Do you know when to mock your API?

Sometimes you may not know what the backend technology for your API could be… perhaps it is a serverless Azure Functions App, a Logic App, or even a set of services running in Kubernetes. These questions may take time to answer, but you already made a choice on the frontend technology. You may already have…

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The best tool to manage and document your API

Having a documented and discoverable API is fantastic. Your API consumers are able to easily understand and reason about your API to build their own integrations. Azure API Management provides us with everything we need to publish our APIs to the world. We can import one or more OpenAPI Spec docs, Swagger, WSDL, and other…

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Do you know how to brand your API?

Consumers are very picky when it comes to choosing their favourite API. They don’t appreciate boring pages that lack images, colour and style. Branding your API Portal is important to make your organization and API stand out in the market. By adding some excitement to your API Portal (as well as a properly documented API)…

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Taking control of your APIs with Azure API Management

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In this lightning talk William Liebenberg covers his favourite features of Azure API Management such as the Developer Portal, Policies and Analytics and how easy it is for you to start using them to secure and monitor your own APIs. He will also highlight where Azure API Management becomes really difficult to manage and how…

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Stop storing your secrets with Azure Managed Identities

Is your code exposing valuable secrets for anyone to see? SSW Solution Architect Bryden Oliver shows us how to store our secrets using Azure Managed Identities so your code is safe and secure. SSW.Rules | Do you store your secrets securely? Bryden is a Solution Architect with over 25 years professional experience. He has a…

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May Tech News – Windows 10, Android 12 and an Azure refresh | Adam Cogan

May Tech News

SSW Chief Architect Adam Cogan and SSW Solution Architect Matt Wicks take us through the latest news from the tech industry. 0:00 Introduction BUILD conference happening on 25-27 May https://mybuild.microsoft.com/home 4:59 Windows 10 performance update https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22… 5:52 Azure static web apps https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/blo… 8:52 Azure logo gets a refresh https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/blo… 10:04 Blazor Day https://blazorday.net/ 10:56 Cosmos…

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February Tech News – Supply chain attack! Facebook & Apple privacy showdown and DotNet templates | Adam Cogan

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Let’s Talk News with Adam Cogan, talking about some of the latest in the tech industry in February. 00:00​​ – Introduction – welcome to February’s Tech News 00:15​ – Nine signs Google deal 02:08​ – Coding news – supply chain attack!! 05:02​ – Facebook & Apple privacy showdown 06:38​ – Project Bicep – next generation…

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January Tech News – Power Apps, new Teams interface, and how Apple Watch is fighting COVID-19 | Adam Cogan

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Adam Cogan talks about some exciting new developments with Power Apps, Azure SQL, the new Microsoft Teams interface, Apple Watch helping in the fight against COVID-19, and more! 00:00​ – Introduction – welcome to 2021! 00:24​ – Power Apps turning emails into mobile notifications 01:21​ – Reference: Power Apps new naming: https://youtu.be/SU910ZzDp7M​ 02:03​ – Azure…

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