Hello, I'm   Jason

The Azure Hybrid virtual event content is now available on demand at jasong.us/34hTP36. You’ll get insights from industry experts, hear best practices, and learn how to extend services to any infrastructure with Azure Arc.

Umbraco 8.7 will be released on September 3rd, 2020. However, you can test out the 8.7 Release Candidate now. Interested in what’s new?

TypeScript 4.0 has been released and is available for the Insiders version of Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio 2017, or Visual Studio 2019.

Late last month, the Bing team announced the new Bing Webmaster Tools. There are several really nice enhancements and new features that have been added. One of the features that has had an overhaul is the import from the Google Search Console. This import allows you to be granular with the domains to pull in.

I’ve been reviewing Pluralsight courses lately for my team to review. There are some really good courses that have come been published soon. While I couldn’t list them all, here are some to pay attention to:

Adobe MAX, the Creativity Conference, will take place virtually from October 20-22, 2020. With over 50 hours and 350 sessions of continuous live content, you’ll hear keynotes, have celebrity appearances, and musical performances. You’ll hear from Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO of Adobe, Scott Belsky, EVP of Creative Cloud, Ava DuVernay, Annie Leibovitz, Keanu Reeves, Tyler the Creator, and many more! To register for the event, visit jasong.us/2PXHpFe.

Unfortunately, there is yet another developer and technology conference that has been cancelled as a result of COVID-19. CodeMash, which has existed since 2007, has never been cancelled until now. CodeMash 2021 would have taken place at the Kalahari Resort & Convention Center in Sandusky, Ohio January 12-15, 2021. Instead, the Kalahari conference rooms will be empty.

While we all wait for Amazon to pick a day in the fall for Prime Day, you don’t have to wait for great deals over at Amazon on their Alexa-enabled devices. Amazon is currently running a sale on over 50 of their devices including Echo Dot, Fire TV, Fire tablets, Kindle, Echo Auto, Ring, and more! Many of the deals are just as good as you would expect on Prime Day and/or during the holiday season.

Two years ago, I replaced our door lock with a new Schlage Connect Smart Deadbolt lock. Schlage is just one company that offers Z-Wave locks. At the time, I purchased a Samsung Smartthings hub as it was one of the only ways to integrate the door lock with Amazon Alexa.

Earlier this year, Microsoft decided to move all conferences through June 2021 to virtual events. Microsoft Ignite is no different. This year will be the first ever, fully digital Microsoft Ignite. Microsoft opted for an earlier time frame and will host Ignite on September 22-24, 2020.