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Jonah Andersson

Jonah Andersson

Senior Azure Consultant at Solidify, Cloud DevSecOps Engineer • Microsoft MVP • Microsoft Certified Trainer • MCT Regional Lead • Book Author

Sundsvall, Sweden

Jonah Andersson is a Developer, Cloud & DevOps Engineer in Sweden. She works as a Senior Azure Consultant at Solidify AB.

With academic background in Computer Science and System Development, Jonah specializes in .NET technologies and has cloud development expertise in Microsoft Azure.

As a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Microsoft Azure technologies, as a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and international public speaker, Jonah has earned a reputation as a cloud computing and development expert. She wrote and has authored a book on the fundamentals of Microsoft Azure titled Learning Microsoft Azure: Cloud Computing and Development Fundamentals (O'Reilly Media).

Jonah enjoys tackling complex problems and is passionate about developing modern applications in .NET using modern cloud technologies like Azure. She is committed to continuous learning and enjoys connecting with other developers through tech communities and international public events.

In addition to her technical work, Jonah is a committed and inclusive community leader in the Nordics. She founded and is leading the Azure User Group Sweden, a tech community focused on Azure for cloud development.

Jonah advocates for gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in the tech industry. She was awarded as the Developer of the Year at Nordic Women in Tech Awards.

She volunteers as a mentor to young women seeking to build careers in tech and is a passionate public speaker on these topics. Jonah is also the co-host of the ExtendWomenInTech Podcast, where she shares inspiration to inspire tech and promote inclusive tech for everyone.

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Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • Azure
  • C#.Net
  • Azure DevOps
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Cloud Computing
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Functions
  • Azure SQL Server
  • Azure IaaS
  • Azure Logic Apps
  • Women in Tech
  • Women in Leadership
  • Cloud Computing on the Azure Platform
  • Women Techmakers
  • Cloud Native
  • DevOpsCulture
  • Azure DevOps Pipelines
  • Agile software development
  • Community Building
  • .NET
  • Cloud strategy
  • Cloud Automation
  • Cloud Technology
  • Microsoft MVP
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microsoft Technologies
  • Serverless computing
  • Terraform
  • DevOps
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Azure Infrastructure
  • Mentorship
  • Tech Communities
  • Cloud & Infrastructure
  • Software Engineering

Serverless Development with Internet of Things (IoT)

Developing serverless solutions in different cloud platforms gives developers the opportunity to build solutions with great flexibility, productivity, creativity, and more.

In this session, Jonah Andersson will be sharing her knowledge on how you can develop IoT projects and event-driven solutions using serverless Azure Functions and the Azure IoT Development Kit. Be prepared to both learn with facts and with a code demo.

The Different Patterns of Azure Durable Functions

In this session you will learn the fundamental concepts you need to know in coding serverless functions (FaaS/BaaS) with Durable Functions, the extension of Azure Functions that enables developers and cloud engineers create stateful workflows.
Get a glimpse of the different known durable functions patterns that can help solve some complex problem. A mini demo of one of the patterns will be presented in .NET platform.

The Software Developer's Guide to Remote Working

Since the pandemic, we have been working from home and remotely. In this session, a fullstack .NET Software Developer share her experiences working from home since the pandemic started and what made her enjoy working from home as an IT consult while building virtual tech communities and mentoring to make a difference

Panel: Leveraging .NET for Modern Development

This roundtable will explore the benefits of leveraging .NET for modern development. We will discuss the advantages of using .NET for building web applications, mobile applications, and cloud-based solutions. We will also discuss the latest trends in .NET development, such as microservices, containers, and serverless architectures. We will explore the tools and frameworks available to .NET developers, and how they can be used to create powerful, secure, and scalable applications. Finally, we will discuss the challenges of .NET development and how to overcome them.

Azure Networking Stuff You Need To Know

In this session, you will learn about the different Azure networking services you can use and implement in your cloud and hybrid use case scenarios. Jonah will introduce us to the different purpose and service categories of Azure networking that will give you a good overview of what to use for what.

