the fee is there to reduce waste and prevent having an abundance of food).
You can register here and I will see you there in Lisbon!
Cheers,
Steef-Jan
Author: Steef-Jan Wiggers
Steef-Jan Wiggers is all in on Microsoft Azure, Integration, and Data Science. He has over 15 years’ experience in a wide variety of scenarios such as custom .NET solution development, overseeing large enterprise integrations, building web services, managing projects, designing web services, experimenting with data, SQL Server database administration, and consulting. Steef-Jan loves challenges in the Microsoft playing field combining it with his domain knowledge in energy, utility, banking, insurance, health care, agriculture, (local) government, bio-sciences, retail, travel and logistics. He is very active in the community as a blogger, TechNet Wiki author, book author, and global public speaker. For these efforts, Microsoft has recognized him a Microsoft MVP for the past 6 years. View all posts by Steef-Jan Wiggers
by Steef-Jan Wiggers | May 4, 2017 | BizTalk Community Blogs via Syndication
Two more weeks and I will, once again, return to Lisbon for the TUGAIT event. Last year during the 2016 edition Azure MVP’s Sandro, Nino and myself (the three integration animals, see picture below) did a workshop and several sessions on integration i.e. BizTalk, Open Source connectivity (GrabCaster), and Hybrid And this was no doubt a successful event and the debut of the integration track. Hence this year the track will active again!
TUGAIT 2017
The May 18th until the 20th, a variety of speakers will present on a myriad set of technologies like Xamarin, Angular, DataScience, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Integration, DotNet, SQL Server, SharePoint, Office365, Azure and IoT.
The integration track on Saturday the 2oth will be packed with session by Azure MVP’s Sandro, Nino, Eldert, Riccardo, Tomasso and myself.
Integration in 2017: Logic Apps
Microsoft has made a leap forward with several of there Azure Services including Logic Apps. A Service that went GA end of July 2016 and evolved rapidly to maturity. Already we see a steady growing adoption of this service within enterprises. Logic Apps is not the replacement of BizTalk, its Microsoft answer to solve integration challenges in the Cloud. The Logic App connectors provide connectivity to other Azure Services and several SaaS solutions like MailChip, SalesForce and CRM online. At TUGAIT 2017 in the Integration Track you will learn more about Logic Apps.
Why attend?
“Nice there’s an integration track, but what if I like to learn about other technologies (too)?”
Well you are at the right place as on the 18th there’s a full day of workshops you can choose from. On Friday there are 5 parallel tracks from which you can pick and choose. The same accounts for Saturday, including the integration track!
The event is located in one of the most beautiful, cultural cities of Portugal. It’s three days packed with content, stellar speakers and community leaders you can listen to and grab to ask questions.
Registration
Registration is a few euro’s or even free if you do require lunch (the fee is there to reduce waste and prevent having an abundance of food).
You can register here and I will see you there in Lisbon!
Cheers,
Steef-Jan
Author: Steef-Jan Wiggers
Steef-Jan Wiggers is all in on Microsoft Azure, Integration, and Data Science. He has over 15 years’ experience in a wide variety of scenarios such as custom .NET solution development, overseeing large enterprise integrations, building web services, managing projects, designing web services, experimenting with data, SQL Server database administration, and consulting. Steef-Jan loves challenges in the Microsoft playing field combining it with his domain knowledge in energy, utility, banking, insurance, health care, agriculture, (local) government, bio-sciences, retail, travel and logistics. He is very active in the community as a blogger, TechNet Wiki author, book author, and global public speaker. For these efforts, Microsoft has recognized him a Microsoft MVP for the past 6 years. View all posts by Steef-Jan Wiggers
