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Enforcing HTTPS only traffic with ASP.NET Core and Kestrel

In the early days of ASP.NET Core, [Kestrel](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/servers/kestrel?tabs=aspnetcore2x" target="_blank) (the lightweight, open source web server) was fairly basic. And this was totally intentional! Kestrel provides a mechanism to spin up and run ASP.NET

.NET Core authentication and authorisation using Auth0

I'm a big proponent of delegated authentication. It's no surprise that [Broken Authentication](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10-2017_A2-Broken_Authentication" target="_blank) is #2 at the OWASP top 10 latest report. It's been #2 for a very long time, which means that developers and enterprises

Using Azure Serverless to copy data from Service Bus to Azure Data Lake

Microsoft's serverless is continually improving with better stability and features. The out-of-the-box integration with many services makes serverless an appealing approach when it comes to solving a problem. I was recently asked by a customer to implement a solution that copies json data posted to a Service Bus Topic into

Using 'User Secrets' in .NET Core Console apps

Managing sensitive information and secrets in config files is something we all have to deal with on a daily basis. Unfortunately, this is also something that we still get wrong: a) config files with production secrets/keys b) source controll littered with secrets/keys c) obscure file transformations and processes

Code Collaboration has a new name - Visual Studio Live Share

It's late(ish) at night, stuck in my hotel due to the Monster Storm Emma that's turned the UK into an icicle and I'm watching TED talks on my laptop when my good friend [Brady Gaster](https://twitter.com/bradygaster" target="_blank), fellow geek/developer/etc, pings me

Keeping your Azure Search Index up-to-date with Azure Functions

Azure Search can work really well with Azure Blob Storage. It can automatically index and analyse documents uploaded to a Storage Container to make it easy for you to expose the data in your application. When working with Blob data, Azure Search is designed to incrementally add new documents automatically.

Restrict public access to your Azure Web Apps with the IPSecurityRestrictions option

This is a little unknown gem that I've used a few times as I help customers secure access to their Azure Web Apps.. Traditionally, if one wants to restrict access to a website running on a VM (i.e IaaS) then they can make use of Firewalls to ensure that

Debugging C# (.NET Core) Azure Functions with VS Code

The [v2 release](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/appserviceteam/2017/09/25/develop-azure-functions-on-any-platform/" target="_) of the Azure Function Core tools (i.e. the CLI) has been out for a while now. It may still be in preview while the team is finalizing the stability and performance of the