When working with Azure Monitor alerts that trigger email notifications, there is a tiny little detail to consider to make sure the email notifications get delivered as expected. But let's first have a look at the setup of an Azure Monitor alert. In my case, I set up an Azure Monitor metric alert and action... Continue Reading →
[NoBrainer] Get rid of issuer and MFA exceptions when working with Visual Studio Credential in local development environment
Lately I nearly got crazy when working with Visual Studio Credential in ASP.NET Web API project. For Test, Int and Prod environments I usually use Managed Identity and for local development I prefer using Visual Studio Credential for i.e. accessing Azure Key Vault or Azure Storage Account services. In this example, access key authentication is... Continue Reading →
[HOWTO] Handle AAD B2C Password Reset for Legacy Sign up and Sign in User Flow
In case you have an Azure Active Directory B2C (AAD B2C) with a user flow of type Sign up and sign in (Preview v2 legacy), self-service password reset experience can not be enabled on the user flow. Regardless of this, the Forgot your password? option is shown to the users by the login screen: But... Continue Reading →
[NoBrainer] Deploy a Spring Boot Application to an Azure App Service
After my technology switch from Java to C#/.NET about seven years ago, I still tried to stay in touch with Java and spring - at least a little bit. Back in 2015 I therefore started implementing a small spring boot based web application in Java that consumes the REST API of the swiss floorball association... Continue Reading →
[HOWTO] Implement and deploy a WebJob for Azure App Service using WebJobs SDK
Last week, my work colleague Guillem Bonafonte and I came across a suitable use case for WebJobs in context of a project. WebJobs is a feature of Azure App Service that allows to run a program or script on the same instance as a web app, web API, ... After consulting the documentation, we started... Continue Reading →
[NoBrainer] Filter items on nested properties in Azure Cosmos DB Data Explorer
In this post I quickly explain how to filter items of a Cosmos DB container based on nested properties by using Data Explorer of Azure Cosmos DB account in Azure portal. Suppose there is a container named People and the following item structure. { "person": { "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Doe", "personId": "1234", "addresses": [ {... Continue Reading →
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