Advent calendars are a fantastic initiative promoted by the tech community, in which, during December, experts share their knowledge through contributions of a specific technology in different formats:

blog posts
videos
webinars
etc.

This year we (Microsoft MVPs Héctor Pérez and Luis Beltrán proudly present another edition of the Azure Advent Calendar 2022 in English.

We know that communities are full of talented people. Let's promote this idea with the sole purpose of creating a collaborative space in which we all benefit, from expert, professionals to students, avid seekers of knowledge.

Are you in? Would you like to share your knowledge with the community? If you are interested in participating in this initiative, just follow these simple steps:

In November:

Reserve a slot by replying to our tweet with the hashtag #AzureAdvent, or by leaving a comment on this post.
When reserving a slot, choose an available date from the calendar (see below). We might open new dates if there is a high response from the community :)
Important: Please send us the title of your contribution during the last week of November at the latest.

In December, on the chosen date:

Publish your contribution. If you use a platform like WordPress / YouTube, you can schedule it in advance so that it is published on the desired date / time. We will share your contribution on social networks (Twitter and our Facebook communities).
In your contribution, add a link to this page, so that visitors can see the complete set of contributions and learn more about the calendar initiative.
Share the link to us to update the table with your contribution.

You can also share your contribution using the hashtags #azure and #AzureAdvent.

These are the contributions to the Azure Advent Calendar 2022 in English:

Date	Requested by	Topic
Dec 1	Luis Beltrán	Cloning an Azure VM
Dec 2	Oscar Santos	Part 1: Create Virtual Environments with Azure Lab Services
Dec 5	Arafat Tehsin	Create personalized experiences for your apps, bots and websites with Azure Personalizer – Part 2
Dec 6
Dec 7
Dec 8	Andrea Laruta
Dec 9	Renicius Pagotto	Azure Cache for Redis - Overview
Dec 12	Renicius Pagotto	Cache-Aside using Azure Cache For Redis
Dec 13	Nemanja Jovic
Dec 14	Oscar Santos	Part 2: Set up identical environments across multiple VMs to host hackathons or professional trainings
Dec 15	Kristina Devochko	Exploring Upgrade Strategies in Azure Kubernetes Service
Dec 16	Héctor Pérez
Dec 19
Dec 20	Ana Carolina Manzan	Azure App Configuration
Dec 21	Víctor Silva	Azure Chaos Studio
Dec 22	Pablo Angel Piovano	Using Azure Cognitive Services Vision Studio to Analyze World Cup images
Dec 23	Renicius Pagotto	Understanding Azure Event Hubs Capture
Dec 26	Daniel Gómez

If you need inspiration for your contribution, here are some ideas:

What's new in Azure?
Azure challenges
Useful tips for saving costs/enhancing performance in Azure
Azure AI
Integration of Azure with other platforms
Less-known but amazing features in Azure

All contributions related to Azure are welcome, even if you have been developing with this technology for a short time, for sure you have some tips or experience to share.

In case you don't have any platform where to publish your content, there are several free alternatives such as wordpress.com, GitHub pages, dev.to, medium and many more.

Thanks in advance to those who wish to contribute to this initiative. We hope that you enjoy and learn a lot!