Azure: A Powerful Solution for Your Technical Challenges

DEVOPS TECH TALK SERIES FROM NEWFIRE
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It is easy to have your head in the (Azure) clouds, but here at Newfire we like to get our hands dirty! Whether you’re a developer, IT professional, educator, or business professional, we have specifically created this DevOps TechTalk series to show you the tricks of the DevOps trade.

Azure can be a powerful solution for your technical and business challenges. Our DevOps experts will share tips and tricks on how to choose between similar Azure Containerized Web Services, find the best fit for your needs and showcase how DevOps empowers QAs.

Don’t miss out!

Presenters

Andriy, DevOps Chapter Lead | Newfire Global Partners, Ukraine

After more than 10 years of working in development and cloud solutions, Andriy has become an evangelist of DevOps culture. His journey from developer to Microsoft Azure architect was a challenging one, but he couldn’t be happier about where he ended up. In his spare time, Andriy actively contributes to Stackoverflow and Microsoft communities.

Zeljko, DevOps Engineer | Newfire Global Partners, Croatia

Zeljko is an automation engineer with more than 10 years of experience in Development, IoT, and Fintech. Over the past 5 years, Zeljko has specialized as a DevOps engineer and has worked for several IT companies establishing advanced IT development support environments. He typically focuses on toolchaining and he enjoys creating event-based systems.

TechTalk Details

Session 1:

Azure Containerized Web Services: DevOps Comparison

Choosing between similar services to find the best fit

Presenter: Andriy, Newfire DevOps Chapter Lead, Ukraine
Duration: 41 min

Summary:
There are many Azure services that enable hosting web applications in the cloud. In this session, we’ll be reviewing WebApps, Container Instances, and Container Apps that are able to host Docker containers with User Interactive applications and backend services like a WCF service or Web APIs.

By comparing these three web services using real business examples, we’ll best practice applications and suggestions and guidance in order to choose the best, most cost-effective solution for your organization.

Join us and you will learn how to:

Choose the right Azure Web service suitable for a particular business and technical requirements
Implement highly available web applications based on WebApps, Container Instances, and Container Apps
Integrate WebApps, Container Instances, and Container Apps with Azure Kubernetes Service

Session 2:

Using DevOps to Empower QAs

Showcasing cross-platform automated UI testing, reporting, and ticketing

Presenter: Zeljko, Newfire DevOps Engineer, Croatia
Duration: 58 min

Summary:
Interested in automating your QA process? It’s DevOps to the rescue!

Join our DevOps engineer, Zeljko, as he showcases UI testing automation with Azure DevOps, Selenium, and Allure reports.
We’ll demonstrate streamlined deployment, take automated screenshots, log outputs, and include videos of UI test failures. We’ll also show how to automate work item creation and summary reporting for a complete QA experience.

In this session you can expect to learn how to:

Initiate Java written tests using Azure DevOps
Fetch secrets from KeyVaults and use them safely
Automatically create Allure reports with videos and publish them on Azure DevOps Services Pipeline

Who is Newfire Global Partners?

We are an American company and leader in technology services with worldwide operations that span four continents. Hard problems need smart people, so our founders saw a tremendous need for help in bringing innovation to market and an opportunity to create a company culture that reflected our ideals. Here at Newfire Global Partners, we leverage our expertise and deep working knowledge to help clients unlock value.

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