Barbara Forbes
@ba.4bes.nl
https://ba4bes.com/
Microsoft Azure MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and GitHub Star. Teacher @ LinkedIn Learning, Speaker and organizer @ conferences.
Microsoft Azure MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and GitHub Star. Teacher @ LinkedIn Learning, Speaker and organizer @ conferences.
Build once, deploy three ways: PR preview links, production deploys, and a daily rebuild for fresh content. All from one GitHub Actions pipeline (Astro on Azure).
#GitHubActions #Azure #AzureStaticWebApps #AstroJS #DevOps #CICD #OIDC
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#GitHubActions #Azure #AzureStaticWebApps #AstroJS #DevOps #CICD #OIDC
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Build Once, Deploy 3 Ways (Astro on Azure + GitHub Actions)
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January 25, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Build once, deploy three ways: PR preview links, production deploys, and a daily rebuild for fresh content. All from one GitHub Actions pipeline (Astro on Azure).
#GitHubActions #Azure #AzureStaticWebApps #AstroJS #DevOps #CICD #OIDC
youtube.com/shorts/j0AwU...
#GitHubActions #Azure #AzureStaticWebApps #AstroJS #DevOps #CICD #OIDC
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So:
Static = HTML built ahead of time.
Server-rendered = HTML built on request. #Webdev #architecture #staticwebsite #developers #devops #Astro
Static = HTML built ahead of time.
Server-rendered = HTML built on request. #Webdev #architecture #staticwebsite #developers #devops #Astro
January 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
So:
Static = HTML built ahead of time.
Server-rendered = HTML built on request. #Webdev #architecture #staticwebsite #developers #devops #Astro
Static = HTML built ahead of time.
Server-rendered = HTML built on request. #Webdev #architecture #staticwebsite #developers #devops #Astro
With a server-rendered site, HTML is generated when a request comes in. With a static website, the HTML files are generated at build time. When someone makes a request, they’re simply served those HTML files. Boring... and predictable and quick.
January 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
With a server-rendered site, HTML is generated when a request comes in. With a static website, the HTML files are generated at build time. When someone makes a request, they’re simply served those HTML files. Boring... and predictable and quick.
A static website versus a server-rendered one isn’t about “boring vs exciting.” It’s about when HTML is produced: is it created before someone visits, or because someone visits?
January 18, 2026 at 10:42 AM
A static website versus a server-rendered one isn’t about “boring vs exciting.” It’s about when HTML is produced: is it created before someone visits, or because someone visits?
I built my personal website in a few hours by pairing with #GitHub Copilot.
GitHub Actions deploys it automatically after every push.
ba4bes.com
Want me to share the workflow + structure?
#GitHubCopilot #GitHubActions #PersonalWebsite
@github.com #Astro #Azure
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GitHub Actions deploys it automatically after every push.
ba4bes.com
Want me to share the workflow + structure?
#GitHubCopilot #GitHubActions #PersonalWebsite
@github.com #Astro #Azure
www.youtube.com/shorts/ECtaz...
Do you still need a personal website in 2026?
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January 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I built my personal website in a few hours by pairing with #GitHub Copilot.
GitHub Actions deploys it automatically after every push.
ba4bes.com
Want me to share the workflow + structure?
#GitHubCopilot #GitHubActions #PersonalWebsite
@github.com #Astro #Azure
www.youtube.com/shorts/ECtaz...
GitHub Actions deploys it automatically after every push.
ba4bes.com
Want me to share the workflow + structure?
#GitHubCopilot #GitHubActions #PersonalWebsite
@github.com #Astro #Azure
www.youtube.com/shorts/ECtaz...
This is my desk setup. And this is fine.
What is your weird about your setup?
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What is your weird about your setup?
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This Is Fine… My Desk Setup
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January 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
This is my desk setup. And this is fine.
What is your weird about your setup?
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What is your weird about your setup?
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25 days of Azure content. Done.
Posting every day was tough, but it’s one of the fastest ways I know to learn and grow.
If this helped you and you’d like to support future experiments, find my site on my profile.
#Azure #Cloud #Microsoft #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Posting every day was tough, but it’s one of the fastest ways I know to learn and grow.
If this helped you and you’d like to support future experiments, find my site on my profile.
#Azure #Cloud #Microsoft #OneMinuteOfAzure
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25 minutes of Azure - Recap. | One Minute of Azure
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December 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
25 days of Azure content. Done.
Posting every day was tough, but it’s one of the fastest ways I know to learn and grow.
If this helped you and you’d like to support future experiments, find my site on my profile.
#Azure #Cloud #Microsoft #OneMinuteOfAzure
youtube.com/shorts/v1qyr...
Posting every day was tough, but it’s one of the fastest ways I know to learn and grow.
If this helped you and you’d like to support future experiments, find my site on my profile.
#Azure #Cloud #Microsoft #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Day 25 closes our Azure Advent Calendar with One Minute of Azure on Azure Cost Management + Billing, because the fastest cloud is useless if it’s silently burning budget.
What’s your best trick for keeping costs predictable?
#Azure #CostManagement #OneMinuteOfAzure
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What’s your best trick for keeping costs predictable?
