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Migrating a static web site using custom HTTP modules to Azure App Service

May 10, 2019 May 10, 2019 05/10/19

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I was asked recently about migrating a local Internet Information Server (IIS) static web application to an Azure App Service. For this type of question For migrations to Azure, resources like the App Service Migration tool are usually a good place to start. In this case the App Service Migration tool reported issues...

New Concept: Diversity Driven Development

March 13, 2019 Mar 13, 2019 03/13/19

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Diversity Driven Development (DDD) is concept that I’ve envisioned for some time. DDD can enable you, your team and/or your organization to build software and services that provide solution beyond just the current customer demographic.

Exploring Blazor with Visual Studio 2019

March 7, 2019 Mar 7, 2019 03/7/19

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In this post, Senior App Dev Manager Keith Beller walks use through Blazor, a new experimental framework for WebAssembly. What is Blazor? After 22 years of dominance as “the” native language for client-side browser interaction, JavaScript is facing new competition from other popular languages such as C/C++, Go, PHP, C# and others ...

Enterprise Application Modernization using Windows Containers

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

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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.

IIS Remote Management for Docker Containers

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

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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.

Convert ASP.NET WebForms with Windows Authentication to use AAD

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

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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.

Set up IIS on Windows Virtual Machine

January 24, 2019 Jan 24, 2019 01/24/19

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App Dev Manager Vijetha Marinagammanavar provides a walk-through of setting up IIS on a Windows Virtual machine hosted in Azure.

Moving your ASP.NET applications to the Microsoft Cloud

January 14, 2019 Jan 14, 2019 01/14/19

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There are a few key scenarios that you will want to consider as you plan your migration strategy. Unless you have unlimited time, resources and money, it is likely that you will have to consider implementing one or more of the following options…

Tutorial: Run Spring Boot web service in Windows Docker container

December 27, 2018 Dec 27, 2018 12/27/18

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Build a Boot web project, create a Dockerfile, build a Docker image, then run it in Docker.

Interacting With Push Notifications Under Angular 7 Applications

December 20, 2018 Dec 20, 2018 12/20/18

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Until recently Angular supported SwPush class which allowed PWA capable applications to subscribe and listen to push notifications from the Service Worker. Here is an example where I am subscribing to clicking on the notification card which will redirect the user to my blog. Also notice that you also have access to the action that triggered the click. So you can wire your code to react differently to different actions.