Azure IoT Cloud Development

There are different variations of IoT devices that Microsoft Azure supports, one of them is Azure IoT Dev Kit which is an IoT development device intended for developers who are interested in cloud development with Azure IoT solutions.

In this session, you will learn about the Azure IoT Dev Kit that enables you to get started with cloud IoT development without any soldering tools needed.

A Technical Overview of Azure Service Bus

Jonah presents the basics and technical overview of what is Azure Service Bus. Learn about how to use it as cloud messaging service in your applications. Discover how Azure Service Bus solves complex messaging problems.

Developing Minimal Web APIs in .NET and Azure API Management

In the software development, the more clean code you write the better. In certain business use cases, we as developers have to create Web APIs in .NET that are intended for microservices, integration and exposing our APIs to our consumers.

In this session, you will learn more about developing with Minimal Web APIs in C# .NET with Microsoft Azure using API Management and more. Session with have a mix of important concepts to get you started and code demo to keep your brains so interested to get started!

Ask Me Anything About Writing a Technical Book About Microsoft Azure

In this session, I am open to answer any questions related to Learning Microsoft Azure and the book I wrote about it.

A Developer's Journey to the DevOps: The Synergy of Two Worlds

As a developer, your world revolves around programming and crafting solutions. However, the importance of seamlessly integrating development and operations must be considered in today's rapidly evolving landscape. This is where DevOps steps in as a crucial discipline, facilitating collaboration, efficiency, and innovation within software development teams.

Learn about the journey of Jonah, an experienced developer who has skillfully navigated the intricate relationship between coding, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure management. We will dive into how her diverse experience in these domains has equipped her with a unique perspective on working with DevOps with positive and promising outlook.

Understanding the fundamentals of development and having a solid grasp of DevOps principles is paramount when it comes to effectively managing infrastructure. Jonah's story will shed light on the symbiotic relationship between these two disciplines, showcasing how her development background has allowed her to build robust, scalable systems while incorporating the best practices of DevOps.

Important Things to Consider Before Migrating Old .NET Applications to Microsoft Azure

Jonah Andersson shares her past experience, challenges, and important lessons learned about migrating and developing old .NET applications from on-premises to the cloud platform Microsoft Azure.

Find out how that project turn into a fiasco not because of Microsoft Azure but of other factors. Learn about Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, Azure Migration, and Jonah's list of advices to never make the same mistakes in your cloud migration projects.

Azure Virtual Machines as Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipeline Agents

In Azure DevOps, there are different ways to configure your Azure Pipelines using Agent Pools for deployments, you can either have it Microsoft-hosted or self-hosted.

In this session, Jonah Andersson will share her knowledge and hands-on experience on how you can use Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VM Scale Sets as DevOps Agents for your deployments agents to Microsoft Azure.

By the end of the session, you will learn about the important concepts you need to know about self-hosted agent pools on Azure DevOps and managing these agents on Azure.

Azure Durable Functions for .NET Developers

Are you a .NET developer who wants to learn more about serverless development in Azure? In this session, Jonah will share about how you can get started in developing stateful functions with Microsoft Azure Durable Functions in a serverless environment in .NET.

Learn the basics and the fundamental concepts you need to know to get started coding serverless in Azure, the different durable functions application patterns, what to think about when authoring your stateful orchestration in your functions, and more. Jonah will show a short demo code example and share some recommended learning resources.

Gender Inequality in Tech - Why Is it a problem and How can we fix it?

Jonah shares her insights about gender inequality problem in tech and IT industries. Why is it a problem and what can we do to fix it? Find out why Jonah is dedicated and passionate in making a difference and what is she doing about it.

Cloud Development with Azure Developer CLI (azd)

As an open-source developer tool, Azure Developer CLI (azd) is a great cloud development tool for developers working with Azure.
azd allows you to develop with Azure with consistently across the terminal, integrate with your DevOps CI/CD pipelines like GitHub Actions and more.

