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AZ 204 Azure Developer Lessons Learned
Azure, Certifications, Professional

AZ 204 Azure Developer Lessons Learned

First this post isn’t designed to an exclusive study guide; however, some lessons learned and some of the tricks I used to pass the AZ 204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure.

December 5, 2020March 30, 2021 by John Folberth5 Min Reading
A Real World Translation of ARM to Bicep
ARM, Azure, Professional

A Real World Translation of ARM to Bicep

First hand experience translating an Azure Quickstart template into a bicep example and commit it back to opensource

November 13, 2020December 28, 2020 by John Folberth9 Min Reading
Creating Helpful Names for Classic Releases
Azure DevOps, DevOps, Professional, Standards

Creating Helpful Names for Classic Releases

I know I am an advocate for YAML Pipelines to handle builds and releases; however, that doesn’t mean can’t take a minute to emphasis the

October 29, 2020March 30, 2021 by John Folberth2 Min Reading
The Perilous Dilemma of RBAC in an Automated World
Automation, Azure, Professional, Standards

The Perilous Dilemma of RBAC in an Automated World

With the announcement of Role Based Access Control (RBAC) for Azure Key Vault it got me thinking about the dilemma that comes with RBAC controls.

October 22, 2020December 9, 2022 by John Folberth4 Min Reading
Kudo: The Forgotten Azure Tool
App Service, Azure, Professional

Kudo: The Forgotten Azure Tool

Azure Platform As A Service (PaaS) offerings can be awesome. They can abstract a lot of the overhead involved with technology such as OS hosting,

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 by John Folberth2 Min Reading
Azure, Powershell, Professional

Leveraging PowerShell to migrate Azure DevOps Test Plans

Azure Test Plans are a great way to manage and track testing. It is fairly easy to user and easily integrates with other Azure DevOps

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 by John Folberth2 Min Reading
Understanding Data Factory in a CI/CD world
ARM, Automation, Azure, Data Factory, DevOps, Professional

Understanding Data Factory in a CI/CD world

For those that are unfamiliar Azure Data Factory is defined as: …the cloud-based ETL and data integration service that allows you to create data-driven workflows for

October 16, 2020December 14, 2020 by John Folberth4 Min Reading
Azure, Professional, Standards

The All Mighty Importance of a Uniformed Naming Standard

One thing I continuously see is a discrepancy on how to name Azure resources. I’ve seen such usage as just ‘Program1’ and have that name

October 12, 2020December 14, 2020 by John Folberth3 Min Reading
Demystifying the Azure Bill Part 2: Deciphering the Data to Gain Insights
Azure, Cost, Power BI, Professional

Demystifying the Azure Bill Part 2: Deciphering the Data to Gain Insights

This post original appeared on LinkedIn 01/28/2019 This post will build upon Part 1: Getting the Data. This post will outline one of several ways the

October 9, 2020December 14, 2020 by John Folberth6 Min Reading
Demystifying The Azure Bill Part 1: Getting the Data
Azure, Cost, Power BI, Professional

Demystifying The Azure Bill Part 1: Getting the Data

This article first appeared on my LinkedIn Page 01/14/19 Organizations with a footprint within in Microsoft’s Azure platform can all relate that one of the

October 8, 2020December 14, 2020 by John Folberth4 Min Reading
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