Unlocking the Power of Azure Container Apps in 1 Minute Video
Azure Container Apps provides a seamless way to build, deploy, and scale cloud-native applications without the complexity of managing infrastructure. Whether you’re developing microservices, APIs, or AI-powered applications, this fully managed service enables you to focus on writing code while Azure handles scalability, networking, and deployments. In this blog post, we explore five essential aspects of Azure Container Apps—each highlighted in a one-minute video. From intelligent applications and secure networking to effortless deployments and rollbacks, these insights will help you maximize the capabilities of serverless containers on Azure. Azure Container Apps - in 1 Minute Azure Container Apps is a fully managed platform designed for cloud-native applications, providing effortless deployment and scaling. It eliminates infrastructure complexity, letting developers focus on writing code while Azure automatically handles scaling based on demand. Whether running APIs, event-driven applications, or microservices, Azure Container Apps ensures high performance and flexibility with minimal operational overhead. Watch the video on YouTube Intelligent Apps with Azure Container Apps – in 1 Minute Azure Container Apps, Azure OpenAI, and Azure AI Search make it possible to build intelligent applications with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Your app can call Azure OpenAI in real-time to generate and interpret data, while Azure AI Search retrieves relevant information, enhancing responses with up-to-date context. For advanced scenarios, AI models can execute live code via Azure Container Apps, and GPU-powered instances support fine-tuning and inferencing at scale. This seamless integration enables AI-driven applications to deliver dynamic, context-aware functionality with ease. Watch the video on YouTube Networking for Azure Container Apps: VNETs, Security Simplified – in 1 Minute Azure Container Apps provides built-in networking features, including support for Virtual Networks (VNETs) to control service-to-service communication. Secure internal traffic while exposing public endpoints with custom domain names and free certificates. Fine-tuned ingress and egress controls ensure that only the right traffic gets through, maintaining a balance between security and accessibility. Service discovery is automatic, making inter-app communication seamless within your Azure Container Apps environment. Watch the video on YouTube Azure Continuous Deployment and Observability with Azure Container Apps - in 1 Minute Azure Container Apps simplifies continuous deployment with built-in integrations for GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps pipelines. Every code change triggers a revision, ensuring smooth rollouts with zero downtime. Observability is fully integrated via Azure Monitor, Log Streaming, and the Container Console, allowing you to track performance, debug live issues, and maintain real-time visibility into your app’s health—all without interrupting operations. Watch the video on YouTube Effortless Rollbacks and Deployments with Azure Container Apps – in 1 Minute With Azure Container Apps, every deployment creates a new revision, allowing multiple versions to run simultaneously. This enables safe, real-time testing of updates without disrupting production. Rolling back is instant—just select a previous revision and restore your app effortlessly. This powerful revision control system ensures that deployments remain flexible, reliable, and low-risk. Watch the video on YouTube Watch the Full Playlist For a complete overview of Azure Container Apps capabilities, watch the full JavaScript on Azure Container Apps YouTube Playlist Create Your Own AI-Powered Video Content Inspired by these short-form technical videos? You can create your own AI-generated videos using Azure AI to automate scriptwriting and voiceovers. Whether you’re a content creator, or business looking to showcase technical concepts, Azure AI makes it easy to generate professional-looking explainer content. Learn how to create engaging short videos with Azure AI by following our open-source AI Video Playbook. Conclusion Azure Container Apps is designed to simplify modern application development by providing a fully managed, serverless container environment. Whether you need to scale microservices, integrate AI capabilities, enhance security with VNETs, or streamline CI/CD workflows, Azure Container Apps offers a comprehensive solution. By leveraging its built-in features such as automatic scaling, revision-based rollbacks, and deep observability, developers can deploy and manage applications with confidence. These one-minute videos provide a quick technical overview of how Azure Container Apps empowers you to build scalable, resilient applications with ease. FREE Content Check out our other FREE content to learn more about Azure services and Generative AI: Generative AI for Beginners - A JavaScript Adventure! Learn more about Azure AI Agent Service LlamaIndex on Azure JavaScript on Azure Container Apps JavaScript at MicrosoftRAG Time: Ultimate Guide to Mastering RAG!
