Purpose of this article is to help you with few steps of commands to provision a new Azure Cosmos DB database instance through Azure CLI or Azure Cloud Shell. Here is the snippet: <# This Bash script should help you create a Azure Cosmos DB instance using Azure CLI with bare minimal configuration #> export… Continue reading
Category: Windows Azure Development
New Microsoft Azure Certifications
Microsoft has recently announced new certification exam tracks for Azure Administrators, Developers and Architects. Here are the line ups that should help you move your career with right certifications. The three new Microsoft Azure Certifications are: Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Microsoft Certified Azure Architect These certifications would essentially split the previous… Continue reading
Azure Cosmos DB – Programatically Connect to a preferred location using the SQL API
Cosmos Db is a multi-region scallable, globally-distributed database solution as part of Microsoft Azure Platform. With a button click, Azure Cosmos DB enables you to elastically and independently scale throughput and storage across any number of Azure’s geographic regions. It offers throughput, latency, availability, and consistency guarantees with comprehensive service level agreements (SLAs), that no… Continue reading
Azure Cosmos DB – Connection Policy – Setting Connection Mode and Connection Protocol
Recently I have been trying multiple ways to optimize CosmosDb SQL.NET SDK integration calls from my web application that sits within a VNET. After carefully analyzing different options available within Cosmos Db SQL API’s have realized there are different aspects we could optimize in achieving minimal turn around time. In this article I am going… Continue reading
Azure Cosmos DB name changes
An update from Microsoft Azure says that – As part of the transition from Azure DocumentDB to Azure Cosmos DB, the service and resource names are changing from “Azure DocumentDB” to “Azure Cosmos DB” on June 1, 2018. How does that Impact? When Microsoft introduced Cosmos DB, then have ensured that there was a smooth… Continue reading
What’s Azure Container Service (ACS/AKS)
I will start with history:Â Sometime around 2016, Microsoft launched an IaaS service called Azure Container Service a.k.an ACS serves as a bridge between Azure Ecosystem and existing container ecosystem being used widely by the developer community around the world. It helps as a gateway for infrastructure engineers and developers to manage underlying infrastructure such as… Continue reading
WordPress Blog in Azure App Service In Minutes–Part 02 (Configuring WordPress)
In the last part of this series, we experienced how to create a new wordpress blog instance in Azure App Service. In this part we will learn, how to configure your wordpress instance for publishing. Now that we have WordPress instance deployed in Azure App Service, lets expore the app service instance a bit. Step… Continue reading
WordPress Blog in Azure App Service In Minutes–Part 01
All my life I have been a tech saavy person would make my hands dirty trying out all odds available. Here I am going to help you with setting up your own WordPress Blog in Azure App Service. SPOILER ALERT: We will be using a B1 – Basic instance to save the cost. Step 1:… Continue reading
Getting Started with Azure Functions App
In my previous article I gave you an overview of Azure Functions and discussed about the benefits of the Azure Functions. With this session I will cover you with necessary steps to create an initial basic functions app. Getting Started: Login to Azure Portal, you will see Function Apps section in the left menu. This… Continue reading
Azure Functions App–Run OnDemand Serverless code – a path way to Serverless Computing
Azure Functions is a new cloud solution from Azure that would let you execute small pieces code or “functions” in the cloud. This means you do not have to worry about the infrastructure or environment to execute your little piece of code to solve any of your business problems. Functions can make development even more… Continue reading