When setting up CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment) pipelines in Azure DevOps for .NET 7+ solutions, such as those using...
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Get Started with Python Scripting and Automation
Python is a popular programming language that is widely used for scripting, automation, data analysis, and web development. Python scripting is a...
Setup Visual Studio 2022 Development VM in Microsoft Azure
Sure, you could always install Visual Studio 2022 on your local machine, but there are times when a quick, easy to provision Virtual Machine with...
Microsoft Azure: Brand Logo Evolution Over Time (2009 – Present)
There have been a few different logos used by Microsoft over the years for the Azure cloud platform; originally Windows Azure and later rebranded to...
Azure Functions: Copy Blob Between Azure Storage Accounts in C#
I recently worked on a project where I was required to write an Azure Function that would watch for newly stored files in Azure Blob Storage, copy...
Azure Functions: Extend Execution Timeout Past 5 Minutes
Azure Functions is the Serverless compute option within the Microsoft Azure platform. One of the biggest benefits of Azure Functions, and Serverless...
Azure IoT Development Tools for Visual Studio Code
You can use Visual Studio Code (VSCode) to develop Azure Internet of Things solutions using Azure services; like Azure IoT Hub, Azure IoT Edge, and...
Python Scripting in the Azure Cloud Shell
Did you know the Azure Cloud Shell includes support for Python? You can write Python scripts, save then, upload, and run them directly within the...
VS Code Gets Linux ARMv7 and ARM64 Support
With the release of the v1.50 (September 2020) update of Visual Studio Code comes official support for Linux ARMv7 and ARM64. This means that...
Azure DevOps Outages: October 7, 2020
Azure DevOps was down yesterday due to an Azure Front Door (AFD) related issue. Today, Microsoft has been experiencing a series of "Service...
Azure DevOps is Down; Outage is MS not Your CI/CD Builds (October 6, 2020)
On October 6, 2020 at approximately 19:00 UTC the Microsoft Azure DevOps services began to experience "Availability Degradation." and comes only one...
Top Microsoft Ignite 2020 News for Developers
The Microsoft Ignite 2020 conference brings with it a wealth of updates and releases from Microsoft. While Ignite is traditionally focused on IT Pro...
Free eBook: Developer’s Guide to Azure: 2020 Edition
The new "Developer's Guide to Azure" eBook published from Microsoft, written by Build5Nines' own Chris Pietschmann, is your guide to getting started...
Azure Web App: Connection Strings
Just as all Azure Web Apps need configuration values, most applications also need to have database Connection String values configured. With Azure...
Azure Web App: Application Settings
All web applications have some kind of configurations that are set on the server. The method of storing and accessing these settings varies on...
Sysinternals ProcDump for Linux
Sysinternals are very widely used tools from Microsoft in the Windows world, and now the ProcDump utility has been ported over to Linux as an Open...
Fix .NET Core HTTP Error 500.30 After Publish to App Service from Visual Studio
We all know that in production environments we shouldn't use the "right-click publish" feature within Visual Studio. However, there are plenty of...
Host Static Web Apps in Azure App Service
Modern web applications are shifting more towards a static html/css architecture that leverages RESTful APIs as the backend data services....
Azure Announcements from Microsoft Build 2020
Microsoft made a lot of announcements with their Microsoft Build 2020 event that kicked off today. The event included TONS of updates and...
Docker development VM in Azure
Ever wish you had a Docker dev workstation in Azure? About two months ago, we introduced the Azure Kung Fu VM, and judging by the views of that...