Azure Event Grid: Glue for the Internet

Event Grid is an Azure service that enables developers to route events between endpoints. It provides support for virtually any existing Azure service from storage activity to serverless Azure Function calls. It also has support for custom end points. Instead of taking on the costly overhead of continuous polling in your applications, Event Grid will manage the events for you and publish them to your app when ready. In this hands-on presentation, learn about the true value of Event Grid by seeing an example in action and understand what sets Event Grid apart from other services like Service Bus and messaging queues.

Jeremy Likness is an experienced entrepreneur who has worked with companies to catalyze growth and leverage leading edge development technology to streamline business processes and support innovation for two decades. Jeremy is a prolific author with four published books and hundreds of articles focused on helping developers be their best. Jeremy has years of experience speaking at conferences and meetups around the country and covers topics related to cloud development and Azure. Jeremy lives near Atlanta with his wife of 20 years. His hobbies including hiking, climbing mountains, shooting 9-ball, and regularly attending CrossFit classes while maintaining a 100% plant-based diet.