One of the main reasons for using cloud services is to be able to scale. Many people don’t take advantage of that which is a shame, because it can result in huge cost savings. The example I’m presenting today is how you can scale Azure SQL to maintain a low […]
In my previous blog post I demonstrated how, Azure functions together with the API of the Lets Encrypt Site Extension can be used to request SSL certificates. I also did a sloppy job in the last post to secure the secrets for the service principal and the publishing credential, so […]
Build is over, now it is time to play with all the new features that was announced. Microsoft teams was one of the product that got a new handful of useful features. The list of customizations options for teams are now even longer, check them out here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/ The one […]
Today’s post describes how Azure Function’s very easily can be used to build real world applications. I build the basis application on my train ride home from Azure Global Bootcamp, an hour from idea to working implementation. The application is a URL shortener, like you know from tinyurl, bit.ly or […]
So your company uses Office 365, and you are tired of constantly having to go to Microsofts login portal, maybe even decide whether to use your organizational (work or school) account or you personal account before you can log in? If your company also uses ADFS you can actually skip […]
In this post I will demonstrate how to assign a custom domain name for your dynamic Azure function with an ARM template. I will also show a neat trick on how using a reverse proxy you can get your Azure Functions to look like they are part of an existing […]
Today Microsoft released their new collaboration tool, Microsoft Teams. Microsoft teams is a Slack copy, build on-top of Office 365. It has very good integration with the rest of the Office 365 services, and is looking to be a very promising alternative to Slack for all those companies that have […]
If you have been playing around with deploying Azure functions with ARM templates chances are that you have run into the error “The pricing tier ‘Dynamic’ is not allowed in this resource group”. Below you can seethe full error text from a powershell deployment of an Azure Function ARM template […]