Deciding PaaS or SaaS for Building IoT Solutions in Microsoft Azure
Building out an IoT (Internet of Things) solution can be a difficult problem to solve. It sounds easy at first, you just connect a bunch…
Cloud
The “Cloud” refers to a network of remote servers hosted on the internet that store, manage, and process data, rather than relying on local servers or personal computers. This technology enables users to access and utilize computing resources and services, such as storage, databases, software, and analytics, from anywhere with an internet connection. Cloud computing offers scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency, allowing individuals and organizations to quickly adapt to changing needs without significant upfront investment in hardware and infrastructure. Popular cloud service providers include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
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Azure Service Fabric Powers Azure PaaS
Microsoft uses their own products to build and host their own products. This is done from the development platform level, all the way into the…
Azure CLI: Quickly Start / Stop ALL VMs
You can easily Start and Stop Virtual Machines (VMs) through the Azure Portal. Previously, I’ve written about the importance of Stopping unused VMs to save money…
Azure CLI 2.0: Reset / Change Azure VM Password
It’s very easy to spin up a Virtual Machine (VM) in Microsoft Azure. You can do it through the Azure Portal or with scripting tools…
Azure CLI: Generate SAS Token for Blob in Azure Storage
Azure Storage is a cloud service at the very center of Microsoft Azure. It provides the foundations for storing data in many services and systems…
Azure IoT DevKit Preview built with Arduino and VSCode
There have been a number of Azure IoT Starter Kits available for some time now. I’ve written about the Starter Kits in the past. Some of…
Microsoft IoT Central Enables SaaS-based IoT Solutions
Many software systems can become fairly complex with many different interconnected and communicating components. Internet of Things (IoT) solutions can especially become complex. Instead of…
Azure CLI: Reset Azure SQL Database Password
The Azure SQL Database service allows you to set an Admin login and password when you provision a database server in the service. However, if…
Azure CLI: Create and Manage Resource Groups
All cloud resources created / provisioned in Microsoft Azure need to be associated with Resource Groups. This is one of the basic features of the…
Azure Portal goes Native on iOS and Android
Since the beginning of Microsoft Azure with the initial General Availability in February 2010, then Azure Portal has always been a Web Application. It’s gone…
Azure Cloud Shell with Azure CLI inside Azure Portal
Here’s a short introduction to the Azure Cloud Shell; a new feature recently released into the Microsoft Azure Portal as part of the many announcements…
CosmosDB: The New DocumentDB NoSQL Database in Microsoft Azure
DocumentDB has been around for awhile now in Microsoft Azure. It’s a Document based, NoSQL database in the cloud. There’s been tons of advancements to…
Announcing Azure IoT Edge
The all new Microsoft Azure IoT Edge brings down the power and capabilities of Azure IoT down to run natively on individual Internet of Things…
How to Compare Azure VM Pricing Across Azure Regions
At first glance, Virtual Machine pricing in Microsoft Azure seems fairly straight forward. However, the different VM pricing tiers actually do vary in price from…
Save Money in Azure Tip 1: Compare Azure Region Pricing
In this video, I show you the specifics on comparing Azure Region pricing information around Virtual Machine hosting. As you can see, the Azure Regions…
Top 10 Tricks to Save Money with Azure Virtual Machines
This post contains 10 tips and tricks you can use to save money on your Virtual Machines (VMs) running in the Microsoft Azure cloud. The…
Create Azure SQL Database in the Azure Portal
Here’s a short video that shows you how to create an Azure SQL Database in the Azure Portal. It also explains how to connect to…
Create Ubuntu Linux VM in the Azure Portal
This is a short video that shows how to create an Ubuntu Linux Virtual Machine (VM) in the Microsoft Azure Management Portal. It also explains…
Create Azure Web App in the Azure Portal
Here’s a short video introduction to creating an Azure Web App within the Azure Portal. It also shows how to select the pricing tier to…
Manage Azure Resource Policies in the Azure Portal
Here’s a short video I recorded that goes over how to manage Azure Resource Policies in the Azure Portal. Before the “how to” showing the…