February 2019 | Developer Support

Using Go Lang with Azure

Premier Developer February 28, 2019 Feb 28, 2019 02/28/19

In this world of digital transformation, languages like Go Lang have a major impact on project success as it helps increase developer and software efficiency. Leveraging languages like Go Lang and combining this into your Cloud Development Strategy can make a lot of sense. If you are interested in reading more about the features/benefits of Go Lang, this post is for you.

Running a .NET Core Web Application in Docker container using Docker Desktop for Windows

Premier Developer February 27, 2019 Feb 27, 2019 02/27/19

App Dev Managers Anand Shukla and Sash Kavalaparambil provide step by step instruction to run a .NET Core Web Application in Docker container using Docker Desktop for Windows.

Enterprise Application Modernization using Windows Containers

Premier Developer February 27, 2019 Feb 27, 2019 02/27/19

Enterprise organizations today have numerous simple CRUD based applications that call for modernization without necessarily needing to re-architect the legacy apps. If you have an existing .NET app that could use CI/CD but not necessarily any immediate rearchitecting efforts, this blog is for you.

Azure Lab services scheduling now Available

Premier Developer February 26, 2019 Feb 26, 2019 02/26/19

Azure Lab services is a quick and easy way to manage environments for your team in the cloud. It is versatile enough to set up development environments, testing and even classroom lab environments. The service handles all the infrastructure, user management, and now scheduling when the lab is available. The ability to stop a lab VM has been around for some time, but the ability to schedule when a VM starts, how long it remains up and then when it is to shut down recently became available.

IIS Remote Management for Docker Containers

Premier Developer February 26, 2019 Feb 26, 2019 02/26/19

When running IIS in a Windows Container, you configure it using PowerShell commands in your Dockerfile. While determining the correct PowerShell commands is not a difficult process it is inconvenient to verify the settings using the command line only. Sometimes, you just need a UI to quickly view and manage your IIS configuration.

Move or Clone TFS from one hardware to another in TFS 2017/2018

Premier Developer February 25, 2019 Feb 25, 2019 02/25/19

Prior to Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2017, moving or cloning of a TFS instance required manual preparation and configuration of existing instance’s backups. You can now configure your restored databases completely through the application tier.
This blog walks through the new process to demonstrate how to restore and configure an instance of TFS to new hardware.

Why you should consider VS Code for your Kubernetes/Docker work – Part 2

Premier Developer February 22, 2019 Feb 22, 2019 02/22/19

In this follow up article, we will cover how it can help to deploy Container images stored into Azure Container Registry (ACR). We will also cover the kubectl explain integration which is helpful to understand the structure of YAML files used to describe Kubernetes API objects.

AZ-202 Microsoft Azure Developer Certification Transition Study Guide

Premier Developer February 21, 2019 Feb 21, 2019 02/21/19

As Microsoft embraces the spirit of “lifelong learning”, expect updates to the suite of training resources and certification exams to ensure content reflects new technologies. Microsoft has published the exam guide for AZ-202 Microsoft Azure Developer Certification Transition for those who have passed the 70-532 Azure Developer. Developers will get the “Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate” certification if they pass the new AZ-202 Microsoft Azure Developer Certification.

Convert ASP.NET WebForms with Windows Authentication to use AAD

Premier Developer February 20, 2019 Feb 20, 2019 02/20/19

I work with a lot of enterprise customers that have sizable portfolios of Intranet web sites using Web Forms and Windows Integrated Authentication that they would like to move to Azure PaaS; however, we’ve found that a lot of documentation on these topics doesn’t extend back to Web Forms and instead targets .NET Core and MVC.

Using Azure CloudShell as a Dev Sandbox

Premier Developer February 19, 2019 Feb 19, 2019 02/19/19

Being able to create, develop, test, and deploy an application to Azure AND commit to source control with no tooling other than a browser is pretty powerful. This example was with .NET but there are tons of languages supported in CloudShell.

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