The document summarizes an upcoming Brisbane Azure User Group meetup in November 2017. It will feature a presentation by Dan Toomey of Mexia on using Azure Event Grid for serverless events. The document also provides information on past and future presentations, Mexia job opportunities, and Microsoft Azure news including new features of AKS, Cosmos DB, and Azure VMs.

1. @BrisbaneAzureUG
meetup.com/Brisbane-Azure-User-Group

2. Microsoft Azure News
November 2017

3. sponsorship

5. Upcoming Presentations
Month Presenter(s) Topic
June 2017 1. Dale Austin & Erik Jansen (Microsoft)
2. Dan Toomey (Mexia)
1. Highlights from Build 2017
2. Hybrid Integration
July 2017 Ido Katz Azure Traffic Manager
August 2017 1. Brett Smith (F5)
2. Mike Christie (F5)
3. Ben Place (Mexia)
1. Securing Application Access with F5
2. Protecting Your Azure Environment with F5
3. How To Tell Your Success Story
September 2017 Todd Whitehead The Internet of Stranger Things
October 2017 Anthony Rees Cooking Up Azure with Chef Automate
November 2017 Dan Toomey Serverless Events with Azure Event Grid
December 2017 Unconvention Night 1. TBA
2. TBA
3. TBA
4. TBA
5. TBA
Got Topic?
Send message on Meetup or email dan@mexia.com.au

7. Mexia is continually on the lookout for great
talent! We refer to our people as Unicorns
because they are rare, hard to find, and loved
by everyone!
Our focus on people and culture has won us
the #8 Great Places to Work for SME in
Australia, 2017.
Key skills and roles we look for:
• .NET Developers
• Integration Analysts
• Enterprise Developers
• Microsoft Azure
• Agile
• Microsoft Certification
We are advertising for Consultants now! Please check
out our job ads on LinkedIn, or contact our Unicorn
Whisperer directly at rebeccam@mexia.com.au
www.mexia.com.au

9. Managed Kubernetes service (AKS).
easier to manage and operate your Kubernetes environments

10. Cosmos DB in Azure Storage Explorer
- Enables ASE to be a one-stop shop
- Provides an easy way to explore Cosmos DB data structure
- Flexible navigation across Cosmos DB accounts

11. One-click replication for Azure Virtual Machines

12. Bing Search API v7 and Bing Custom Search
• Bing Custom Search lets you create a targeted web search experience to deliver more relevant results
• Bing Web Search API
• Bing Image Search API
• Bing Video Search API
• Bing News Search API
• Bing Autosuggest API
• Bing Spell Check API

13. fastest VMs on Azure (Fv2 VMs)

14. Transactional replication to Azure SQL
• When you cannot afford to remove your
SQL Server database from production while
the migration is occurring, you can use
SQL Server transactional replication as your
migration solution.

17. https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/techsummit/sydney

18. Open for Registration!
DDD Brisbane is a Microsoft-focused event but they welcome sessions about related topics and methodologies.
In previous events we have had topics from agile to C++ to JavaScript to Iron Ruby.
http://dddbrisbane.com/main/

21. On Demand Training - Updates
mva.microsoft.com
•Dev/Test in the Cloud
•Getting Started with the Internet of Things (IoT)
www.pluralsight.com
•Designing a Hybrid Cloud in Azure
•Docker for Web Developers
•Azure AD for Developers
www.opsgility.com
•Azure For AWS Experts
•Deploying Hybrid Identitity Solutions Using Azure AD
•Monitoring Apps with Application Insights

24. Serverless Eventing with Azure Event Grid
Dan Toomey (Mexia)