Blogs|Dec 21, 2020

Creating a Tagging Strategy for Azure

Azure has many controls out of the box that helps tailor the experience to an organization on Azure. Such controls include Azure Management Groups for organizing subscriptions, Azure AD with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to manage access to Azure resources, Subscriptions and Resource Groups for organizing resources, and Azure Policy to enforce compliance and augment…
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tutorials|Dec 11, 2020

Azure Policy as Fast as Possible

Azure out of the box comes with a number of controls that allow users to shape permission on Azure through roles and role assignments. These roles control what actions a user can perform, but it does not limit what these actions can do within their given scope. For instance, RBAC can be used to configure…
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Video|Dec 10, 2020

Tech on Fire: Introduction to Azure Container Instances

Azure Container Instances provide a no-infrastructure-required platform to host containerized applications. Everything for running containers is handled as a first-class object on Azure and provides tight integration with other services like Azure Storage, Key Vault, and VNets. In this video, we’ll do a deep dive into Azure Container Instances to show you how you can…
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Video|Dec 4, 2020

Tech on Fire: Azure Application Insights

Monitoring applications in production can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. Azure Application Insights takes the pain out of monitoring apps by collating client-side, server-side, and database telemetry. A single portal allows you to see how your app is performing and drill down into the data to find out information about…
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Webinar|Nov 16, 2020

GitHub and Azure DevOps – Better Together

With Microsoft acquiring GitHub, many teams struggle to understand whether to adopt GitHub or Azure DevOps, especially if there’s already an investment in Azure DevOps or Team Foundation Server (TFS). There is a third option that is often overlooked – the platforms are better together! Join Ken Muse, an ALM | DevOps Ranger, to learn…
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Web Development|Nov 9, 2020

Get Jammin’ with the Jamstack

GRANDstack – GraphQL, React, Apollo, Neo4j Database LAMP – Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP MEAN – MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, Node.js The list above is just a few examples of some popular tech stacks. Tech stacks are practical combinations of technologies and architectural patterns used to create robust solutions. A relatively newer stack (new when you compare…
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wintellect-blogs|Oct 15, 2020

Are you a Professional?

What does it mean to be a “professional” in the field of application development, cloud, or IT in general? In fact, what does it mean to be a “professional” at all?  The word is a common part of our daily language but most people never really think about what it means, and to be fair,…
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wintellect-blogs|Oct 13, 2020

Tech on Fire: Azure Functions With Azure App Services

Azure Functions are Microsoft’s serverless solution, providing an event-driven programming model that simplifies developing APIs and integrations. Going serverless helps get developers out of the business of having to configure, maintain, and scale servers while also improving application development agility.
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Security|Oct 2, 2020

Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) As Fast As Possible

Role-based access control (RBAC) is the centerpiece of any robust, distributed system. The ability to use RBAC allows users to be decoupled from the systems that they use by assigning roles to an individual, then defining privileges based on roles rather than trying to assign people permissions directly. This allows systems administrators and security personnel…
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Azure and Cloud Computing|Sep 17, 2020

Using NFS with Azure Blob Storage

A Little History or Why NFS? File shares on computer networks are as old as the concept of a network itself. The idea of being able to access data across a wire by multiple machines was created not long after the first network was created. When the PC industry took off in the 1980’s file…
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Security|Sep 9, 2020

Restricting Azure App Service Access to Azure Front Door

Securing an Azure App Service is a common requirement. If you’re not familiar with Front Door, it combines a web application firewall (WAF), content distribution network (CDN), traffic manager, and routing rules into a single service. This makes it a perfect choice for protecting a web site. In using this, we want to ensure that…
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