I wrote an article here that discussed a Hello World WebJob. The WebJob I use in this example can be downloaded here and I discuss here. Here is an additional resource for setting up CRON to run a WebJob. The requirements for this are: Your App Service must run in either a Standard or Premium […]
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How (I) configured Azure Active Directory into my ASP.NET MVC OWIN web application
Before I get started, keep in mind, that I am not a security expert, if you want to enable security for your Azure App Service Web App I recommend using EasyAuth as described here, so much easier, IMO. You likely get some benefits from the ‘Change Authentication’ features of: No Authentication Individual User Accounts Work […]
Read More →Bot Framework 405 Method Not Allowed, 401 Unauthorized and 500, Internal Server Error getting started
I have been working with the Bot Framework available from here. While I was testing it out I encountered 3 road blocks that I will share just to make it move along faster if you happen to encounter the same. I followed these instructions which worked just fine. The issue I faced were during the […]
Read More →Using Azure App Services to Convert a Web Page to PDF
Please have a read of an article I wrote about converting an HTML page to a PDF in real-time. It was published in this month’s MSDN Magazine. Figure 1, Using Azure App Services to Convert a Web Page to PDF
Read More →Dynatrace Extension causes application crashes after WS2016
Some customers have reported that since Windows Server 2016 their applications are crashing unexpectedly. Restarts and scaling did not help. This has been isolated to an issue with versions of the Dynatrace Extension (installed through the Azure portal) prior to v1.18. The current version of the extension is 1.18.1009 and old versions can be updated […]
Read More →Troubleshooting a hung or long running WebJob
If you can reproduce the slow running WebJob behavior you have hosted with your Azure App Service Web App, Mobile App or API App then you can find out why using the following article. Additionally, if the WebJob is in a hung state, skip right to the portion where you take the memory dump of […]
Read More →How my chatbot remained statefull using Azure Bot Services
One of the challenges I had, well maybe not a challenge, but it took some hours to think it through, with making my #chatbots #chatbot personality was coding in the ability to recall the last question, last #LUIS Intent or #LUIS Entity so that I could reference it for making better decisions on how to […]
Read More →How I tested debugged my chatbot that I created using the Bot Services on Azure
Well, the fact that you do not need to use Visual Studio or to install the Bot Framework to get a #chatbot or a generic #Bot up and running still applies. See my other posts: Create a Bot using an Azure App Service Bot Service Most common chatbot questions and how to answer them Publishing […]
Read More →Port limit for an Azure App Service
Ever wondered how to check the number of open connections on a App Service Web App or Mobile App? Have you ever received this error while running your App Service? System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: “A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host […]
Read More →Moving an Azure App Service
I like keeping my things in order, so over time as my Azure consumption grows, I begin to recognize and learn that maybe I should have put all the related resources into the same resource group. Here is an example of how I moved an App Service Web app from one resource group to another. […]
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