#Azure #CostManagement #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Azure cost management in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
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December 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Day 25 closes our Azure Advent Calendar with One Minute of Azure on Azure Cost Management + Billing, because the fastest cloud is useless if it’s silently burning budget.
What’s your best trick for keeping costs predictable?
#Azure #CostManagement #OneMinuteOfAzure
youtube.com/shorts/jpe2L...
What’s your best trick for keeping costs predictable?
#Azure #CostManagement #OneMinuteOfAzure
youtube.com/shorts/jpe2L...
It’s Day 24, and in today’s One Minute of Azure we explore Azure Monitor and how logs, metrics, and alerts come together when things go wrong.
When did Azure monitor really help you out?
#Azure #AzureMonitor #Observability #SRE #OneMinuteOfAzure
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When did Azure monitor really help you out?
#Azure #AzureMonitor #Observability #SRE #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Azure monitor in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
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December 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It’s Day 24, and in today’s One Minute of Azure we explore Azure Monitor and how logs, metrics, and alerts come together when things go wrong.
When did Azure monitor really help you out?
#Azure #AzureMonitor #Observability #SRE #OneMinuteOfAzure
youtube.com/shorts/_9aSe...
When did Azure monitor really help you out?
#Azure #AzureMonitor #Observability #SRE #OneMinuteOfAzure
youtube.com/shorts/_9aSe...
Day 23 brings Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and in One Minute of Azure we cover how it spots risks across your resources and helps tighten your security posture.
#Azure #DefenderForCloud #CloudSecurity #SecurityPosture #OneMinuteOfAzure
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#Azure #DefenderForCloud #CloudSecurity #SecurityPosture #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Microsoft defender for cloud in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
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December 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Day 23 brings Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and in One Minute of Azure we cover how it spots risks across your resources and helps tighten your security posture.
#Azure #DefenderForCloud #CloudSecurity #SecurityPosture #OneMinuteOfAzure
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#Azure #DefenderForCloud #CloudSecurity #SecurityPosture #OneMinuteOfAzure
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It’s Day 22, and today’s One Minute of Azure features Azure Key Vault.
What’s the worst place you have spotted a secret?
#Azure #KeyVault #Security #ZeroTrust #OneMinuteOfAzure
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What’s the worst place you have spotted a secret?
#Azure #KeyVault #Security #ZeroTrust #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Azure Key Vault in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
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December 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It’s Day 22, and today’s One Minute of Azure features Azure Key Vault.
What’s the worst place you have spotted a secret?
#Azure #KeyVault #Security #ZeroTrust #OneMinuteOfAzure
www.youtube.com/shorts/KxFjE...
What’s the worst place you have spotted a secret?
#Azure #KeyVault #Security #ZeroTrust #OneMinuteOfAzure
www.youtube.com/shorts/KxFjE...
Day 21 opens with One Minute of Azure and Azure Policy. Find out how guardrails turn “cloud chaos” into consistent compliance.
#Azure #AzurePolicy #Governance #CloudSecurity #OneMinuteOfAzure #Microsoft
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#Azure #AzurePolicy #Governance #CloudSecurity #OneMinuteOfAzure #Microsoft
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Learn Azure Policies in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
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December 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Day 21 opens with One Minute of Azure and Azure Policy. Find out how guardrails turn “cloud chaos” into consistent compliance.
#Azure #AzurePolicy #Governance #CloudSecurity #OneMinuteOfAzure #Microsoft
youtube.com/shorts/z3Zq1...
#Azure #AzurePolicy #Governance #CloudSecurity #OneMinuteOfAzure #Microsoft
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It’s Day 20, and in today’s One Minute of Azure we dive into Azure Machine Learning
#Azure #AzureML #MachineLearning #MLOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
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#Azure #AzureML #MachineLearning #MLOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Azure Machine learning in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
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December 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It’s Day 20, and in today’s One Minute of Azure we dive into Azure Machine Learning
#Azure #AzureML #MachineLearning #MLOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
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#Azure #AzureML #MachineLearning #MLOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
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If your Wi-Fi suddenly gets worse in December.
Check if you might have unplugged the access point because you needed the socket for Christmas lights...
Ask me how I know 🥲
Check if you might have unplugged the access point because you needed the socket for Christmas lights...
Ask me how I know 🥲
December 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If your Wi-Fi suddenly gets worse in December.
Check if you might have unplugged the access point because you needed the socket for Christmas lights...
Ask me how I know 🥲
Check if you might have unplugged the access point because you needed the socket for Christmas lights...
Ask me how I know 🥲
Behind the Day 19 window, One Minute of Azure explores Foundry tools
Which cognitive feature has helped you most in real projects?
#Azure #AIServices #AI #Cognitive #Oneminuteofazure
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Which cognitive feature has helped you most in real projects?
#Azure #AIServices #AI #Cognitive #Oneminuteofazure
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Learn Azure Foundry tools in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
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December 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Behind the Day 19 window, One Minute of Azure explores Foundry tools
Which cognitive feature has helped you most in real projects?
#Azure #AIServices #AI #Cognitive #Oneminuteofazure
youtube.com/shorts/ZkGzl...
