• Observability and OpenTelemetry in Azure

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    Chad
    tags: azure, azure monitor, opentelemetry
    filed under: Architecture, Cloud, DevOps
    reading time: 18 minutes
    Observability and OpenTelemetry in Azure

    OpenTelemetry is considered the industry standard for observability and Azure has a lot of features to make use of it. I’ll go over what’s currently available for the most popular Azure services as well as the benefits and drawbacks of using OpenTelemetry in Azure.

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  • Azure Service Bus Emulator has arrived!

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    Chad
    tags: azure, azure service bus
    filed under: Cloud
    reading time: 2 minutes
    Azure Service Bus Emulator has arrived!

    Finally it’s here! Many people (myself included) have waited a very long time for this one.

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  • What’s new in .NET 9, C# 13, Azure and VS2022

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    Chad
    tags: .net aspire, ai, azure, azure app service, csharp, openai
    filed under: AI, Cloud
    reading time: 5 minutes
    What’s new in .NET 9, C# 13, Azure and VS2022

    .NET Conf 2024 had plenty of new things to show off, unsurprisingly AI was the main focus (followed by .NET Aspire). Have a look at the things I found super useful in the flood of new versions just out.

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  • Free Azure DevOps for Small teams

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    tags: azure, azure app service, azure devops, azure on the cheap, tutorial
    filed under: Cloud, DevOps
    reading time: 15 minutes
    Free Azure DevOps for Small teams

    Why use Azure Devops over Github? Or other offerings? I’ll point out some key features that stand out from the other free competition and options to mix platforms. Tutorials are included to get an Azure DevOps project up and running from scratch to build, deploy and track.

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  • Keep track of your Azure costs

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    Chad
    tags: azure, azure on the cheap, tutorial
    filed under: Cloud, General
    reading time: 11 minutes
    Keep track of your Azure costs

    There are plenty of tools in Azure to help monitor and act on your costs and I’ll go through how to set budget alerts, anomaly detection and cost analysis. I’ll also cover other cost-saving options to get the best bang for your buck out of Azure.

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  • Create your own VPN Server in Azure

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    Chad
    tags: azure, azure automation, azure security, azure vm, tutorial, vpn
    filed under: Cloud, Security
    reading time: 13 minutes
    Create your own VPN Server in Azure

    If you need a personal VPN on the odd occasion to access internet resources from a different IP/country, you can quickly create your own VPN server in the cloud using an OpenVPN Access Server Virtual Machine.

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  • Fast Entra External ID setup with VSCode

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    Chad
    tags: azure, azure entra external id, azure security, oauth, tutorial
    filed under: Cloud, Security
    reading time: 5 minutes
    Fast Entra External ID setup with VSCode

    Microsoft has recently made it much easier and quicker to get sign-in to Entra External ID up and running on your Node, Javascript, Angular, React, ASP.Net core and Python apps with the new (preview) Entra External ID extension for VSCode.

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  • Secure Azure SQL Server with Private Link

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    Chad
    tags: azure, azure app service, azure networking, azure private link, azure sql, tutorial
    filed under: Architecture, Cloud, Security
    reading time: 8 minutes
    Secure Azure SQL Server with Private Link

    Private Link (interchangeably referred to as private endpoint) allows you to take advantage of many of Azure’s PaaS offerings but is kept away from the public internet. There are other use cases for Private Link on SQL Server but we’ll focus on a common scenario where an internet…

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  • RAG on Azure AI with ChatGPT and your data

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    Chad
    tags: ai, azure, azure ai, azure ai search, azure on the cheap, azure open ai, chatgpt, javascript, tutorial
    filed under: AI, Cloud
    reading time: 6 minutes
    RAG on Azure AI with ChatGPT and your data

    Setup RAG in Azure AI with your own data using ChatGPT and Azure AI Search. You can do this in the user friendly Azure AI Studio. I’ll go through the lower cost option creating and using search using the Azure Open AI / AI Search SDKs.

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  • Free and Low-cost Azure web hosting

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    Chad
    tags: azure, azure app service, azure cdn, azure on the cheap, azure static web apps, azure storage, tutorial
    filed under: Cloud, Webhosting
    reading time: 19 minutes
    Free and Low-cost Azure web hosting

    Host a simple, small sized, low-traffic website, with SSL certificate and a (BYO) custom (sub) domain. Covering two options for client-side hosting and one option for server-side hosting,

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