Sherif El Mahdi's Blog https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/sherifelmahdi/feed.xml Wed, 17 Apr 2019 04:05:46 GMT en-US hourly 1 [Course Guide] Developing Intelligent Bots from Zero to Hero https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/sherifelmahdi/course-guide-developing-intelligent-bots-from-zero-to-hero Wed, 08 Nov 2017 13:56:49 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sherifelmahdi/?p=77 Developing Intelligent Bots from Zero to Hero" and it's recorded in 4Afrika MVA Studio. In this post, I will be sharing all about the course; overview, slide decks and the links of the Q&A offline/online sessions that will follow publishing the course.

Overview

Throughout this course, you will learn how to Design, Develop, Test/Debug and Deploy/Publish intelligent bots using Bot Builder SDK (.NET), Azure Bot Service and Azure Cognitive Services. Course Modules 1/ Introduction to Microsoft Bot Framework In this module, we will start from the zero point by understanding what the bot is and we will get started with Microsoft Bot Framework (Bot Builder, Bot Connector and Developer Portal) and Azure Cognitive Services (LUIS API). 2/ Closer look on Bot Builder SDK for .NET In this module, we will have a closer look on the Bot Builder SDK for .NET by walking through Activities, Dialogs, FormFlow and State Data Management. 3/ Bot Patterns In this module, we will move the focus to designing bots by covering 4 patterns (Task Automation, Knowledge Base, Bot to Web and Handoff to Human). 4/ Develop your bot using Azure Bot Service In this module, we will walkthrough using Azure Bot Service to build, connect, test, deploy, and manage bots. Instructors 1/ Sherif El Mahdi 2/ Sara El Sayed

Watch the Course: https://aka.ms/botszeroheromva

Slide Decks

You will find the slide decks here: https://aka.ms/botdevslidedecks

Source Code on GitHub:

You will find the source code here: https://github.com/SherifElMahdi/botsfromzerotohero

Q&A Sessions

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]]> [Course Guide] Office365 Development Using Graph API (Arabic) https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/sherifelmahdi/mva-course-guide-office365-development-using-graph-api-arabic Mon, 07 Mar 2016 08:48:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sherifelmahdi/2016/03/07/mva-course-guide-office365-development-using-graph-api-arabic/ O365 Development Using Graph API" and it's recorded in 4Afrika MVA Studio. In this post, I will be sharing all about the course; overview, slide decks and the links of the Q&A offline/online sessions that will follow publishing the course.

Overview

Walkthrough the core Office 365 developer scenarios and see how to build native mobile/web applications that implements single sign-on with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) and access O365 data - mail, calendars, contacts, users and groups, files and folders - using O365 APIs powered by Microsoft Graph API. Through the course, you will learn the two O365 app development scenarios; programming directly against the REST APIs and using O365 SDKs that wrap the Office 365 REST services. Course Modules 1/ O365 Development Fundamentals 2/ Authentication using Azure Active Directory 3/ O365 App Development using Graph REST API - Part 1 4/ O365 App Development using Graph REST API - Part 2 5/ O365 App Development using SDKs Instructors 1/ Sherif El Mahdi 2/ Dina Badran

Watch the Course on MVA/Channel9

Channel9 https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/App-Development-using-Office-365-APIs-in-Arabic MVA https://mva.microsoft.com/ar/training-courses/-o365-apis-16125?l=ggdjzZAFC_3305192797

Slide Decks

You will find the slide decks here:https://aka.ms/o365devarabic

Q&A Sessions

  NA   Kindly share with your community. For post alerts and more updates, please feel free to follow me on Twitter @_SherifElMahdi  ]]> [Course Guide] Azure Mobile Apps Deep Dive (Arabic) https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/sherifelmahdi/mva-course-guide-azure-mobile-apps-deep-dive-arabic Mon, 07 Mar 2016 07:36:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sherifelmahdi/2016/03/07/mva-course-guide-azure-mobile-apps-deep-dive-arabic/ Azure Mobile Apps" and it's recorded in 4Afrika MVA Studio. In this post, I will be sharing all about the course; overview, slide decks and the links of the Q&A offline/online sessions that will follow publishing the course.

