Untitled-4 Blog Apr 13, 2023 Using a Device Provisioning Service (DPS) on Azure Managing IoT devices at scale requires a strategy to automate connecting devices to their managing system. In this video, we’ll look at how that process works.
Untitled-4 Blog Feb 23, 2022 An Azure IoT Reference Architecture for Azure When most people think about IoT, they think about Internet-connected devices that collect data. These include security systems, manufacturing systems, electrical grids, distribution systems, Internet-connected cars, among many others. There are quite literally billions of devices connected to the Internet....
Untitled-4 Blog Jan 22, 2022 Webinar: Exploring The Myriad Of Different Messaging Services on Azure Learn about Azure messaging services Storage Queues, Message Bus, Event Hub, Event Grid, IoT Hub, SingnalR Service, Notification Hub, and Send Grid.
Untitled-4 Blog Dec 16, 2021 Azure: Grids, Hubs, Busses, Topics, and Queues… Oh My! Messaging between application components and devices is why engineers invented computer networks. The ultimate computer network is the Internet, which has practically connected all the world’s devices to a single network where any one device can send a message to another device.
Untitled-4 Blog Oct 23, 2021 Optimizing Compute on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) AKS is a versatile tool, capable of running all kinds of workloads. Because of this, it makes no assumptions about the kind of jobs it will be running and gives the controls to the user to figure out the best compute model for the workload.
Untitled-4 Blog Oct 07, 2021 Kubernetes Secrets Managing sensitive data such as passwords, certificates, and connection strings for application configurations used to be hard without a secrets management solution.
Untitled-4 Blog Sep 18, 2021 Building a Tag Index with Jekyll and Liquid Jekyll and Liquid provide a powerful yet easy-to-use set of tools for creating websites through both the plugins provided by Jekyll and the template markup provided by Liquid. While an integral part of Jekyll, Liquid is a stand-alone project widely...
Untitled-4 Blog Sep 01, 2021 Using GitHub Actions to Manage Certbot (Let’s Encrypt) Certificates GitHub Actions is an excellent source for all things automation. For personal accounts, there’s a limited free offering that allows you to run automation jobs. I use GH actions to update my websites. I don’t think I would have written...
Untitled-4 Blog Aug 26, 2021 Azure Migrations - Part 4 Database Migration Assistant Assessment https://youtu.be/5-bQPdYzKEk Azure offers a lot of options for moving SQL databases from SQL Server to Azure. Knowing which choice is the best choice for your database can sometimes be challenging. Microsoft provides a tool, the Database Migration Assistant, that assesses...
Untitled-4 Blog Jul 17, 2021 Windows 11 — Initial Reactions and Thoughts Windows 11 made a big splash with the announcement of the new version of the OS that was supposed to never have another version again. In any case, as part of the Windows Insider Program (WIP), I got my hands...
Untitled-4 Blog Jun 25, 2021 Non-Technical Priorities for App Migrations into Azure Migrations to another environment can be trivial for some applications, but it's a complex array of different parts that all work together for most of them.
Untitled-4 Blog Jun 18, 2021 Different Paths for Migrating Apps to Azure There are multiple ways to host applications on Azure, each with its pro's and cons.