Transitioning from SysAdmin to Platform Engineer and Embracing Tools for App Resiliency

Aren't we all platform engineers? Steve Buchanan says yes! But there's more to it - and Steve talks about the mindset of looking beyond individual products that we might have skills with and owning the entire problem of providing platforms for your organization to get work done. The conversation dives into the many products that can help our applications function better and the challenge of making them secure and fast. Are containers the solution? Possibly! It's your platform; focus on the fundamentals and go further!

Links

• VS Code
• File Server Resource Manager
• Azure Kubernetes Service
• Kubernetes Namespaces
• Open Service Mesh in AKS
• Microsoft Defender for Containers
• Azure Chaos Studio
• Azure Virtual Desktop
• GitHub Codespaces
• AKS with Azure Pipelines
• Azure Draft
• Security Copilot

Recorded February 5, 2024