Running ACS-Engine in Docker container
This sprint I’ve been busy with the implementation of running Kubernetes in Azure. What is Kubernetes? Kubernetes is an open-source platform designed to automate deploying, scaling, and operating...
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Navigate your Visual Studio Team Services projects like a file system
I’ve been using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) for almost all my development projects. VSTS is a cloud service for collaborating on code development. It provides an integrated set of features ...
Azure Scheduler - Schedule your Runbooks more often than every hour
Have you ever wanted to schedule your Azure Automation Runbook every 15 minutes? Scenario Suppose you have a Runbook that you want to run more often than every hour, say every 15 minutes. This is...
Testing Azure Resource Manager template functions
In Azure Resource Manager (ARM) you can use template functions to help deploy resources in Azure. I often find it difficult to develop ARM Templates with template functions without the option to d...
Azure Logic Apps - Schedule your Runbooks more often than every hour
In my last blog post I explained how you could use Azure Scheduler to have your Runbooks run more than every hour. But I learned from Tao Yang via Twitter that you could also use Azure Logic Apps ...
PowerShell Azure Functions lessons learned
Lately I’m playing with PowerShell Azure Functions and I learned there are some things I needed to learn and that’s why I want to share some more info about this topic. What are Azure Functions? Az...
Using the Azure ARM REST API – End to end Example Part 2
This blog post is a continuation of the third blog post in this Azure (ARM) REST API series. Please review the following blog posts first if you have not done yet: Using the Azure ARM REST API – G...
Using the Azure ARM REST API – End to end Example Part 1
In the first two blog post about using the Azure (ARM) REST API I explained how to get the Access Token and how to get some simple info about your Azure Subscription. In the last two blog posts ab...
Using the Azure ARM REST API – Get Subscription Information
In the fist blog post over using the Azure ARM REST API I explained how to retrieve the Access Token needed for the further authentication against the Azure ARM REST API. In this blog post I’m goi...
Using the Azure ARM REST API – Get Access Token
This week I’ve been busy with trying to figure out how you can ‘directly’ talk to the Azure ARM REST API instead of using PowerShell or the Azure CLI. Because I could not find a lot of information ...