ASP.NET Core: Application Insights and Anonymizing Data
Once you’ve decided to instrument your ASP.NET Core application with Application Insights, you may be looking for how to anonymize or customize the data that is being sent to Application Insights. For...
View ArticleData Privacy and Data Lake with DataBricks DeltaLake
Data Lake has become a mainstay in data analytics architectures. By storing data in its native format, it allows organizations to defer the effort of structuring and organizing data upfront. This...
View ArticleThings I Wish I Knew Before Migrating Apps to Azure: SQL Server vs. Azure SQL
Over the last couple of years, I’ve moved from serious SharePoint on-premise development to migrating web applications to Azure. My exposure to Azure prior to the first application was standing up...
View ArticleHow to Automate Everyday Tasks with Logic Apps
While checking out one of the automated messengers a coworker created, we had an idea. Why not use Azure to help with daily tasks or streamline routine daily tasks? The logic apps listed here take...
View ArticleGetting Started with Cloud, AWS and Azure Fundamentals
If you are like me, you have used cloud services in a limited fashion to create VM’s for testing or perhaps you have used them extensively. You’d also like to gain an understanding of the broader group...
View ArticleUsing Managed Identity to Securely Access Secrets in Asp.Net Core Web Apps...
As application developers, it’s our responsibility to ensure that the applications we create are using credentials and other secret configuration values in a secure way. Oftentimes, this task is...
View ArticleAzure DevOps Services for Government: Access Control
Azure DevOps provides a suite of tools that your development team needs to plan, create, and ship products. It comes in two flavors: Azure DevOps Services – the SaaS option hosted by Microsoft. Azure...
View ArticleCreating a Custom Domain Specific Language in YAML for Automation
During a recent design session at a client site, our team had the opportunity to participate in something cool. We had the opportunity to create a custom DSL (Domain Specific Language) in YAML for an...
View ArticleLow Code, High Complexity: Power Platform is a First Class Citizen in Cloud...
Power Platform is Microsoft’s newest pillar in its cloud platform stack, steadily growing in popularity as more and more organizations realize the capability of the tool. Put into the hands of...
View ArticleLegacy Data Considerations When Purchasing COTS Products
In January, AIS’ Steve Suing posted a great article titled “What to Know When Purchasing a COTS Product and Moving to the Cloud.” In his post, Steve discusses some things to consider such as security,...
View ArticleAdopting a Cloud Mindset for Successful Cloud Transformation
When you think about your organization’s cloud strategy, mindset may not be one of the first things you think about, but mindset is crucial. Adopting a cloud mindset has been called the “single most...
View ArticleSuccessful Cloud Transformation is Tech-Fueled, But People Focused
As an IT leader, you understand a successful cloud transformation positions IT as a business enabler, rather than a curator of infrastructure. Adopting the cloud is more than simply moving your on-prem...
View Article10 Tips for Easy and Engaging Meetings with Microsoft Teams
Overnight the world’s workforce has moved into the home office. As a result, online meetings are now the only way we meet. For many organizations, this sudden change has dramatically impacted how their...
View ArticleMass Quarantining and “Flattening the Curve”
The current approach of mass quarantining is to “flatten the curve.” However, learning about how the virus has spread and how it can return with the eventual restoration of our economy is something...
View ArticleEnabling a WFH Remote Workforce with Office 365
With the COVID-19 epidemic, businesses everywhere are rushing to meet the demand for remote work solutions and enable “business as usual” as much, and as quickly, as possible. While many have practiced...
View ArticleProgressive Web Apps: The Best Way to Develop for Mobile
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) As an introduction to PWAs, let’s build a mobile app the fastest, easiest way, using the Progressive Web App model. A PWA is both a mobile app and a website. Built with...
View ArticleWork Successfully from Home
Even before COVID-19, work from home/anywhere was a growing trend across many industries. Being mutually beneficial – employers could recruit and retain top talent due to the convenience of remote...
View ArticleLevel Up with Power Apps Portals
Getting started with Power Apps Portals is simple; knowing how to customize the portal to your needs and requirements will require more guidance. This guide will take you through important links, tips,...
View ArticleApplication Gateway Ingress Controller for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
In this blog post, I would like to introduce and explain Azure’s new service offering for Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC) for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS). AKS is gaining momentum...
View ArticleWildcard Lookup Implementation in Microsoft Power Apps and Dynamics
Executive Summary This blog post is for Power Apps developers as well as end-users that are looking for a wildcard-like solution for Lookup controls in Microsoft Power App and Dynamics. It begins by...
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