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Monitoring Python Applications with Azure App Insights

June 12, 2018 Jun 12, 2018 06/12/18
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In this blog post, Premier Developer Consultant Najib Zarrari walks through how to use Azure Application Insights to monitor web applications written in Python using the Flask framework.Read Najib’s blog post here to learn how to set up Application Insights, download and instrument a Python web application, create custom events and metrics ...

Deploying Linked ARM Templates with VSTS

May 8, 2018 May 8, 2018 05/8/18
Developer Support
In this post, Premier Developer Consultant Najib Zarrari walks through how to deploy linked ARM templates with Visual Studio Team Services. When dealing with deploying a large number of components in Azure, a single ARM template might be challenging to manage and maintain.  ARM linked templates allow you to make your deployment more ...

Setting up CI/CD targeting Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Using VSTS

March 11, 2018 Mar 11, 2018 03/11/18
Developer Support
In this post, Premier Developer Consultant Najib Zarrari demonstrates how to deploy a containerized ASP.NET Core Web API app into an OpenShift Kubernetes cluster.The first part of this blog will go over how to create a sample ASP.NET Core web application with Docker support. We will use this as our demo app to deploy to the Kubernetes cluster...

Modernizing a Monolithic Application using Microservices and Azure

October 17, 2017 Oct 17, 2017 10/17/17
Pam Lahoud
This post on modernizing your application for the cloud comes to us from Premier Developer consultant Najib Zarrari.ContextAs companies embark on their digital transformation journeys, pressure on IT organizations have been mounting to levels that have never been experienced before.  Businesses have the following expectations, among ...

Protecting Secrets using VSTS and Azure Key Vault

March 28, 2017 Mar 28, 2017 03/28/17
Pam Lahoud
In his latest blog post, Premier Developer consultant Najib Zarrari discusses one approach to protecting sensitive information in your application by using VSTS and Azure Key Vault. If you are building a modern application and are following modern design principles, there is a good chance your application is composed of a number of layers ...

What are Microservices and Why Should You Care?

January 6, 2017 Jan 6, 2017 01/6/17
Pam Lahoud
Thanks to Premier Developer Consultant Najib Zarrari for sharing this excellent article on Microservices and the changing nature of software architecture in the industry today. Context Nowadays, trends show that market conditions are changing constantly and at a pace we have never seen before.   New companies come into mature ...