Azure PowerShell vs Azure SDK for Python

As an Azure engineer, I have used both Azure PowerShell and the Azure SDK for Python to manage and provision Azure resources. I like to share comparisons based on my experience and real work scenarios in the many years engineering and designing for solutions in Azure. Hope this blog post gives some perspective. Azure PowerShell: …

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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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Azure Managed Grafana Setup with AKS

The following is a walk through of a quick setup of Azure Managed Grafana Instance and viewing performance graphs on applications running in Azure Kubernetes Service. This is a relatively new Azure platform service and the general documentation can be found at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/managed-grafana/how-to-data-source-plugins-managed-identity?tabs=azure-portal I have had experience to build, configure and deploy Grafana into an …

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My 3 Key Benefits of Istio Service Mesh with AKS

I have been working with Istio Service Mesh with Azure Kubernetes for a couple years, I like to share my experiences that were beneficial and impactful in my projects. Istio Service mesh helps with managing traffic among your microservices applications. Read more at https://istio.io/latest/about/service-mesh/ The general architecture is as follows where a service A (in …

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Building a Hub and Spoke with Site to Site VPN Part 5 Network Security

Part 5: Network Security Scenario: Building a demo or proof of concept to understand the technology, azure resources and configuration settings that involve Azure Virtual Networks, VNet Peerings, Virtual Network Gateway, and Site to Site VPN Connections. The architecture is to emulate a hybrid cloud topology with on-premises network emulated with an Azure VNETs in …

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Building a Hub and Spoke with Site to Site VPN Part 4 VNET, Subnet and Peerings

Part 4: VNET, Subnet and Peerings Scenario: Building a demo or proof of concept to understand the technology, azure resources and configuration settings that involve Azure Virtual Networks, VNet Peerings, Virtual Network Gateway, and Site to Site VPN Connections. The architecture is to emulate a hybrid cloud topology with on-premises network emulated with an Azure …

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Building a Hub and Spoke with Site to Site VPN Part 3 Hub and Spoke

Part 3: Hub and Spoke Topology Scenario: Building a demo or proof of concept to understand the technology, azure resources and configuration settings that involve Azure Virtual Networks, VNet Peerings, Virtual Network Gateway, and Site to Site VPN Connections. The architecture is to emulate a hybrid cloud topology with on-premises network emulated with an Azure …

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Building a Hub and Spoke with Site to Site VPN Part 2 S2S VPN

Part: 2 Site to Site VPN Connection Scenario: Building a demo or proof of concept to understand the technology, azure resources and configuration settings that involve Azure Virtual Networks, VNet Peerings, Virtual Network Gateway, and Site to Site VPN Connections. The architecture is to emulate a hybrid cloud topology with on-premises network emulated with an …

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