Episode 429 | Azure App Configuration

In this episode, AC & CJ catch you up on the news, explore what’s new in Microsoft 365, and then explore the Azure App Configuration service that developers can use in maintaining centralized configuration in their distributed cloud apps.

What’s New in Microsoft 365

• MC286990 - Exchange Online and Basic Auth
• MC288054 - Configuration Change: Power BI app for Microsoft Teams automatic installation and availability for government customers

News

• The future of Skype: Fast, playful, delightful & buttery smooth​
• Microsoft 365 MFA outage locks users out of their accounts
• Trump pushing Microsoft to buy TikTok was ‘strangest thing I’ve ever worked on,’ says Satya Nadella
• Microsoft opens its Windows store up to third-party app stores
• Announcing Cloudflare R2 Storage: Rapid and Reliable Object Storage, minus the egress fees
• Cloudflare R2 Storage
• Azure App Configuration documentation
• Getting started with Azure App Configuration | Azure Friday
• How Azure App Configuration helps developers roll out new features | Azure Friday

Picks

AC’s Pick

• LuLaRich

CJ’s Pick

• A hamster has been trading cryptocurrencies in a cage rigged to automatically buy and sell tokens since June - and it’s currently outperforming the S&P 500