In situations you need to login to an application and use that identity to access an API (pass-through identity) and also get data from Azure SQL Server. With the new feature to use Azure Active Directory users within Azure SQL Server this is know is possible. In this series of blog post I will cover…
Azure Resource Manager policies provide the ability to manage risks within a Azure environment. To implement this so called policies can be created to enforce specific circumstances. One of my previous post: “Define Azure Resource Manager Policies” describe what policies are. Some key features are: Polices are a settings that are default set to allow. Policies are described by policy definitions in…
Since a couple of weeks it is possible to create Precompiled Azure Functions. This enables the use of .NET assemblies containing the function implementation, and bypassing the dynamic compilation process. Precompiled Function In order to use precompiled functions, you need to create a .Net assembly and adjust the function.json file. First of create a class…
One of the first things that need to be done when you create a Azure SQL database is adding the Client IP address to the firewall of the Azure SQL server. By default all traffic between Azure services are allowed but traffic from another machine is disallowed. Connecting to the server with for example SQL…
When you make use of Azure App Services you can deploy to different deployment slots. You can choose to work with three deployment slots (dev, tst, acc) and use the default one as production, but what can you do best regarding this functionality. Deployment slots Deployment slots are live web apps with their own hostnames.…
Azure Management and Governance is hard because Azure services are growing at a fast pace. Try to imagine that you are a Azure Administrator for a large company and that you need to maintain the Azure Subscription. If you start thinking about it sounds really hard and that makes you wonder about options that you have…
In certain scenarios you want to run a Single Instance off a Azure Logic App every time. Scenarios were you need this is when containers are created within your flow and the other messages are also depending on the same containers. Solution Together with a colleague of mine we searched for a solution and finally…
Azure Resource Manager policies provide you with the ability to manage risk within you Azure environment. You can write policies to enforce certain situations. A policy setting is default set to allow. Policies are described by policy definitions in a policy definition language (if-then conditions). You create polices with JSON formatted files. Policies that you…
Since last week “Azure Advisor” made it to public preview. Azure Advisor is a recommendation engine that recommends steps to take to optimally configure your Azure resources. By analyzing the resource configuration and usage data it is able to make recommendations according to the best practices that in the long run will reduce costs and…
When working on and maintaining Logic Apps, you want to be notified if a certain action or complete Logic App (workflows) fails. Setting this up can be done by using Azure Monitoring. Create Alert By following the below steps you will create an Alert on your Logic App and specify when this alert will be…
In different kind of situations you need to use a certificate for authentication or signing. I needed on because I was setting up a Identity Server the Identity Server V3 (https://identityserver.io) to be exact. Within this Identity Server a certificate is used for signing. For testing purposes you can download one from their GitHub repository.…
While browsing the internet and reading blog posts I usually find very useful links or great resources that I could use in many situation. The problem is that over time a lose these resources, so it is a good time to write them down and also share them with my readers. When I find new…