Portfolio

The Continuous Deployment of Azure Web Apps using GitHub

Cosmos DB - Configure Seven Day Continuous Backup Retention using Terraform

Azure Synapse Analytics - Git Integration and CI/CD

Using OpenID Connect to access Azure from GitHub

In this post, I cover where all Microsoft Certified Professionals' familiar resources are now located in Microsoft Learn since Microsoft closed down the MCP portal. Microsoft Learn replaces MCP Portal

In this post, I share how users can connect GitHub to Microsoft Sentinel to send auditing logs to be analysed. Connect GitHub to Microsoft Sentinel

In this post, I cover my highlights from Microsoft Build 2022. MS Build 2022 Announcements

In this post, I share how users can connect Azure DevOps to Microsoft Sentinel to send auditing logs to be analysed. Connect Azure DevOps with Microsoft Sentinel

I was a speaker at the 2022 Scottish Summit on the following topic: Monitoring Azure DevOps and GitHub using Sentinel Our development platforms for storing repositories, automating builds and proje...

Excited to have received this Microsoft MVP Aware in the post today. So grateful to be included in an amazing community.

Awarded Microsoft MVP status in the Azure category.

HashiCorp Ambassador 2022

Blog post featured in myNewsWrap by Christian Lechner. https://youtu.be/8iJletC4394

Blog post featured in Jonnychipz Weekly Vlog. https://youtu.be/3FSRElatKv8

Currently reading: • The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software • Tools and Weapons - The Promise and The Peril of The Digital Age My reading wish list: • An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engi...

9 months or 39 weeks or 276 days This is how long it took for me to hit 20,000 readers on my blog jamescook.dev. Incredible, never thought I would hit such a number in my first year.

2022 New Year’s Resolution 2. Learn/Develop skills • Containers/Kubernetes • Coding - Python/Go/C# 4. Grow my personal brand • Continue growing jamescook.dev • Grow social media presence • Collabor...

The MS Content Contributor Consortium has been a work in progress the last couple months. With limited members to workout the layout and access, I was finally able to allow access to those who requ...

I was featured for the fourth time in a Microsoft DevOps Community post for my blog post on Azure DevOps: Terraform variables with Azure Key Vault.

Accepted the position of DevOps Engineer at FirstPort

Started the #TechBookClub community after suggesting on Twitter if a monthly book read and discussion would be a good idea. @Tech_Book_Club

I was featured for a third time in a Microsoft Dev Community post for my blog post on Static Code Analyses using Terrascan, Terraform and Azure DevOps.

I was featured for a second time in a Microsoft Dev Community post for my blog post on Static Code Analyses using Checkov, Terraform and Azure DevOps.

My blog, Cloud and Devops with James Cook (JamesCook.Dev), reached 5000 post readers.

Mentioned in a JonnyChipz weekly video for the Azure content I write about in my blog JamesCook.Dev.

I was one of Hashnode's top 50 writers in April 2021 where I won 10 coffees on Buy Me A Coffee.

I participated in the Azure Spring Clean 2021 Contributor event where I published a blog post on Azure Budget Monitoring using Tags and Dashboards.