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Ask GitHub Copilot for code review in your .NET project

Apr 22, 2025 · 5 min read · copilot github azure dotnet functions ·

In this blog post, I’ll share my experience building a .NET 8 Azure Function App that retrieves a user profile via the Microsoft Graph API. The function app is designed to run in Azure and return the user profile of the logged-in user via Microsoft Entra-ID. While the technical implementation was exciting, the …

Boost your Azure Pipeline with Bicep's deployer() function

Jan 13, 2025 · 4 min read · bicep azure pipeline cicd tags ·

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Boost your Azure Pipeline with Bicep's deployer() function

Context Last month Microsoft released its newest Bicep version v0.32.4 which includes an interesting function called deployer(). This function can retrieve the ObjectId and TenantId of the deploying Service principal. This can be very helpful in certain cases such as assigning tags to Azure resources or to assign a …

Building and deploying a chatbot with Azure Functions OpenAI Extension and model GPT-4o mini

Aug 5, 2024 · 7 min read · openai azure ai serverless functions csharp dotnet cognitive-services ·

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Building and deploying a chatbot with Azure Functions OpenAI Extension and model GPT-4o mini

Introduction In this blog post, we will explore how to integrate Azure Functions with the OpenAI extension. This integration allows you to use triggers and bindings with the powerful capabilities of OpenAI within your serverless functions. We will walk through the setup, configuration, and deployment of an Azure …

Azure Functions on Container Apps

Jun 18, 2024 · 1 min read · azure functions net8 container docker bicep ·

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Recently, I created my first video about Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps, which you can find below. I also made a GitHub repository where you can find the source code, allowing you to set up the Azure Functions on ACA yourself.

Smooth Sailing with DevOps: Deploying Azure Storage Account using Terraform and Azure YAML Pipelines

Oct 29, 2023 · 5 min read · terraform azure azure devops cicd yaml workload pipelines git ·

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Smooth Sailing with DevOps: Deploying Azure Storage Account using Terraform and Azure YAML Pipelines

Introduction Hi 👋 my fellow tech enthusiasts. As a DevOps Engineer, I often find myself navigating the complex waters of IT challenges both at work and during my free time. Today, I want to share a recent journey into the world of DevOps where we'll be deploying an Azure Storage Account using Terraform and Azure YAML …

Azure Workload identity federation with Azure DevOps

Oct 1, 2023 · 6 min read · azure azure devops yaml git identity security pipelines cicd secrets workload ·

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About 2 months ago I wrote a blog post about workload identity federation with GitHub Actions. When an application needs to access cloud based resources it often needs to think about authentication and authorization. Using workload identity federation there is no need to use any keys or secrets. For example, Google …

Azure Workload identity federation with GitHub Actions and user-managed identity

Jul 17, 2023 · 5 min read · azure github git azure devops secrets security ·

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Usually when running software workload (e.g. script or container-based applications) an identity is involved for authentication and access resources. Software workload running inside Microsoft Azure can use a Service Principal or (User)-Managed Identity. However, when running software workload outside Azure most of the …

Use (User)-managed identity with Azure Identity library to connect to Azure DevOps

May 12, 2023 · 3 min read · azure azure devops csharp identity ·

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With the recently introduced service principal & managed identity in Azure DevOps by Microsoft it is now possible to replace the less secure Personal Access Token (PAT) to connect to Azure DevOps resources. These resources can be accessed via the Azure DevOps API such as Work Items, Pipelines and Repositories and is …