Join our Azure and microservices expert William Liebenberg as he presents a game-changing approach to building microservices using Dapr and Azure Container Apps.

🤯 Discover how Dapr enhances the scalability, resiliency, and maintainability of your microservices while reducing complexity.

SSW Solution Architect William will give a hands-on demonstration of how to extend your microservices with Dapr and how to run GitHub-to-Azure deployments leaving you inspired to elevate your microservices game. 👨‍💻

00:00 | Intro
02:44 | Microservices are painful
03:48 | Agenda
04:04 | Azure Container Apps
12:48 | Whats is Dapr?
14:12 | Dapr Building Blocks
19:02 | Dapr Sidecar
20:01 | Dapr Components – State
43:24 | Dapr Components – Resiliency
47:08 | Dapr Components – Bindings
48:21 | Developing Microservices with Dapr
49:33 | Developing with Dapr
1:10:07 | Summary
1:13:07 | Q & A


🔗 Links:

Rule: https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/rules-to-better-microservices
Need help?: https://www.ssw.com.au/consulting/strategic-architecture
William’s blog: https://azuregems.io/

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👋 Get in touch:

William Liebenberg – SSW Solution Architect
About: https://www.ssw.com.au/people/william-liebenberg
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-liebenberg

For more information about SSW’s consulting services, please visit https://ssw.com.au/ 


#sswrules #microservices #dapr #azure container apps #william liebenberg #strategic architecture

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About the speakers

About the speakers

William Liebenberg

William is a Solution Architect with over 18 years of professional experience spanning multiple industries such as Heavy Engineering, Mining, 3D Graphics, Education and Finance.

With his many years of experience, William has learnt how to adapt to new industries, and this gives him a unique talent for synchronizing with his clients' business languages and processes to successfully build their solutions.

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