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What’s new in Azure SignalR 1.1.0 Preview 1

Ken ChenJune 3, 2019Jun 3, 201906/3/19

We just shipped 1.1.0 Preview 1 of Azure SignalR Service SDK to support some new features in ASP.NET Core 3.0, including endpoint routing and server-side Blazor. Let’s take a look how you can use them in your Azure SignalR application.
Here is the list of what’s new in this release:

Endpoint routing support for ASP.NET Core 3
Use SignalR service in server-side Blazor apps
Server stickiness

Endpoint routing support for ASP.NET Core 3
For those who are using Azure SignalR,

Azure SignalR Service now supports ASP.NET!

Zhidi ShangApril 26, 2019Apr 26, 201904/26/19

Azure SignalR Service is a fully managed real-time messaging service, built on ASP.NET Core SignalR. ASP.NET Core SignalR has many features incompatible with ASP.NET SignalR, so existing ASP.NET SignalR Application doesn't work with SignalR Service. We added the ASP.NET support to SignalR Service SDK to enable this scenario. This blog also lists features that are no longer supported and provides references on documents and code samples.

.NET Core Workers in Azure Container Instances

Brady GasterApril 15, 2019Apr 15, 201904/15/19

In .NET Core 3.0 we are introducing a new type of application template called Worker Service. This template is intended to give you a starting point for writing long running services in .NET Core. In this walkthrough you'll learn how to use a Worker with Azure Container Registry anAzure Container Instances to get your Worker running as a microservice in the cloud.

Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server

Angelos PetropoulosFebruary 22, 2019Feb 22, 201902/22/19

In my previous blog post I talked about how to migrate data from existing on-prem SQL Server instances to Azure SQL Database. If you haven’t heard SQL Server 2008 end of support is coming this summer, so it’s a good time to evaluate moving to an Azure SQL Database.

Migrating your existing on-prem SQL Server database to Azure SQL DB

Angelos PetropoulosFebruary 15, 2019Feb 15, 201902/15/19

If you are in the process of moving an existing .NET application to Azure, it’s likely you’ll have to migrate an existing, on-prem SQL database as well. There are a few different ways you can go about this, so let’s go through them.

Announcing an easier way to use latest certificates from Key Vault

Web Development Tools MicrosoftFebruary 7, 2019Feb 7, 201902/7/19

Posting on behalf of Prashanth Yerramilli When we launched Azure Key Vault a few years ago, it solved a major problem users had which was that storing sensitive and/or secret information in code or config files in plain text causes multiple problems including security exposure.

Make the most of your monthly Azure Credits

Angelos PetropoulosFebruary 1, 2019Feb 1, 201902/1/19

If you weren’t aware, Visual Studio subscribers have free monthly Azure credits, that are ideal for experimenting with and learning about Azure services. When you activate this benefit, it creates a separate Azure subscription with a monthly credit balance that renews each month while you remain an active Visual Studio subscriber.

When should you right click publish

Angelos PetropoulosNovember 9, 2018Nov 9, 201811/9/18

Some people say ‘friends don’t let friends right click publish’ but is that true? If they mean that there are great benefits to setting up a CI/CD workflow, that’s true and we will talk more about these benefits in just a minute.

Use Hybrid Connections to Incrementally Migrate Applications to the Cloud

Web Development Tools MicrosoftOctober 4, 2018Oct 4, 201810/4/18

As the software industry shifts to running software in the cloud, organizations are looking to migrate existing applications from on-premises to the cloud. Last week at Microsoft’s Ignite conference, Paul Yuknewicz and I delivered a talk focused on how to get started migrating applications to Azure (watch the talk free) where we walked through the business case for migrating to the cloud,

How to get started with Azure and .NET

Andrew B Hall - MSFTSeptember 4, 2018Sep 4, 201809/4/18

Note: This content is now available as an official document
Azure is a big cloud with lots of services, and for even the most experienced user it can be intimidating to know which service will best meet your needs. This blog post is intended to provide a short overview of the most common concepts and services .NET developers need get started and provide resources to help you learn more.

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