Which cognitive feature has helped you most in real projects?
#Azure #AIServices #AI #Cognitive #Oneminuteofazure
youtube.com/shorts/ZkGzl...
Day 18 opens to Microsoft Foundry, watch One Minute of Azure to learn more about this service!
#Azure #OpenAI #AI #Developers #OneMinuteOfAzure #Foundry #Microsoft
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#Azure #OpenAI #AI #Developers #OneMinuteOfAzure #Foundry #Microsoft
www.youtube.com/shorts/YgUMy...
Learn Microsoft Foundry in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
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December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Day 18 opens to Microsoft Foundry, watch One Minute of Azure to learn more about this service!
#Azure #OpenAI #AI #Developers #OneMinuteOfAzure #Foundry #Microsoft
www.youtube.com/shorts/YgUMy...
#Azure #OpenAI #AI #Developers #OneMinuteOfAzure #Foundry #Microsoft
www.youtube.com/shorts/YgUMy...
It’s Day 17, and today’s One Minute of Azure looks at API Management
Which APIM feature do you rely on most?
#Azure #APIM #APIs #DevOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Which APIM feature do you rely on most?
#Azure #APIM #APIs #DevOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Azure API management in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
YouTube video by Barbara Forbes | Ba4bes
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December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s Day 17, and today’s One Minute of Azure looks at API Management
Which APIM feature do you rely on most?
#Azure #APIM #APIs #DevOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
youtube.com/shorts/PaEPv...
Which APIM feature do you rely on most?
#Azure #APIM #APIs #DevOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Day 16 brings Azure Service Bus to One number of Azure. Watch the video to learn why Service bus might be useful for your automation
#Azure #ServiceBus #Messaging #Integration #OneMinuteOfAzure
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#Azure #ServiceBus #Messaging #Integration #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Azure Service bus in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
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December 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Day 16 brings Azure Service Bus to One number of Azure. Watch the video to learn why Service bus might be useful for your automation
#Azure #ServiceBus #Messaging #Integration #OneMinuteOfAzure
www.youtube.com/shorts/e0_wg...
#Azure #ServiceBus #Messaging #Integration #OneMinuteOfAzure
www.youtube.com/shorts/e0_wg...
In Day 15 of the calendar, One Minute of Azure showcases Event Grid!
Where do you use Event Grid in your architecture?
#Azure #EventGrid #EventDriven #Integration #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Where do you use Event Grid in your architecture?
#Azure #EventGrid #EventDriven #Integration #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Azure Event Grid in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
YouTube video by Barbara Forbes | Ba4bes
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December 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In Day 15 of the calendar, One Minute of Azure showcases Event Grid!
Where do you use Event Grid in your architecture?
#Azure #EventGrid #EventDriven #Integration #OneMinuteOfAzure
youtube.com/shorts/eAbVq...
Where do you use Event Grid in your architecture?
#Azure #EventGrid #EventDriven #Integration #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Day 14 opens with One Minute of Azure explaining Cosmos DB.
What’s your best tip for choosing a good partition strategy?
#Azure #CosmosDB #NoSQL #DistributedSystems #OneMinuteOfAzure
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What’s your best tip for choosing a good partition strategy?
#Azure #CosmosDB #NoSQL #DistributedSystems #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Azure CosmosDB in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
YouTube video by Barbara Forbes | Ba4bes
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December 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Day 14 opens with One Minute of Azure explaining Cosmos DB.
What’s your best tip for choosing a good partition strategy?
#Azure #CosmosDB #NoSQL #DistributedSystems #OneMinuteOfAzure
youtube.com/shorts/VV1l1...
What’s your best tip for choosing a good partition strategy?
#Azure #CosmosDB #NoSQL #DistributedSystems #OneMinuteOfAzure
youtube.com/shorts/VV1l1...
It’s Day 13, and today’s One Minute of Azure is about Azure Data Factory!
#Azure #DataFactory #ETL #DataEngineering #OneMinuteOfAzure
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#Azure #DataFactory #ETL #DataEngineering #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Azure Data Factory in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
YouTube video by Barbara Forbes | Ba4bes
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December 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It’s Day 13, and today’s One Minute of Azure is about Azure Data Factory!
#Azure #DataFactory #ETL #DataEngineering #OneMinuteOfAzure
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#Azure #DataFactory #ETL #DataEngineering #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Day 12 reveals Azure Container Registry, and in One Minute of Azure we show how ACR can help you make your containers available
What is the best use case you have found for ACR?
#Azure #ACR #Containers #DevOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
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What is the best use case you have found for ACR?
#Azure #ACR #Containers #DevOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
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Learn Azure Container Registry in 60 Seconds | One Minute of Azure
YouTube video by Barbara Forbes | Ba4bes
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December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Day 12 reveals Azure Container Registry, and in One Minute of Azure we show how ACR can help you make your containers available
What is the best use case you have found for ACR?
#Azure #ACR #Containers #DevOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
www.youtube.com/shorts/JjyI1...
What is the best use case you have found for ACR?
#Azure #ACR #Containers #DevOps #OneMinuteOfAzure
www.youtube.com/shorts/JjyI1...