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Azure for Beginners How to Launch Your First Cloud Project in 30 Minutes
Cloud computing might sound intimidating if you’re just getting started, but launching your first project on Microsoft Azure can actually be quick and beginner-friendly. Whether you’re a student, a developer testing ideas, or an IT professional exploring the cloud, Azure provides all the tools you need to spin up resources in minutes. In this guide, we’ll walk through the basics and show you how to launch your first cloud project on Azure in about half an hour. https://dellenny.com/azure-for-beginners-how-to-launch-your-first-cloud-project-in-30-minutes/How to Cut Your Azure Bill in Half Without Losing Performance
Cloud services like Microsoft Azure give you the scalability and flexibility to run nearly any workload, but they also come with a downside: costs can spiral quickly if you’re not careful. The good news? With the right strategies, you can reduce your Azure bill by up to 50% without sacrificing performance. Let’s walk through some practical steps you can apply today. https://dellenny.com/how-to-cut-your-azure-bill-in-half-without-losing-performance/
Synopsys Detect Azure DevOps Task fails with a 404
I'm dealing with a CI pipeline that uses the Synopsys Detect task and suddenly it started to fail. I looked at the logs and this is the output: After seeing that I went to the URL where the task tries to get the Detect script from, and this is what's there: However, no matter which path you add to the URL, even with no Major number, it returns a 404. This makes me think that maybe the scripts are no longer available there? I've tried to look online for any related posts but couldn't find anything mentioning this specific error nor anything related to the scripts being removed from that location. Any input would be appreciated
Issue with deploying Docker container to Azure Kubernetes Service
Hi all, I'm having trouble launching a Docker container to the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). I followed the documentation's instructions to generate a Dockerfile, push the image to Azure Container Registry, then construct a deployment file. However, when I use 'kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml' to deploy the container, I receive the following error: 'Error: unable to recognize "deployment.yaml": no matches for kind "Deployment" in version "apps/v1"' I've double-checked that the API version and kind in my deployment file are correct, and I'm at a loss on what else to try. Is this a common issue, and do you have any advice for troubleshooting? Thanks in advance for your help! Best regards, [Vivek Garg]Centralized Logging in Azure Proven Observability Patterns for Modern Apps
As modern applications move to distributed and cloud-native architectures, observability becomes critical for ensuring system reliability, diagnosing issues, and improving performance. Among the three pillars of observability—logs, metrics, and traces—logs often form the foundation for troubleshooting. However, in distributed environments, logs are scattered across multiple services, making centralized logging an essential pattern. https://dellenny.com/centralized-logging-in-azure-proven-observability-patterns-for-modern-apps/
Mysterious Nightly CPU Spikes on App Service Plans (22:00-10:00) Despite Low Traffic
For several months now, all of our Azure App Service Plans have been experiencing consistent CPU spikes during off-peak hours, specifically from approximately 22:00 PM to 10:00 AM. This pattern is particularly puzzling because: This timeframe corresponds to our lowest traffic and activity periods We've conducted thorough investigations but haven't identified the root cause No scheduled timer functions or planned jobs are running during these hours that could explain the spikes What we've already checked: Application logs and metrics Scheduled functions and background jobs Traffic patterns and user activity Has anyone encountered similar behavior? What could be causing these nightly CPU spikes on otherwise idle App Service Plans?How to make an azure devops pipeline check that a feature branch is update to date with develop?
Does anyone know if its possible to have an azure devops pipeline check that a feature branch is up-to-date with a deploy branch, e.g Develop? I know this is possible with Github pipelines, but could someone tell me if this is feasible in Azure pipelines and how I would do this. Thank you for your help.
Set Default Test Plan When Adding Tests From Board
I have 3 Test Plans set up in my Area Path: Smoke Test, Regression Test, and Integrations. When I add a Test to a user story via the Board (ellipses > Add Test), the test is automatically created in a new suite in the Smoke Test plan. I want the new suites to be created in the Integrations test plan. How can I set the default Test Plan so that all new test suites are created in the Integrations test plan?
Creating a Server with current nuget packages?
I want to programmatically create an Azure SQL Server and I found an example piece of code online static void CreateServer() { // Create a SQL Database management client SqlManagementClient sqlClient = new SqlManagementClient(new TokenCloudCredentials(subscriptionId, token.AccessToken)); // Create a server ServerCreateOrUpdateParameters serverParameters = new ServerCreateOrUpdateParameters() { Location = location, Properties = new ServerCreateOrUpdateProperties() { AdministratorLogin = administratorLogin, AdministratorLoginPassword = administratorPassword, Version = serverVersion } }; var serverResult = sqlClient.Servers.CreateOrUpdate(resourceGroupName, serverName, serverParameters); } ... but I have since found that the packages I need for this are deprecated. Instead of Microsoft.Azure.Management.Sql.Fluent I should be using Azure.ResourceManager.Sql But I can't find any example as clear as the above to create a new Azure SQL server using the new packages. This is an area I'm very unfamiliar with so I can't see the wood for the trees and I get lost in the definitions. Can someone please provide a code snippet as minimalistic as the above to achieve the same thing using new packages? Many thanks.
How to add a comment with rich text (text+images) to the work item (task) with Powershell
Hi All, I am trying to add a comment into discussion and other custom fields based of rich text programmatically (using PowerShell). Can you please guide me how to upload the image. I browsed online and able to send the text using REST API calls and AZ CLI cmdlets but how to upload images. Can you please provide some docs. or example reference. Thanks in advance!Riding in Tandem Unlocking the Sidecar Pattern in Azure Microservices
In the world of cloud-native applications, microservices bring agility, scalability, and speed. But with this modular approach comes complexity: logging, monitoring, proxying, and configuration often become tricky. That’s where the Sidecar Pattern steps in — and Azure makes it easier than ever to implement. https://dellenny.com/riding-in-tandem-unlocking-the-sidecar-pattern-in-azure-microservices/Identifying a pipeline type
I need to identify weather a azure pipeline is deploying an application or just infrastructure of some kind. I need to do this by parsing Azure releases API's json. There are no naming conventions, tags, or naming of release definition's name or anything which identifies the release as a infra or application release. Is there any key in releases API or deployments API or can I expand some parameter which can help me identify this with certainity?Network Design Ideas for VMs
I am analyzing the current Azure environment at my new job and trying to figure out the architectural choices mostly networking wise. Currently, we have 10 VMs and each VM has its own VNet and they are all in the same region. In my experience so far, I have never seen such network design in Azure before.
Old state of target branch in pull requests
Dear all, we have encountered a strange behaviour when doing pull requests in DevOps. If we create a new feature branch A from target branch B, make some changes in both branches (A and B) and finally, try to merge the updated feature branch A into target branch B via pull request, the change management tools/views in pull request in DevOps will consider state of target branch B before forking. From our perspective, this is not expected behaviour and requires additional step: merging latest target branch B into feature branch A. Have you experienced similar? What is your opinion on this matter?
Move Exisiting UserProfiles to FsLogix FileShare
Hello AVD Community, Is it possible to move existing user profiles on a C:/drive from an existing session host to a newly configured Azure FileShare and FSlogix? We intend implementing FSlogix profile management and would like to use two session hosts as best practice. Currently, we have just one session host and all users have their profiles on the VM. But with fslogix and file share I want to move those profiles or how best can this be achieved? Using the registry key to delete an existing profile will cause a lot of noise. Thanks,
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