Setting up Managed Identities for ASP.NET Core web app running on Azure App Service
A few weeks ago I wrote about Secure application development with Key Vault and Azure Managed Identities which are managed, behind the scenes, by…
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Azure
Enumerate Azure Storage File Share files with the .NET Azure SDK
This is a quick one. I recently had to enumerate an Azure Storage File Share with unknown files and directories so I quickly put…
Secure app development with Azure AD, Key Vault and Managed Identities
Or - How to eliminate your application secrets once and for all. Developing applications using security best practices doesn't have to be…
.NETConf 2018 - From developers for developers
.NETConf, the virtual Microsoft conference on all this .NET, cloud and mobile is back for another year and it's only a couple…
Enforcing TLS version on Azure WebApps with Resource Manager Policies
Azure Policies are an amazing, albeit well-hidden, feature that allow subscription administrators to define and enforce specific rules on how Azure Resources should be…
Serverless Text Moderation with Azure Functions and the Azure Cognitive Services
I love how Microsoft and Azure is making developers' lives so much easier. Consider the title of this blog post. Now try to…
Using HTTPS with Azure Functions in local development
It's usually the small things that make a big difference. As I was updating my Function Core tools today (the Functions CLI)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…