Sean Whitesell
Sr. Cloud Architect & President of Tulsa .NET User Group
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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Sean is an Microsoft MVP and ASP Insider. He has been the President of Tulsa .NET User Group since 2009, and a Sr. Cloud Architect with ArchitectNow. Sean has been programming and playing with electronics for over 20 years. He also has multiple black belts in martial arts.
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From Developer to Cloud Architect - Strategies for Success
You're a developer, and now an architect. Not only an architect but a cloud architect. You're happy for the job but overwhelmed with everything that goes with the job. From networking skills to handling audits, a cloud architect has much to handle in the day-to-day challenges. What do you need to really succeed at your job?
In this talk, I'll go over strategies considered crucial to being a good cloud architect such as a security mindset and preparing for the future. I'll present some tips on overcoming the seemingly insurmountable challenges. And you'll learn how your experience as a developer strengthens your cloud architect skills. Let the strategies in this talk help you stop feeling overwhelmed and instead empower you as a cloud architect.
Azure On The Cheap - Your First Azure Applications
Getting started with the cloud and be daunting. There are many ways to accidentally spend a lot of money with either wrong settings or simply forgetting about expensive running resources. In this talk, we'll go over how to get started with Azure and make a very simple application. You'll learn about Azure subscription types and budgets, storage options, basic security, virtual machines, and serverless application hosting. We'll leverage Visual Studio for creating and deploying our application. We'll also look at the options for observability and logging, and database options.
Network Fundamentals for Devs
As applications are becoming more cloud-based and cloud-native, developers need to understand network services and architecture.
This talk is for developers who need to understand more about network topology options and related services. Cloud providers offer network control options in various ways. Come to this presentation to learn about network options specific to Azure and AWS and how to better leverage network services, including security options.
Data Patterns for Successful Applications
It has been said that data is the new currency. The more your company relies on data the more you need to understand data patterns for handling how data comes into your systems, managed, stored, and represented. We are no longer in the world of "just use a single" database. We now need to choose the right data management and storage tools based on business objectives. This means understanding more than a relational database like SQL Server or Oracle. It means understanding what database option is best based on business processes. It also means understanding patterns that can be applied to data that allow for better data analysis, and cost effective storage.
Saving Your Ass(ets) - Azure Resiliency Planning
Every cloud architecture should include resiliency planning. But what should that planning include? Every cloud application implementation varies and understanding how applications behave when the infrastructure fails is paramount. For some companies it could mean the difference of near zero downtime to the other extreme of closing their business entirely. Are you really prepared?
In this talk, you'll learn about various architecture resiliency options. Also included is an understanding of what Azure regions are made of and how they can have an outage. The greatest takeaway you'll have is how to start making preparations against the unknowns that can happen at any time.
Microservices -- The Easy Way is the Wrong Way
In the effort to be buzz-word compliant you get onboard and start making a microservice for nearly everything. You have learned that the only way to grow in this programming industry is to use microservices so you took a look at your codebase and started hacking away. Months later you pull your head out only to realize you have spent way too much time and money going the wrong direction from the start.
In this presentation I will talk about pros and cons of microservices. You will learn when and how to get started creating microservices and when you absolutely under no uncertain terms should create them. When and how to tear apart existing applications to well defined services.
Sean Whitesell
Sr. Cloud Architect & President of Tulsa .NET User Group
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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