Overview

Through this course, you will learn about adding cloud backend to your mobile apps using Azure Mobile Apps whether you are building native iOS, Android and Windows or cross-platform Xamarin or Cordova apps. The course mainly focuses on building offline-ready apps with sync, authentication and push notifications. The course mainly targets developers and requires familiarity with Mobile Development, Cloud Computing Concept, Universal App Development (using XAML/C#), Microsoft Azure Fundamentals and Xamarin. No need to have a previous experience with Cloud Computing. Course Modules 1/ Introduction to Azure Mobile Apps 2/ Data & Authentication 3/ Offline Sync 4/ Push Notifications Instructors 1/ Sherif El Mahdi 2/ Engy Gamil

Watch the Course on MVA/Channel9

Channel9 https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Azure-Mobile-Apps-Deep-Dive-in-Arabic MVA https://mva.microsoft.com/ar/training-courses/-azure-mobile-apps-16129?l=shtzF9OFC_2305192797

Slide Decks

You will find the slide decks here: https://aka.ms/azuremobileappsarabic

Q&A Sessions

  NA Kindly share with your community. For post alerts and more updates, please feel free to follow me on Twitter @_SherifElMahdi  ]]> [Channel9 Series] Office 365 APIs Webinars (Arabic) https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/sherifelmahdi/channel9-series-office-365-apis-webinars-arabic Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:10:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sherifelmahdi/2015/11/24/channel9-series-office-365-apis-webinars-arabic/ Arabic Speaker? Interested to attend/watch a series of webinars targeting O365 Development in your local language? Here you go, Office 365 APIs Webinars! Overview "The most strategic developer surface area for us is Office 365" - Satya Nadella. With 1 Billion Office users around the globe and more than 400 petabytes of data hosted in the Office 365 service, it's the time to get started with O365 app development! This series is a set of online webinars walking you through O365 development journey and mainly targeting accessing Office 365 data from web apps or native applications using MS Graph API aka Unified API. Webinars 0/ Overview of O365 Development 1/ Authentication 2/ Deep Dive into Azure AD and Office 365 APIs 3/ Light up Azure Mobile Apps with Office 365 APIs Setting Expectations
• New to O365 Dev?  No Problem
• Target Audience: žDevelopers
• Suggested Prerequisite: Familiarity with REST, C#, Azure AD and Azure Mobile Apps
  Webinars Schedule - In case you want to attend it live 0/ Overview of O365 Development 1/ Authentication 2/ Deep Dive into Azure AD and Office 365 APIs 3/ Light up Azure Mobile Apps with Office 365 APIs
New to Skype Meetings? See how to join Channel9 Series - In case you want to watch the recordings Series Link: https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Office-365-APIs-Arabic         Slide Decks You will find the slide decks of the course modules here: http://1drv.ms/1ji4Iq4    Kindly share with your community. For post alerts and more updates, please feel free to follow me on Twitter @_SherifElMahdi]]> [Tutorial] BizSpark Enrollment and Azure Benefit Activation https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/sherifelmahdi/tutorial-bizspark-enrollment-and-azure-benefit-activation Mon, 08 Jun 2015 08:48:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sherifelmahdi/2015/06/08/tutorial-bizspark-enrollment-and-azure-benefit-activation/ Who can join BizSpark? Startup company who is developing software - website, apps,...etc- and making less than US$ 1M annually in addition, it's founded no more than 5 years ago. What info do you need to start the process?
  • Company Email
  • Company Website
BizSpark Benefits
  • MSDN Accounts for your team members. (up to 5 developers)
  • You can get up to $750 per month of FREE Azure cloud services for 3 years. ($150 per month for each developer)
  • Free software and tools such as Visual Studio, Office and Windows.
  • Windows Store Account.
  • Technical Support from Microsoft DX Technical Evangelists.
Enrollment Steps 01/  Navigate to http://www.bizspark.com/ and select "Join BizSpark" 02/ If you have an email @outlook/live/Hotmail, click on "Step 2". Otherwise, click on "Step 1". 03/ Sign in using your email @outlook/live/Hotmail 04/ Fill the form and make sure to choose your country. If you got an enrollment code from any of Microsoft representatives, make sure to write it. 05/ Agree to BizSpark EULA 06/ By completing the previous step, we have 2 scenarios:
  • In case you used an enrollment code that directly enrolls you in the program, your BizSpark account will be active immediately
  • Otherwise, your application will be reviewed then you will be enrolled.
07/ Once you are enrolled and your BizSpark account becomes active, login using your email @outlook/live/Hotmail then click on "My Benefits".   08/ Scroll down till you find "Microsoft Azure Benefit for BizSpark (via MSDN)", then click on "My Account". This will direct you to your MSDN account immediately but sometimes you may need to log in using your email and activate your MSDN membership. 09/ Once you navigate to your MSDN subscription, click on "My Account" then scroll down till you find "Microsoft Azure" and click on "Activate Microsoft Azure".     10/ Fill the form and make sure you select your country. You need to verify your mobile number whether by SMS or Call in order to be able to sign up for Microsoft Azure account. 11/ Once you click Sign Up, you will be directed to the page below. It takes up to 4 minutes to have your Azure account ready.   12/ After creating your account, you will be directed to the page below that means you successfully created your Azure account using BizSpark Benefit.   Adding Team Members (5 Developers = 5 MSDN Accounts = 5 Azure Accounts = $750 on Azure per Month) 01/ Navigate to http://www.bizspark.com/ and click on "My BizSpark". 02/ Scroll down till you find "Manage" the click on "add or delete members" 03/ Click "Add" 04/ Write the First Name, Last Name and email of the team member you want to add then click on "True" button. 05/ Once you are done, an email invitation will be sent to the team member you just added. 06/ This email contains a link as shown below that should be clicked by the invited member to join. 07/ The link will direct the invited member to the page shown below, he/she should sign in using the same email used through the invitation process. 08/ The invited member should complete the form shown below then click "Next" 09/ Then agree to the EULA 10/ On reaching this step, the invited member is now part of BizSpark and can access Azure Benefit through the MSDN account following the same steps explained in the previous section.   Kindly share with your community. For post alerts and more updates, please feel free to follow me on Twitter @_SherifElMahdi]]> [Course Guide] Walkthrough: Building Azure-Backed Mobile Apps (Arabic) https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/sherifelmahdi/mva-course-guide-walkthrough-building-azure-backed-mobile-apps-arabic Fri, 22 May 2015 06:21:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sherifelmahdi/2015/05/22/mva-course-guide-walkthrough-building-azure-backed-mobile-apps-arabic/ Arabic MVA course ! The course is about "Building Azure-Backed Mobile Apps" and it's recorded in 4Afrika MVA Studio. In this post, I will be sharing all about the course; overview, slide decks and the links of the Q&A offline/online sessions that will follow publishing the course.

