{"id":53550,"date":"2021-12-21T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?p=53550"},"modified":"2022-02-10T20:38:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:38:32","slug":"the-top-10-technet-uk-articles-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2021\/12\/21\/the-top-10-technet-uk-articles-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 10 TechNet UK Articles of 2021!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We’re now arriving at the end of 2021, so as is tradition we’re taking a look back at the Top 10 articles that were most popular by you, the TechNet UK audience! It’s great to see a mix of names amongst the authors, complimenting a wide variety of different topics.<\/p>\n
A massive thank you to our guest writers and contributors for providing these articles, and we hope to work with writers new and old in 2022 to create even more great content for everyone at TechNet UK.<\/p>\n
If you’re interested in writing for TechNet UK, drop us an email at UKTechStories@microsoft.com with a rough idea about what topic you’d like to cover and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can!<\/p>\n
Without further ado, here’s the top ten!<\/p>\n
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by Mark Harrison<\/p>\n
Mark Harrison takes a look at the AppDev trends he\u2019s been seeing so far this year, as well as touching on the themes he\u2019s frequently asked to cover as an Azure AppDev Specialist.<\/p>\n
Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n by Issagha Ba, Athulya Ramamoorthy, Volkan Civelek and Abiodun Olatunji<\/p>\n In this blog post, the Microsoft Customer Success Unit will walk you through how to leverage ADF pipelines for full and incremental backups of your data lake on Azure.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n by Jon Machtynger<\/p>\n In this first of two blogs, Jon Machtynger takes a look at building an environment locally using docker-compose, while making some observations about limitations.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n by Assim Hussain<\/p>\n The first principle of green software engineering is to build applications that are carbon efficient. That means for each gram of carbon our application is responsible for emitting into the environment, we try to extract the most value from that gram as possible.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n by Mark Harrison<\/p>\n Mark Harrison takes a look at what Sustainability and Green Software Engineering means for Software Engineers and Application Developers.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n by Chris Walden<\/p>\n This year\u2019s Microsoft Ignite is now over. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the announcements, and how you can catch up on sessions if you\u2019ve missed them.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n by Paul Andrew<\/p>\n This open source code project delivers a simple metadata driven processing framework for Azure Data Factory and\/or Azure Synapse Analytics (Intergate Pipelines).<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n by Sara Allison<\/p>\n There are hundreds of amazing Microsoft-focused technical communities you can get involved in (yes, even during a pandemic!), with focus areas from .NET to data science and SQL and everything in between.<\/p>\n Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n by Chris Sainty<\/p>\n We speak to Chris Sainty, who proved anything is possible in OS by using it to develop the Blazor app that connects charities to people in need of social housing.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n9. Backup your data lake using Azure Data Factory \u2013 Metadata Copy activity<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n8. Building Scalable Data Science Applications using Containers \u2013 Part 5<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n7. How to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of your application<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n6. Sustainability and Green Software Engineering<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n5. A look at the Azure announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2021<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n4. Creating a Metadata-Driven Processing Framework For Azure Data Factory<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n3. The ultimate guide to attending technical events remotely in the UK<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n2. Using open source software to connect charities with people in need of social housing<\/h2>\n