Basic Azure Virtual Desktop Setup For Beginners – Part 2

In continuing from Part 1, I will go through the post deployment steps needed to support the design and the ability for an end user to login into the virtual desktop environment. Previously I have deployed the Azure virtual desktop host pool, next I need to configure an RDP property to as targetisaadjoined:i:1. To access …

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Basic Azure Virtual Desktop Setup For Beginners – Part 1

Azure Virtual Desktop is a desktop and app virtualization service that runs on Azure virtual machines. This enables to bring the windows desktop experience into the Azure cloud. Typical use cases are employees or 3rd party contractors that need a secure and controlled desktop experience with a preset of applications that are approved by the …

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Quick Tip: Rename a Function in an Azure Function App

A function app provides an execution context in Azure in which your functions run. As such, it is the unit of deployment and management for your functions. A function app is comprised of one or more individual functions that are managed, deployed, and scaled together. All of the functions in a function app share the …

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How To Create An Azure Function App that Calls an External 3rd Party API

Scenario: A quick and simple bare bones Function App that calls an API out in the internet. In this demo, I use a weather API to get the current weather for a location. The code will be in .NET 6. Build all resources and write code through the Azure Portal. Motivation: By now there should …

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My Experience Using ChatGPT To Create An Azure DevOps Pipeline with Terraform in Deploying Azure Resources

I wanted to explore using ChatGPT exclusively to create Create An Azure DevOps Pipeline with Terraform in Deploying Azure Resources as if I never created such a pipeline before. I want to explore the following How effective using ChatGPT enabled me achieve my objective? How natural was the chat bot experience to me as a …

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2023 Beginner’s Guide To Create An Azure Devops Pipeline to deploy Azure Resources in Terraform

I will give a walk through of a simple starter approach to building an Azure Devops Pipeline to deploy an Azure resource in Terraform. I will deploy an Azure Function as an example. By automating, you promote consistency, repeatability, collaboration, overall productivity and more efficiency in operating your Azure infrastructure. Assumptions Demo Design AZDO Repo …

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6 Things I Like About Azure Managed Grafana

Grafana is an open source data visualization tool. It is the a popular choice with Kubernetes clusters. Azure Managed Grafana is a platform as a service offering that has been generally available in late summer or early fall. So it is relatively new at this point. I have had experience of building, configuring and operating …

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