Jim Wilcox
The Granite State Hacker, Microsoft MVP, Author, Architect with EQengineered
Raymond, New Hampshire, United States
As a lifetime coder, technical team leader, and trusted software industry-insider, Jim develops teams that develop software by hands-on example, especially in the Microsoft tools space. Jim Wilcox is a front-to-back, edge-to-edge (full-stack, versatile role) software architect & engineering craftsperson with EQengineered in the Greater New Hampshire Area. Jim is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional ("MVP") Award Winner in the category of Developer Technologies every year since 2019.
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Getting Started with .NET Aspire
In November, Microsoft released a new stack set on top of the (also new) .NET 8. We'll dig into what .NET Aspire is made of, and how to build cloud ready apps on it.
How to Keep a Secret with Azure Key Vault
Every experienced developer has made the rookie mistake of putting passwords, sensitive configurations, or private key certificates in files and committing them to a code repository. Azure Key Vault is made to be the stronghold fortress of secrets. In Standard mode it's economically unfeasible to penetrate. In premium mode, with Hardware Security Module storage (HSM) enabled, key vaults are centralized, compliance audit-ready FIPS 140-2/L2 cloud native storage for all the things no mortal human can know. We'll check out Key Vault and explore configuring a C# / .NET 6 application from one.