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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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 […]
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This article is about consuming the LUIS API from a C# console app as seen in Figure 1. Instructions on how to configure and setup LUIS can be found here. NOTE: You might want to look at Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Luis and Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Luis.Models which provide a nice interface to LUIS. The source code can be downloaded here as […]
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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 →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
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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 →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 →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 […]
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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 →My #chatbot is intended only to be pleasant, not to be philosophical or answer complicated political or social questions. As companies create #chatbot to serve a purpose, they should also maintain a level of fun and make sure the #chatbot has at least a limited personality. Utterances are questions which can be or have been […]
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