In this session, Jonah Andersson will share the important concepts you need to get started with Azure Developer CLI (azd) for your development projects - from configuring your local environment or dev containers, using azd templates, and other great stuff you need to know.

The Importance of Mentorship and Communities in Tech

Mentoring in tech and collaboration of tech communities have been a trend since the start of the pandemic when everyone is working remotely. In this session, Jonah shares her story about tech and her passion for volunteering in the tech communities by mentoring in tech, sharing knowledge, organizing events, and being engaged in public speaking.

Learn and be inspired by the humble yet resilient tech story of Jonah and her community engagements and building a tech community driven by a passion for collaborating and sharing with others.

State of the Public Cloud - featuring AWS, GCP and Azure

In this two hour long session, the three largest cloud providers - AWS, GCP, and Azure - will present overviews of their respective cloud offerings. The focus of the session will be on providing attendees with a general understanding of the features and capabilities of each platform, as well as the potential benefits of using a cloud provider for their business or organization. The session will cover a range of topics, including compute, storage, containerized workloads, messaging, and database options. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the different cloud options available and to determine which one best fits their application needs.

Andreas Wänqvist, Tech Lead at Voyado
Will MC and guide us through the session.

Jonah Andersson.
Will give you an overview of Azure's services.

Abdelfettah SGHIOUAR, Senior Cloud Developer Advocate at Google
Will show you how to run your apps safely and securely on the Google Cloud.

Anurag Kale, AWS Data Hero and Cloud Software Architect at Polestar
Will provide an overview of AWS's services.

Azure Cloud Migrations | Ask The Experts

Join Microsoft experts at the Ask The Experts booth in the Expo Hall, to get your questions answered about migrating to the cloud.

Developing Resilient Serverless Cloud Applications with Azure Durable Functions

Serverless computing has transformed how we build and deploy applications in the cloud, especially in distributed and event-driven applications. It enables us to focus on business logic instead of infrastructure. However, our cloud applications can become complex sometimes and need better serverless technologies to manage state and orchestrate workflows.

You will learn about Azure Durable Functions can help you build serverless applications that are scalable, resilient, and efficient. We will start with key concepts and features, including developing stateful orchestrations by code and managing their lifecycles. Then, we will dive into several common application patterns and use cases, such as event-driven workflows, long-running processes, and fan-out/fan-in scenarios, human-interaction workflows, and show you how to implement them in solving complex events.

Throughout the session, we will also cover best practices for designing and deploying robust serverless applications using Durable Functions. You will learn how to handle errors, deploy them, and monitor them. There will also be a demo of various use cases and ways to build Durable Functions in .NET with other Azure services and tools, such as Azure Service Bus, Azure Logic Apps, and Azure Monitor end-to-end serverless solutions.

After the end of this session, you will have a solid knowledge of how to use Durable Functions for serverless development with microservices and event-driven applications.

Infrastructure as Code using Terraform in Azure: Implement Managed Identities in Azure Functions

Infrastructure as Code is used with cloud-native applications for automating and managing IT infrastructure that helps us save time with manual and tedious processes.

In this session, Jonah Andersson will share about developing and working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to deploy Azure resources to Microsoft Azure. You will learn about infrastructure as code in Azure and will provide an example of how managed identities can be added to Azure Functions using Terraform IaC in Azure.

The Importance of Tech Mentorship and Tech Communities

Mentoring in tech and collaboration of tech communities have been a trend since the start of the pandemic when everyone is working remotely. In this session, Jonah shares her story to tech and her passion in volunteering in the tech communities by mentoring in tech, knowledge sharing, organizing events, and being engaged in public speaking.
Learn and be inspired of Jonah's story and community engagements driven by passion to collaborate and share with others.

Learned Experience from Migrating .NET Applications to Azure

Jonah Andersson shares her real-life cloud migration experience in developing and migrating old .NET on-premise applications to the cloud platform Microsoft Azure.

