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Tech Reviewing a Book
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Tech Reviewing a Book

Introduction I am writing this post as a resource for those that are considering being a technical reviewer for a book. This was a topic

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022 by John Folberth4 Min Reading
API Manager, Host Name Certificate, and Key Vault
Azure, Bicep, Professional

API Manager, Host Name Certificate, and Key Vault

Overview When leveraging Azure API Manager (APIM) it is not an uncommon request to have a custom DNS record in front of it. On top

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 by John Folberth5 Min Reading
Dynamically Retain Azure DevOps Pipelines
Automation, Azure DevOps, Professional, YAML Pipelines

Dynamically Retain Azure DevOps Pipelines

Introduction Azure DevOps Pipelines can be very powerful, even more so when coupled with Multi-Stage Pipelines. If new to this check out my post on

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 by John Folberth4 Min Reading
Azure Budgets leveraging Bicep Registries
Azure, Bicep, Professional

Azure Budgets leveraging Bicep Registries

Introduction This post is a part of Azure Spring Clean which is a community event focused on Azure management topics from March 14-18, 2022. Thanks to Joe Carlyle and Thomas

March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 by John Folberth9 Min Reading
SQL Server Audit and Vulnerability Scans with Bicep
Automation, Azure, Bicep, Professional

SQL Server Audit and Vulnerability Scans with Bicep

Update 3/31: Realized this assumed Defender was already turned on the server so adding the Bicep to do that. Introduction This one is tricky. If

March 7, 2022March 31, 2022 by John Folberth8 Min Reading
Chicken and the Egg: How to Handle Bicep Interdependencies
App Service, ARM, Azure, Professional

Chicken and the Egg: How to Handle Bicep Interdependencies

Introduction That’s title is a mouthful: Chicken and the Egg: How to Handle Bicep Interdependencies. What this means is how to handle deployments when resources

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 by John Folberth7 Min Reading
Nested Loops In Azure Bicep with an RBAC Example
Azure, Professional

Nested Loops In Azure Bicep with an RBAC Example

Background Did you know that “technically” nested loops in Azure Bicep are supported? Neither did I until really digging into it. The scenario I was

February 9, 2022February 9, 2022 by John Folberth6 Min Reading
Securely populating Azure Key Vault via Azure DevOps
Azure DevOps, Professional, YAML Pipelines

Securely populating Azure Key Vault via Azure DevOps

Introduction One the classic conundrums that occurs when properly managing Azure Key Vault is how to seed the values of Key Vault when the secrets

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 by John Folberth7 Min Reading
Selecting Source Branches for Pipelines
Azure DevOps, Professional, YAML Pipelines

Selecting Source Branches for Pipelines

Background One of benefits on leveraging YAML based pipelines in Azure DevOps (ADO), is the ability for builds and deployments to be managed as code.

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 by John Folberth3 Min Reading
Intro: CI/CD Pipelines for Bicep
Automation, Azure, Azure DevOps, DevOps, Professional, YAML Pipelines

Intro: CI/CD Pipelines for Bicep

Disclaimer: This is more technical than what I like putting in a blog post. I don’t know a way around it as feel like it’s

December 23, 2021December 23, 2021 by John Folberth15 Min Reading
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