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Blazor WASM hosted in ASP.NET Core templates with Azure B2C and Azure AD authentication using Backend for Frontend (BFF)

I have implemented many Blazor WASM ASP.NET Core hosted applications now for both Azure AD and Azure B2C authentication. I always implement security …

Blazor WASM hosted in ASP.NET Core templates with Azure B2C and Azure AD authentication using Backend for Frontend (BFF)
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Emit custom metrics from Azure API Management

In the July release of Azure API Management, they’ve added the feature to emit custom metrics to Application Insights.  If you follow my blog, you …

Emit custom metrics from Azure API Management
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Dynamically expose Open API definitions in Azure API Management

Open API is currently the most common used API standard out there.  API Management has full support for this standard.  The basis of this standard is…

Dynamically expose Open API definitions in Azure API Management
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Send API inspector traces to Application Insights

In the December 2020 release of Azure API Management, there was a release note that drew my attention: You can now log API inspector traces to …

Send API inspector traces to Application Insights
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Layered API design in Azure API Management — Your Azure Coach

Designing and composing APIs is a very subjective matter and there are many ways to success (and even more to failure).  One approach I’ve always liked is the way MuleSoft describes it.  They define three layers of APIs: Experience APIs: purpose-built APIs for specific apps, also known as BFFs (Backend for Frontend) Process APIs: domain-driven business…

Layered API design in Azure API Management — Your Azure Coach
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Azure API Management – What are my networking options? — Karim Vaes

Introduction A very common discussion to have with enterprises around Azure API Management (“APIM”) is the aspect of network integration. At the end of the day, the response to that is very simple… Only the developer & premium SKU allow VNET integration. The integration is achieved by doing “injection”, which means that the service is […]

Azure API Management – What are my networking options? — Karim Vaes
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Global Azure 2022 is happening!

Ready for another #GlobalAzure event? Global Azure 2022 is happening May 5-7. Please take a look at this blog post for more details and how you can help.

https://blog.globalazure.net/Blog/Post/283/It-is-time-for-Global-Azure-2022

Enjoy!

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Highlights from Microsoft Build 2021 | Digital Event

I’m happy to announce a Highlights from Microsoft Build 2021 digital event next Thursday, July 15. Please join me and other local experts as we look to provide key insights from the event that will help you expand your skillset, find technical solutions, and innovate for the challenges of tomorrow.

Here are the topics that will be covered:

  • .NET 6 and ASP.NET Core 6 and C#10
  • Internet of Things
  • DevOps
  • Kubernetes
  • Power Platform
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Azure Functions
  • Entity Framework
  • Power BI

For more details about this event, please visit https://www.meetup.com/CTTDNUG/events/279130746/

Enjoy!

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An overview of Azure Web PubSub | Azure Friday

In this episode of Azure Friday, David Fowler and Liangying Wei join Scott Hanselman to show how to build real-time applications with WebSockets and Azure Web PubSub, a fully managed service that supports native and serverless WebSockets. 

[0:00:23]– Introduction
[0:05:55]– Live chat demo
[0:12:52]– Collaborative whiteboard demo
[0:13:41]– Using with ngrok and CloudEvents
[0:17:30]– Using Azure CLI to broadcast messages
[0:18:45]– Wrap-up

Source: Channel 9

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Microsoft Build 2021 Book of News

What is the Book of News? The Microsoft Build 2021 Book of News is your guide to the key news items that are announced at Build 2021.

As expected there is a lot of focus on Azure and AI, followed by Microsoft 365, Security, Windows, and Edge & Bing. This year the book of news is interactive instead of being a PDF.

Some of my favorite announcements

Azure Cloud Native and Application Platform

  • Running Azure app services being able to run on Kubernetes clusters anywhere with Azure Arc
  • Native support for WebSocket APIs in Azure API Management is now in preview
  • Azure Communication Services, the first fully managed communication platform offering from a major cloud provider, has new intelligent features and functionality to complete customers’ end-to-end communication experiences
  • Azure Logic Apps is now updated with new hosting options, improved performance and developer workflows
  • Durable Functions, an extension to Azure Functions that lets users write serverless workflows, now supports PowerShell

Azure Cosmos DB

  • With the introduction of the partial document update for Azure Cosmos DB, developers can modify specific fields or properties within a document without requiring a full document read and replace
  • Azure Cosmos DB serverless is now generally available for all APIs (Core, MongoDB, Cassandra, Gremlin and Table)
  • Azure Cosmos DB Linux emulator is now in preview
  • Azure Cosmos DB expanded free tier is now generally available
  • Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache is now in preview
  • Always Encrypted for Azure Cosmos DB is now in preview
  • Azure Cosmos DB role-based access control (RBAC) is now generally available

Click here to read the Microsoft Build 2021 Book of News!

Enjoy!

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Microsoft Build 2021: What’s new with Azure Communication Services?

Learn more about Azure Cosmos DB integrated cache and Azure Cosmos DB serverless.