Getting started with Docker & Kubernetes

This past week I had to work on a project with a customer around Docker and AKS (Azure Container Service).As part of the project, I needed to use the Docker-in-Docker image, but also needed to install the Azure CLI, so I created an image for it here: davevoyles/dind-azurecli Recommended Reading I’d highly recommend Nigel Poulton’s books,…

Announcing Philly Azure Meetup Group

Microsoft MVPs and community leaders in the Philadelphia region have recently started an Azure user group in the region. Thanks @timferro for looping me in! “This is a group for anyone who works with, uses, or wants to learn more about Microsoft Azure. From Architects to developers to IT Pros to users and consumers, we will support…

GPUs and TensorFlow on Azure

  My peer in the Bay Area, Christine Matheney (@Matheney), put together a bunch of information around TensorFlow today, and I thought it was relevant to my audience. I’ve been doing a lot of work with CUDA and DirectX on GPUs lately, so it was right down my alley! Christine has chatted with a number of people…

Getting started with Azure GPUs

I love tinkering with GPUs, from my early computer days with a Voodoo 2 and Quake 2 (Ahhhh, the Glide made those games look gorgeous….)   Recently Microsoft announced our Azure VMs with GPUs and their general availability. I figured I’d learn a bit more about them, and share the useful videos with you. Introduction…

Building a Scalable Online Game with Azure

Link to the blog I’ve been looking for a great tutorial around building a gaming backend with Azure, and finally found a fantastic one from an MVP, Nick Prueh, Technical Director of Daedalic Entertainment. It includes the source code, and step-by-step tutorials — I cannot recommend it enough! ———————– @DaveVoyles Subscribe to my startup, tech, and…

Azure for startups

Azure for Startups GitHub repo was recently launched to help startups understand and engage with the Azure products and services most relevant to them. The repo includes targeted tutorials, code samples, templates and documentation – both unique content created by the Startup Evangelism team specifically for startups, as well as links to relevant content on…