Azure App Service tips: Increase reliability with the Auto-Healing features Paid Members Public
Hey friends. Here's a tip from the field. Make use of the auto-healing capabilities in your Azure App Services to increase the reliability of your production workloads. What is auto-heal? The auto-heal capabilities are coming out of the Azure App Service Diagnostics, which I previously wrote about [https:
Introducing the LogAnalytics.Client NuGet for .NET Core Paid Members Public
Directly related to Log Analytics and sending entities from C#, I have previously talked about Building Custom Data Collectors for Azure Log Analytics [https://zimmergren.net/building-custom-data-collectors-for-azure-log-analytics/] and Log custom application security events in Azure Log Analytics which are ingested and used in Azure Sentinel [https://zimmergren.net/log-custom-application-security-events-log-analytics-ingested-in-azure-sentinel/] . I
Azure App Service tips: Enable the Health-Check capabilities Paid Members Public
Here's another tip about ensuring a healthy and reliable experience in your Azure App Services. An easy way to increase availability of your apps is to make use of the Health checks. Scenario In one of my apps, I have 4 instances by default - and then they
Purging container images from Azure Container Registry Paid Members Public
Keeping container registries clean and neat is not always an easy task. We have fairly agile release processes, and sometimes we release many images, several times per day across dev- and production environments. Microsoft recently introduced a neat way to automatically purge images based on filters, directly from the Azure
Passing AZ-500: Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate Paid Members Public
The AZ-500 is a great certification if you work with security and compliance. In this article I'm outlining my experiences in taking this exam online from my home office, as well as free official Microsoft documentation around the areas you'll be tested on.
Favorite Visual Studio Code Extensions for Azure Paid Members Public
I spend much time with Microsoft Azure. Architecture and Design, Solution Architecture, Development, Security, Operations, and more. The extensions below can serve both Developers, Administrators, and anyone in between. In this post, we're looking at some of my favorite Visual Studio Code extensions for working with Azure in
Discover issues with Azure Functions and App Service using Application Insights Paid Members Public
In recent years, I have built and operated distributed cloud systems. With these systems comes various challenges. A key thing I've learned is to keep a close eye on metrics and insights, to learn how our applications are behaving at scale. This post will be about how to
GitHub Actions for Security Code Analysis Paid Members Public
Performing code analysis and security scans on your code is imperative to software craftsmanship. Over the years, I have had plenty of options for performing security scans, both with third-party vendors and open-source tools. I want to highlight some of my favorite GitHub Actions to run code analysis with a
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