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
Use the Microsoft Application Inspector to analyze your source code Paid Members Public
Use the Microsoft Application Inspector to learn more about your code. Discover what types of algorithms, APIs, sensitive data and more that you make use of in the code base.
Get notified of changes in Azure Key Vault by using Event Grid Paid Members Public
There are numerous ways to secure and audit your Azure Key Vault setup and usage. In 2019, I wrote Who accessed my Azure Key Vault? [https://zimmergren.net/azure-key-vault-diagnostics-who-accessing-your-vault/], which is still relevant. In this article, I want to talk about how to set up automatic notifications when something change
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