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Leveraging ADO Pipeline Tasks to create Entity Framework Deployment Script
Automation, Azure, DevOps, Professional

Leveraging ADO Pipeline Tasks to create Entity Framework Deployment Script

Introduction This post is part of the 2022 version of Azure Back to School, an Annual Community event For the Community by the Community. Entity

September 27, 2022November 21, 2022 by John Folberth6 Min Reading
Azure, Professional

Azure Cost Analysis Part 1: Getting the Data

Overview This is the first part of a series in post whose intention is to export Azure Cost Data, transform it using Azure Data Factory,

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 by John Folberth3 Min Reading
Azure Managed Identities: User vs System Assigned
Azure, Professional

Azure Managed Identities: User vs System Assigned

Overview It is easy to get lost in the world of Azure identities. There are so many options and confusing nomenclatures it is easy to

June 14, 2022December 8, 2022 by John Folberth5 Min Reading
Tech Reviewing a Book
Personal, Professional

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, 2022December 8, 2022 by John Folberth5 Min Reading
Dynamically Retain Azure DevOps Pipelines
Automation, Azure DevOps, Professional, YAML Pipelines

Dynamically Retain Azure DevOps Pipelines

Update: Can now find this YAML on the TheYAMLPipelineOne repository Introduction Azure DevOps Pipelines can be very powerful, even more so when coupled with Multi-Stage

March 24, 2022December 9, 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, Bicep, 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, 2022December 9, 2022 by John Folberth7 Min Reading
Nested Loops In Azure Bicep with an RBAC Example
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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, 2022November 22, 2022 by John Folberth6 Min Reading
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