Find out how that project turn into a fiasco not because of Azure but because of other factors. Learn about Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework, Azure Migration, and Jonah's list of advice to never make the same mistakes in your cloud migration projects.

Mistakes to Avoid to Prevent Fiasco in Migrating Legacy .NET Applications to Microsoft Azure

Jonah Andersson shares her past experience of trial and error of migrating applications to the cloud. She shares her challenging yet important lessons learned about migrating and developing old legacy.NET applications to the Microsoft Azure.

Find out how that project turn into a fiasco not because of Azure but of other factors. Get tips about what are the great things and services you need to know on Azure to prevent you and your organization make the same mistakes and be successful.

By the end of the session, you gain useful knowledge to help with Azure migration. Also, be inspired how Jonah's cloud migration experience have inspired and motivated her first book, Learning Microsoft Azure (O'Reilly)

Cloud Migration and Modernization Mistakes You Should Avoid

Embarking on a journey to the cloud offers opportunities for businesses to innovate, scale, and optimize operations. However, the path to successful cloud migration is riddled with potential pitfalls that can significantly hinder progress and effectiveness.

Join Jonah Andersson, in this enlightening and lessons-learned session where she shares the landscape of cloud migration, her own cloud migration journey as a developer and IT architect. In this session, we wil be exploring the most critical mistakes that developers, IT architects, and business leaders must avoid at all costs.

We uncover the common stumbling blocks and mistakes that often derail migration projects. You will learn about the recommended cloud migration tools such as the Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure, Well-Architected Framework, and useful tips.

Whether you're a seasoned developer seeking insights into architectural considerations, an IT architect navigating the intricacies of infrastructure, or a business leader strategizing for digital transformation, this session promises valuable takeaways based on the speaker's cloud migration journey that lead her to write and publish a book about learning about Microsoft Azure.

Embrace the knowledge shared here to fortify your migration strategy and position your organization for success in the cloud and AI-driven innovations we have today.

Code, Serverless Containers, and Cloud: Azure Container Apps for Developers


Do you want to build and develop serverless containers on a cloud platform such as Microsoft Azure? In this session, you will learn about the important technical concepts you need to know about building and developing Azure containers. The session explores serverlesss containers such Azure Container Apps and its key useful features for cloud development of microservices. Regardless of whether you are new, you will learn how to get started developing with and building your code with ACA and leverage the power of Azure with it.

Developing .NET Apps using Azure Developer CLI (azd)

As an open-source developer tool, Azure Developer CLI (azd) is a great cloud development tool for developers working with Azure. This developer and DevOps friendly CLI tool, azd allows you to develop with Azure with consistently across the terminal, integrate with your DevOps CI/CD pipelines on GitHub and Azure DevOps. All you need for development - backend, frontend, infrastructure as code (IaC), and Azure resources all in one place for collaboration.

In this session, Jonah Andersson will share the important concepts you need to get started with Azure Developer CLI (azd) for your .NET development projects - from configuring your local environment , dev containers, using azd templates, and the basic azd commands you need to learn to speed up you cloud development process.

Cloud Development on Microsoft Azure for Senior Developers

Experience a learning journey and session into cloud development with Microsoft Azure, which is explicitly tailored for senior developers. In this session, learn the essential concepts you need to know to start cloud development on Azure. Learn about Microsoft Azure's advanced features and best practices, equipping you with the expertise to excel in cloud-native application development.

Gain practical insights into sophisticated Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, Azure App Services, cloud databases, and cloud development tools, which are essential for senior developers working with the cloud. Learn the different tools for best practices in developing and migrating on-premises applications to the cloud.

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Jonah Andersson

Senior Azure Consultant at Solidify, Cloud DevSecOps Engineer • Microsoft MVP • Microsoft Certified Trainer • MCT Regional Lead • Book Author

Sundsvall, Sweden