The location from which a process is invoked is important. A process, I.e. an executable (.exe) is the program which contains the entry point to the code which needs to run. If the location is in a relative position related to the assemblies it requires, then the .exe can use relative paths to access an […]
Read More →NOTE: it is now possible to achieve this in the Azure portal which means the modification of the XDT file is no longer necessary. It will still work and knowing about this capability might help you implement something which does not currently have an interface to do so…yet. Here is some information about doing this […]
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I have been doing some testing with Azure Function deployments which requires me to break stuff. That gets me into some real trouble sometimes when all I want is a deployment to work like normal. Here are some other articles I wrote also while doing this. Azure DevOps Visual Studio 2022 add source code Missing […]
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Having worked on Azure for many years now, I have provisioned, deleted, switch, modified so much I sometimes get a bit lost. I was configuring CI/CD for a project and selected Azure Repos, but when I opened the Organization drop-down I did not see the Azure DevOps organization. Figure 1, why is my Azure DevOps […]
Read More →I wrote this article some time ago, Machine Keys on an Azure App Service, machineKey multiple instances Azure, which describes how and why there are no problems running on multiple instances of your App Service Plan, so long as they are in the same region or datacenter. This is because, as part of the App […]
Read More →I remember the first time I converted the text in a Word document to Wingdings / dingbat font. I thought I had come up with a secret code that I could share with my made Zork co-adventurers which described avoidance techniques of evil elvish wizard masters. No one can forget about the hidden cave in […]
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I would like to proudly announce the release and availability of my new Azure Solution Architect Complete Study Guide. The book contains over 700 pages of material relating to the skills and knowledge required to become a great Azure Solution Architect. The book is designed around the requirements for passing both the AZ-303 and AZ-304 […]
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The expected latency when downloading anything from a server to a client should increase as the size of the file increases. Simply, the bigger the file the longer it takes to download. There is a common step when writing an API that returns a JSON formatted file, which is the deserialization of the data content […]
Read More →A common topic I would like to call out which I see in regards to security has to do with endpoints. I kind of want to call those endpoints “potentially vulnerable attack vectors”. I am a bit nervous writing “vulnerable” because the endpoints I mention here are secure, which is why I also called out […]
Read More →I have this Azure Function that is integrated with an Azure Virtual Network, using Regional integration as shown in Figure 1. Where Regional VNET Integration is ARM based and the resources are located in the same Azure region. The other type of VNET integration is uses the classic integration method or if you need to […]
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