RAG Time is a brand-new AI learning series designed to help developers unlock the full potential of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). If you’ve been looking for a way to build smarter, more efficient AI systems—join us in RAG Time, every Wednesday 9AM PT from March 5 through April 2 on Microsoft Developer YouTube. What's in RAG Time? RAG Time is a five-part learning journey, with new videos and blog posts releasing every week in March. The series features: 🔥 Expert-led discussions breaking down RAG fundamentals and best practices 🎤 Exclusive leadership interviews with AI leaders ⚡ Hands-on demos & real-world case studies showing RAG in action 🎨 Creative doodle summaries making complex concepts easier to grasp and remember 🛠 Samples & resources in the RAG Time repository so you can start building today What You’ll Learn The series is structured into five learning journeys, each tackling a crucial aspect of RAG-powered AI: 📌 March 5th, 9AM PT - Journey 1: RAG and Knowledge Retrieval Fundamentals – Start with the basics! Learn how RAG, search indexing, and vector search work together to create smarter AI retrieval systems. 📌 March 12th, 9AM PT - Journey 2: Build the Ultimate Retrieval System for RAG – Go beyond the fundamentals with hybrid search, semantic ranking, and relevance tuning to refine how AI retrieves the most relevant information. 📌 March 19th, 9AM PT - Journey 3: Optimize Your Vector Index for Scale – Learn how to scale vector search efficiently, optimize storage, and implement advanced techniques like quantization and Matryoshka learning for large-scale AI applications. 📌 March 26th, 9AM PT - Journey 4: RAG for All Your Data: Multimodal and Beyond – Move beyond text-based retrieval! Discover how to integrate images, audio, and structured data into your RAG workflows and leverage multimodal pipelines for next-level AI capabilities. 📌 April 2nd, 9AM PT - Journey 5: Hero Use Cases for RAG – Explore real-world implementations, industry-leading examples, and best practices, while diving into Responsible AI considerations to ensure ethical and impactful solutions. Why You Should Watch If you're a developer, data scientist, or AI enthusiast, this series is built for you! Whether you’re just getting started or looking to master enterprise-grade retrieval systems, RAG Time delivers practical knowledge, hands-on resources, and expert insights to help you stay ahead. Journey starts here 🚀 Start your journey from the RAG Time repo: https://aka.ms/rag-time. You'll find all the information about the video series, samples, documentation and doodles in the repo! Share your experience and feedback on GitHub discussions.Microsoft Startup Spotlight Live Series
As a founder, developer, or AI enthusiast, have you ever wondered what AI startups are solving, the technologies they use, or the journeys their founders have taken? How do they tackle challenges and create impactful solutions? These are questions we often ask, and there’s no better way to find answers than by hearing directly from the innovators themselves. I’m excited to introduce the Startup Spotlight Series—a bi-weekly live event hosted on the Microsoft Reactor YouTube channel. This series offers a unique opportunity to: Hear exclusive stories from AI startup founders. See live demonstrations of their technologies. Learn about the latest AI trends and real-world solutions for customers’ challenges 💡 Why Should You Tune In? The Startup Spotlight Series isn’t just another livestream—it’s a unique opportunity designed to provide insights, inspiration, and practical value for a variety of audiences: Startups Founders: Learn from the successes (and struggles) of AI startup leaders. Gain actionable insights into building innovative products, scaling businesses, and navigating challenges. Developers: Dive into the technical details with live product demos and behind-the-scenes discussions. See how their solutions are being built and deployed. Students: Discover the latest AI trends and practical applications. Discover how startups are leveraging AI to create impactful solutions. Whether you're looking for inspiration or considering a future in AI, this series is packed with insights to help you grow. AI Enthusiasts: Stay ahead of the curve by learning how startups are revolutionizing industries. From transformative use cases to the stories behind the technologies, you’ll leave every episode inspired. Have burning questions about AI? Each session includes a live Q&A, where you can ask founders directly about their journeys, challenges, and advice. This is your chance to engage with the people shaping the future of AI! Thursday Jan 30 2025, Startup Spotlight: Activeloop Join us for the second episode of the Startup Spotlight Live Series, a space where AI startups share their journeys, showcasing their innovative technologies and demonstrating live product use cases. In this episode, Gabriela de Queiroz sits down with Davit Buniatyan from Activeloop to explore how they’re leveraging Microsoft to grow, scale, and address real-world challenges. Thursday Feb 13th 2025, Startup Spotlight: Synthesized Join us for the third episode of the Startup Spotlight Live Series, a space where AI startups share their journeys, showcasing their innovative technologies and demonstrating live product use cases. In this episode, Gabriela de Queiroz sits down with Nicolai Baldin from Synthesized to explore how they’re leveraging Microsoft to grow, scale, and address real-world challenges. Thursday Feb 27th 2025, Startup Spotlight: Dataloop Join us for the fourth episode of the Startup Spotlight Live Series, a space where AI startups share their journeys, showcasing their innovative technologies and demonstrating live product use cases. In this episode, Gabriela de Queiroz sits down with Dataloop to explore how they’re leveraging Microsoft to grow, scale, and address real-world challenges. Join Us If you’re as excited about the future of AI as I am, I encourage you to tune in to the Startup Spotlight Series. Episodes air every other Thursday at 10:00 AM Pacific Time on the Microsoft Reactor YouTube channel. Can’t make it live? Don’t worry—episodes will be recorded and available for you to watch later at your convenience at Microsoft Reactor Youtube Sign up now to receive reminders and updates for upcoming episodes: aka.ms/startup-spotlight 🚀' But that's not all... Startups can apply (aka.ms/ss-credits) and get tons of benefits: Up to $150,000 in Azure credits Free access to leading AI models through Azure, including OpenAI's models, Llama 2 from Meta, and more. 1:1 meetings with experts who can help solve immediate business challenges, plus provide technical guidance on the latest in AI. 30+ additional free and discounted tools, tech, and services from Microsoft and our partners including M365, GitHub, LinkedIn Premium and more. 👋 See you there!Hack Together: RAG Hack - Building RAG Applications with LangChain.js
In the rapidly evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, the use of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) has emerged as a powerful solution to enhance the accuracy and relevance of responses generated by language models. In this article, we will explore the talk given during the Hack Together: RAG Hack event, where Glaucia Lemos, a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, and Yohan Lasorsa, a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, demonstrated how LangChain.js is revolutionizing the development of RAG applications, making it easier to create intelligent applications that combine large language models (LLMs) with your own data sources.Crafting Future-proof Apps with JavaScript & Azure Cosmos DB | Azure Developers JavaScript Day 2024
Unlock the full capabilities of Azure Cosmos DB at Azure Developers JavaScript Day 2024 with Sajeetharan Sinnathurai. Explore the latest updates to the JavaScript SDK and learn about seamless application deployment with Vercel. Don't miss out on transforming your development process with cutting-edge technologies.
