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Things I learned building my first multi-agent AI system on Azure + NVIDIA

Azure Databricks for MLOps and Feature Engineering at Scale with Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and MLflow

Introducing Cloud Compass: Cloud News, Concepts, and Insights Without the Overwhelm

Azure Key Vault: Where Every Secret in This Blog Actually Lives

How to set up cloud budget alerts on AWS, GCP, Azure

Democratizing professional cloud infrastructure

Cloud Computing 101: What Every Beginner Should Know

Full-stack static typing with OpenAPI TypeScript and Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi

This post will show you how to write full stack applications with static typing from back to front using OpenAPI, TypeScript and .NET.

Keeping front end and back end in sync with NSwag generated clients

By generating clients from OpenAPI specs, it is possible to have integration tests that check your front end and your back end are aligned. This post will show you how to do that using NSwag.

Node.js, Azure Application Insights, and Fastify

Learn how to set up a Node.js with Azure Application Insights and Fastify.

Using AZD for faster incremental Azure Static Web App deployments in GitHub Actions

Learn how to speed up deployments of Azure Static Web Apps in GitHub Actions using the AZD command.

Using AZD for faster incremental Azure Container App deployments in Azure DevOps

Learn how to speed up deployments of Azure Container Apps in GitHub Actions using the AZD command.

Serialising ASP.NET method calls for later execution

How can we take a method call, serialise it, perhaps store it in a database, and then later rehydrate and execute?

Large Language Models, Open API, View Models and the Backend for Frontend Pattern

To integrate LLMs with APIs, there is a need for the LLM equivalent of view models and the backend for frontend pattern. This discusses it in the context of Semantic Kernel.

Using Kernel Memory to Chunk Documents into Azure AI Search

To build RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) experiences, where LLMs can query documents, you need a strategy to chunk those documents. Kernel Memory supports this.

Azure Cosmos DB: container items and generics

Learn how to use generics to store and retrieve different types of object in an Azure Cosmos DB Container. And how to deserialize the data property into a C# object of a specific type.

Configure Azure connection strings and keys in Azure Bicep

Learn how to configure Azure resources like Azure Static Web Apps and Azure Container Apps with connection strings and access keys in Azure with Bicep.

Graph API: getting users Active Directory group names and ids with the C# SDK

Learn how to get the Azure Active Directory group names and ids from the Graph API using the C# SDK.

Migrating to v4 Azure Functions Node.js with TypeScript

Learn how to migrate a TypeScript Azure Functions app to the v4 Node.js programming model.

Vlad A. Ionescu - Earthly

Vlad Ionescu explores Earthly's containerized build automation and the business challenges of creating developer-friendly CI tools.

Bicep: Link Azure Application Insights to Static Web Apps

Learn how to link Azure Application Insights to an Azure Static Web App using Bicep.

Azure Open AI: generate article metadata with TypeScript

Use the TypeScript Azure Open AI SDK to generate article metadata.

Azure Open AI: handling capacity and quota limits with Bicep

This post details how to control the capacity of an Azure Open AI deployment with Bicep so that you don't exceed your quota.

Azure Container Apps, Easy Auth and .NET authentication

Azure Container Apps support Easy Auth. However, .NET applications run in ACAs do not recognise Easy Auth authentication. This post explains the issue and solves it.

Using Application Insights with Bicep to monitor Azure Static Web Apps and Azure Functions

Application Insights are a great way to monitor Azure Static Web Apps and Azure Functions. But how do you deploy that using Bicep? Let's find out!

Deep linking with Azure Static Web Apps and Easy Auth

Azure Static Web Apps does not support deep linking with authentication. This post describes how to work around this limitation.

Azure AD Claims with Static Web Apps and Azure Functions

Authorization with Azure Static Web Apps linked to Azure Functions has an issue. Azure AD app role claims are not supplied; this post will demo a workaround.

Bicep: Static Web Apps and Linked Backends

Azure Static Web Apps can be linked to Azure Functions, Azure Container Apps etc to provide the linked backend for a site. This post provisions with Bicep.

Reverse engineering the Azure Application Insights Transactions URL

This post reverse engineers the Azure Application Insights Transactions URL, showing how to make a link href, using both TypeScript and C#.

Azure Static Web Apps: Node.js 16 / 18 and Oryx

Azure Static Web Apps presently fixes to Node.js 14 when building. If you require a different version of Node to build, here is how.

Query deployment outputs with the Azure CLI

Discover how to query Azure deployment outputs using the Azure CLI, bash, and jq, and convert them to GitHub Action job outputs.

Azure standard availability tests with Bicep

Learn how to deploy Azure standard tests using Bicep! This post goes through the process and includes a complete code snippet.

Permissioning Azure Pipelines with Bicep and Azure RBAC Role Assignments

Learn to permission Azure Pipelines to access resources through RBAC role assignments with Bicep. Includes examples and integration tests.

Output connection strings and keys from Azure Bicep

Learn how to acquire connection strings and access keys in Azure with Bicep using the `listKeys` helper, and optionally consume them in Azure Pipelines.

Hello World Bicep

Bicep simplifies Azure Resource Management through concise syntax. The "Hello World" example highlights how Bicep outperforms ARM templates.

Bicep meet Azure Pipelines 2

With Azure CLI, Bicep can be run in Azure Pipeline with minimal effort. Compile Bicep to ARM in a simple one-liner bash step.

Bicep meet Azure Pipelines

Bicep is a more readable alternative to ARM templates. Though no Bicep task is available yet, Azure CLI can still deploy Bicep.

Managed Identity, Azure SQL and Entity Framework

Managed Identity provides secure, developer-friendly access to Azure SQL databases without the need for usernames and passwords.

NSwag: TypeScript and CSharp client generation based on an API

NSwag simplifies APIs by auto-generating OpenAPI specs and clients. Learn to create TypeScript clients from NSwag using a .NET console app.

Goodbye Client Affinity, Hello Data Protection with Azure

How to use ASP.NET Data Protection to remove the need for sticky sessions with Client Affinity