
Alec Harrison
Lunavi, Lead Developer
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
I am Alec Harrison a Microsoft Azure MVP, a software development enthusiast passionate about test-driven development, cloud technologies, and agile methodologies. In my free time you'll find me learning about new Azure technologies and helping to run the Iowa Microsoft Azure User Group!
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Using and Deploying Azure Static Sites
When you are looking to host sites in Azure you always want to limit costs and spend money where it really matters. We will walk through how to deploy your first app through infrastructure as code and a CI/CD pipeline to Azure as easily as possible! I hope to see you there!
ARM Versus Bicep Deploying Via GitHub Actions
Join me as we discuss the future implementation of Infrastructure as Code! Is it better than ARM, what does the future look like, is it scary, how to prepare for the future? Find out in this presentation!
Continuous Delivery Novice to Dangerous
The goal of this talk is to take people from the high-level phrase “Continuous Delivery” to building out a pipeline in Github and deploying safely to Azure. This will get everyone not only knowledgeable in CD topics but lay a good foundation to be dangerous in writing pipelines safely at their jobs.
This workshop is geared toward developers at all skill levels or who are new to Github/Azure! This will be a friendly workshop in building out your first continuous integration and continuous deployment pipeline. That might sounds scary, but with a little guidance and the maturity of the tools today you’d be surprised how quickly you can go from hearing about “Continuous Delivery” to actually implementing it yourself! This guided walkthrough will take you from talking about the high-level concepts of Continuous Delivery as we come to them and also building out a simple sample application. There will also be more supplemental materials for more challenging or self-learning outside of the workshop!
What is DevOps and How it's Not Just Someone Else's Job
In this presentation, we will discuss what I see as the ideal state of DevOps and discuss at a high level how it fits in with Agile. We will discuss where DevOps came from and how you can incrementally adopt it and a path to fully adopt it!
Santa's Minimal APIs and Azure Container Apps!
In this presentation, we are going to be going over building an API for Santa's workshop in .Net 7 using minimal APIs. This will include auth and deploying our application to an Azure container app!
Azure Open AI
Have you heard about Chat GPT? Do you think Open AI could be the future of your company, or make your job way easier? In this session we will discuss how to get started with Open AI in Azure, the feature set today, incorporating it in our daily app development, and importing it to a simple .Net application!
Kansas City Microsoft Azure Meetup
In this presentation, we are going to be going over building an API for Santa's workshop in .Net 7 using minimal APIs. This will include auth and deploying our application to an Azure container app!
Omaha .Net Ignite Post Party
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.NET Conf 2022 Highlights and more by Mike Douglas, Alec Harrison
.NET Conf 2022 wrapped up a few weeks ago and announced .NET 7, C# 11, and a number of improvements in Azure. Join us to highlight of some of the most impactful improvements and a deeper dive in Azure Container Apps using .NET 7 and minimal APIs.
DevOps Days DSM
ARM Versus Bicep Deploying Via Azure DevOps
Since Bicep is the new kid on the block many companies have already adopted ARM or know it well enough to hide from it. However, the new leap with Bicep should encourage everyone to adopt it or quickly move away from other products to give it a chance! We will use it to deploy a site to Azure!
Sci-Fi Dev Con
When you are looking to host sites in Azure you always want to limit costs and spend money where it really matters! During this presentation, we will walk through the costs of hosting a static site in Azure, how to deploy your first app through infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipeline to Azure as easily as possible. Presented by Alec Harrison!
Hosting and Deploying Static Sites in Azure
When you are looking to host sites in Azure you always want to limit costs and spend money where it really matters! During this presentation we will walk through the costs of hosting a static site in Azure, how to deploy your first app through infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipeline to Azure as easily as possible. Presented by Alec Harrison!
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Alec Harrison is a software enthusiast who spends his time solving problems with technology and processes. During his day job he spends time working as a software engineering manager at Growers Edge, and at night he helps run the Iowa Microsoft Azure User Group and learning more about Azure!
Using and Deploying Azure Static Sites
When you are looking to host sites in Azure you always want to limit costs and spend money where it really matters. Join us on February 8th for a presentation by Alec Harrison sponsored by Source Allies! We will walk through how to deploy your first app through infrastructure as code and a CI/CD pipeline to Azure as easily as possible! We hope to see you there!
Microsoft Ignite recap round table
This event will be a recap of all of the new features announced at ignite in a round table format. We will facilitate a discussion on features cool to us and have an open discussion about any features that might be cool to you! Look forward to hearing from you all!
ARM vs Bicep Deployment via GitHub Actions
ARM vs Bicep Deployment via GitHub Actions with Alec Harrison
Join Alec Harrison to discuss the future implementation of Infrastructure as Code! Is it better than ARM, what does the future look like, is it scary, hot to prepare for the future? Find out in this meetup!
Alec Harrison is the President of the Iowa Microsoft Azure User Group and has recently joined Growers Edge as a full stack engineer. Prior to that I was at Source Allies working on full stack web app in .Net Core Angular all hosted in Azure. You can catch Alec hosting the Iowa Microsoft Azure User Group, blogging at https://www.azurebarista.com, and speaking at events! Feel free to reach out to Alec on LinkedIn for any further questions https://www.linkedin.com/in/alec13355 !
ARM Versus Bicep Deploying Via Github Actions
Join me as we discuss the future implementation of Infrastructure as Code! Is it better than ARM, what does the future look like, is it scary, how to prepare for the future? Find out in our next meetup!

Alec Harrison
Lunavi, Lead Developer
Omaha, Nebraska, United States