In planning to host a very low traffic web site, I find Azure Web App to be expensive compared to other managed hosting providers. The cheapest App Service pricing option is the Free tier. But these do not support https and custom domains. Even B1 Basic is a bit pricey at $81CAD/month if you hosting …
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How To Validate an Azure SQL Database Connection Using Virtual Network Rules
In my blog post Virtual Network Integration between Azure Virtual Machine and Azure SQL Database, I have shown an implementation of secure database connections from a virtual network subnet to a PaaS Azure SQL DB using service endpoints and virtual network rules. I will show how to validate the connection using SQL Management Studio from …
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Virtual Network Integration between Azure Virtual Machine and Azure SQL Database
Objective: To show database connectivity from an Azure virtual machine to PaaS Azure SQL Database using SQL service endpoints in a virtual network. Background: For IaaS environments for internal facing systems, system designers may choose Azure SQL as their database of choice versus SQL Server in a virtual machine. A question or concern may come …
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Auto-scaling Azure App Service Part 1 of 2
I will give a detailed look at the configuration and operation of auto-scaling in my Azure app service plan. Along with my comments and experiences. I have an Azure App Service Plan with 1 Core / 3GB RAM with one web app deployed. Although you can have many web apps in the same plan to …
Auto-scaling Azure App Service Part 2 of 2
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 …
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 …
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