Posts tagged #Azure
Azure identity - managed identities and roles
For a while I have actually not had to do much configuration of app registrations, managed identities and so on, simply because I often join teams who have other people doing that part. So it has been fun and at time challenging to get back into it, as I have had to lately. So to...
Putting API Managemement in front of blob storage
A nice and simple way to expose static files is through Azure blob storage. If you are already using API Management you might want to have requests to through there, in order to ensure you can move it to somewhere else in the future. It requires a few steps to get it to work...
Updating API management from Azure Devops Pipeline
Recently I needed to update Azure Management API based on the swagger specifications when our services were deployed. It seems like a pretty standard thing that there would be a task for, but it turned out to require a bit of Powershell - it i still fairly simple though. A...
Copying data on Azure in code
I have recently been looking at copying entire collections of data on Azure, in a way that should run as either Azure Functions or Webjobs. This is useful for backups, and simply moving data between environments. I didn't come across too many good samples of how to do this, so I...
Azure AD B2C easy auth across frontend and backend
Recently I had the need to setup easy auth using Azure B2C to authenticate users across a frontend Azure Web App and an Azure Functions backend. Allthough it sounds like a regular scenario, the documentation I found could have been better. I don’t have the time to write the...
Why cloud native is a gamechanger
Cloud native is one of those words that make some people shake their heads and call BS. In some contexts I am one of those people. It does however also have its place, because building solutions that are cloud centric does come with a number of benefits and enables solutions that...
Azure Webjobs – good stuff, with a gotcha
One of the really nice things about Azure Webapps is the support for running Webjobs. Most large webapplications will at some point need some data or media processed by a background process, and for that Webjobs are a perfect fit.
Backup with Azure Cool Blob Storage
A few weeks ago Microsoft introduced the concept of "Cool" Blob Storage on Azure, which means that you get REALLY cheap storage for data that you don't access very often - backup being an obvious usecase. In my case I have used Dropbox for backups for a while, and although it...
Azure Resource Management Templates
A core value that Azure brings to modern projects, is to enable developers to take control of the deployment process, and make it fast and painless. Sure scalability is nice, when and if you need it, but the speed and flexibility in setting up an entire environment for your...
Build: Azure App Services has a growth spurt
At Build there was a number of huge announcements. It is amazing to see that Azure is keeping up the pace, and as a developer I am excited about the promise of services that will enable me to focus on implementing solutions rather than fiddeling with servers and infrastructure.
Build: Microservices on Azure
Besides App Services, Azure offers an alternative that is slightly to the left of the far right on the big IaaS to PaaS scale called Azure Service Fabric . Conceptually Service Fabric is based on containers, allowing you to fit many services into a single VM and it gives you more...
TechEd North America 2012
I had the pleasure of going to TechEd North America 2012 in Orlando. With a lot of interesting news comming out of Microsoft it was 5 very exciting days. While I was away I did some blogging on the company blog (in danish). As you might expect Azure and Windows Metro style design...