In the Part 1 blog post, I have shown configuration of auto scale of 2 auto-scale profiles. I will show the operation of scaling out and scaling in. Upon a load test to simulate high load on the app service to trigger the auto-scale, here are the timelines and operations of the auto scale out …
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Visual Studio 2017 Load Testing of an Azure Web App with Application Insights Part 2 of 2
In continuation from my blog post Visual Studio 2017 Load Testing of an Azure Web App with Application Insights Part 1 of 2 , I have shown the web app and azure environment setup that is prepared for a load test of 10,000 simulated users. In this post, I will show the execution, some of the …
Visual Studio 2017 Load Testing of an Azure Web App with Application Insights Part 1 of 2
I set out a personal weekend hack-a-thon to do a load test on a Single Page App I had built many years ago. This app is hosted on Azure App Service and Azure SQL DB. My experiment was to see if I can simulate 10,000 and observe the effects of the load on a small …
My Favourite Azure DevTest Lab Features for the Developer Team Lead
Azure DevTest Lab is a wonderful service to manage virtual machines for the purposes of developing and testing in a team scenario. This gives the opportunity for a development team to set granular policies for the lab environment that would may otherwise be managed by the infrastructure or operations group. Here is a summary of …
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My Favourite Features of DevTest Labs for the Developer
DevTest Labs can be used as a contained self-service model to create, share and manage Virtual Machine environments for developers and testers. When I first started out using Azure for development I would have to piece together many Azure resources to create a “developer lab environment”. This would include a resource group, virtual machines, virtual …
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App Service Environment with App Service and Azure SQL using Virtual Network Service Endpoints
Azure App Service Environment has a unique capability of being deployed to a virtual network for a dedicated and isolated environment. And scale to many 100s of instances. However, one can not yet deploy an Azure SQL Database to this dedicated environment. So I’ll show the configuration of secure network connectivity from Azure App Service …
Copying an Azure VM into Azure DevTest Lab
My Situation & Objective: I have an Azure Virtual Machine used for development purposes and I want to move/copy into a my existing Azure DevTest Lab. Purpose: To take advantage of the great features and pricing discounts that DevTest Lab has to offer. High Level Process: Identify and locate the .VHD file of the VM …
Comparing Cloud Shell with PowerShell Editors
I love using Azure PowerShell to script creating and managing Azure resources. Yet there are two options I like to compare 1) A script editor such as Windows PowerShell ISE or Visual Studio Code; 2) Azure Portal's Browser-based Cloud Shell This post will be based on Windows environments, as opposed to mac and Linux based …
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Planning Azure Services by Location
When planning and designing a cloud solution, the location of the service and its data is of great consideration in terms of data sovereignty . In my experiences when discussing cloud design, I may bring up an Azure service for consideration that is beyond the standard VM, storage account, app service but something complements or supplements …
Designing Azure Web Apps with the Bare Essentials
For basic public facing web applications, here is an outline of bare essentials for design and configuration. This gives you an idea of what the configuration looks like without clicking into all the blades in the Azure Portal. Also, are a collection of embedded links to the detailed documentation. App Service Plan The computing infrastructure …
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