Overview

The course is a quick & short walkthrough that shows how to create Azure Mobile Service and consume it in your Universal apps taking in consideration MVVM design pattern in addition to creating portable class libraries that can be shared across platforms. The first module walkthrough Azure Mobile Service creation, Connection with Universal App, Using Expression Blend – In Brief, Data Templates – In Brief, Data Binding – In Brief and the consequences of writing unstructured code. The second module walkthrough how to structure your code using MVVM design pattern and getting started with Portable Class Libraries. The course mainly targets developers and requires familiarity with Mobile Development, Cloud Computing Concept and Universal App Development (using XAML/C#). No need to have a previous experience. Course Modules 0/ Azure Mobile Service "Hello World" 1/ MVVM

Watch the Course on MVA/Channel9

MVA https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ar/training-courses/building-azurebacked-mobile-apps-arabic-12630 Channel9 https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Azure-Backed-Mobile-Apps-Arabic

Slide Decks

You will find the slide decks here: https://aka.ms/buildingazurebackedapps

Q&A Sessions

  Online Q&A Session Date: 13th of August, 2015 Time: 2 PM (UTC +02:00)   Join Skype Meeting         Kindly share with your community. For post alerts and more updates, please feel free to follow me on Twitter @_SherifElMahdi  ]]> [Course Guide] Microsoft Azure IaaS Deep Dive (Arabic) https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/sherifelmahdi/mva-course-guide-microsoft-azure-iaas-deep-dive-arabic Mon, 18 May 2015 10:50:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sherifelmahdi/2015/05/18/mva-course-guide-microsoft-azure-iaas-deep-dive-arabic/ first Arabic course on MVA "Microsoft Azure IaaS Deep Dive".

Overview

Learn how to leverage Microsoft Azure infrastructure-as-a-service capabilities, no need to have a previous experience with Azure. The course walkthrough creating and configuring Azure Virtual Machines taking in consideration storage, Azure Virtual Networks and cross-premises connectivity to get things up and running on the cloud. The course mainly targets IT Pros and it requires familiarity with Virtual Machines, Networks, Windows Server and Hyper-V, no need to have a previous experience with Cloud Computing. Course Modules 0/ Azure Virtual Machines 1/ Closer Look on Azure Virtual Machines 2/ Storage 3/ Virtual Networks 4/ Closer Look on Virtual Networks 5/ Migrating Hyper-V with PowerShell

Watch the Course on MVA

MVA  https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ar/training-courses/microsoft-azure-iaas-deep-dive-arabic-12454 Channel9 https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Microsoft-Azure-IaaS-Deep-Dive-Arabic

Slide Decks

You will find the slide decks here: https://aka.ms/azureiaasarabic

Q&A Sessions

Online Q&A Session Date: 20th of August, 2015 Time: 2 PM (UTC +02:00)  Join Skype Meeting    Kindly share with your community. For post alerts and more updates, please feel free to follow me on Twitter @_SherifElMahdi]]>