Containerizing applications offers developers big advantages (Portability, Efficiency, Agility,
Faster delivery, etc.), and has become the defacto approach for building Cloud Native applications. Coupled with a Container Host, developers can deploy containerized apps without managing complex infrastructure. Azure Container Apps (ACA) leverages cloud infrastructure, and it enables you to build applications in your favorite language with any dependencies and tools, package them as a container image, and deploy them in seconds. ACA is a fully managed serverless container service on Azure, built on top of Azure Kubernetes Service. It allows you to run microservices and containerized applications without worrying about orchestration or managing the Kubernetes complex infrastructure. The deep integration with KEDA (event-driven auto scaling for Kubernetes), Dapr (distributed application runtime) and Envoy (a service proxy designed for cloud-native applications) make ACA extremely versatile. Come get an introduction to ACA, leave with a good understanding of what it is, what it is not, and how it can help you in your projects.
Bio
Steve Caravajal, Ph.D. is a senior technical leader and cloud solution architect, responsible for digital transformation and cloud solutions for the Microsoft Corporation. Steve has over 30 years experience working with large enterprises, and is a well-known, recognized leader in his field. He focuses on providing architectural design and application development guidance on ways to build or move workloads into the cloud. His 10+ years working with Azure includes deep expertise in both Infrastructure and Application Development. He specializes in Cloud Native application development using microservices, containers, serverless technology and Kubernetes. He is an expert in all aspects of Microsoft's cloud, as well as AWS and GCP. He routinely speaks at local user groups, industry conferences, and has authored four books.