Microsoft Azure is huge and changes fast! There are more than 200 services in Azure, with many features—𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴. New services always come out and are constantly being improved with new features. Microsoft can do this because most services are owned by separate teams that develop functionality. This high rate of change is great because it provides new ways to solve problems. However, 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘂𝗽-𝘁𝗼-𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲. It takes much work to keep track of new services and their purpose in the Azure world. So the question is how to stay up-to-date. Here are some essential information sources:
𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/azure-friday/.
𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸: https://learn.acloud.guru/series/azure-this-week.
𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/.
𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/content-type/announcements/.
𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/.
𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗴: https://azure.github.io/AppService/. Also, check my 𝗔𝘇𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁
: https://github.com/milanm/azure-cheat-sheet.