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Announcing Reduced Pricing for JBoss EAP on App Service starting today, October 1, 2024!   Price Reduction   Across all available SKUs, JBoss EAP License fees have been reduced by…

WordPress on App Service, a managed offering by Microsoft, is designed to elevate your WordPress hosting experience. This innovative solution leverages the robust capabilities of Azure App Service and Azure…

  Azure Kubernetes Service Workload Protection The objective of this blog is to provide a concise guide on how to increase the security of your Kubernetes workloads by implementing "Workload…

With great power comes great responsibility.   While AI offers powerful capabilities, it also brings risks. Learn about the importance of maintaining a responsible approach to AI. Explore potential risks…

As full-stack Java developers look to modernize their applications for the cloud, finding a platform that offers scalability, flexibility, and strong support for the Java ecosystem is essential. Azure Container…

  We are excited to share one of the latest security capabilities within the Better Together tab in Azure portal. It is now easier for Azure App Service customers to…

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, ensuring security and seamless networking is more important than ever for any cloud-based application. In Azure Functions, we offer advanced identity and networking features…

As the cloud becomes essential for modern software development, integrating cloud solutions into your development process can significantly boost productivity. Microsoft Azure offers a comprehensive suite of services and tools…

Our last roadmap update was in March 2024, in which we outlined the plans for the in-process model for .NET 8. That has since been released, and in this post,…

Microsoft Playwright Testing is a managed service built for running Playwright tests easily at scale. As we aim to improve the developer experience, and through our interactions with users, we…

In today’s cloud-centric world, ensuring seamless connectivity between various components is crucial for maintaining efficient workflows and minimizing downtime. One common scenario involves troubleshooting connectivity issues between a Virtual Machine…

Azure Container Apps is a fully managed, serverless container platform that enables you to build, deploy, and run containerized applications. With Azure Container Apps, you can elastically scale down to…

We’re thrilled to share with you that WordPress on App Service now supports Managed Identity. This means your WordPress site can securely access other Azure resources, like Azure Database for…

Scenario In this blog post, I will demonstrate how to leverage Azure API Management to enhance the resiliency and capacity of your OpenAI Service.Azure API Management is a tool that…

  Join us at DevIntersection Las Vegas, September 10-12, 2024, to explore the transformative power of intelligent apps on Azure. Azure offers a robust environment tailored for enhancing .NET applications, providing…

Function as a Service (FaaS) helps developers work better by offering a fast, scalable way to execute a task in response to an event without the need to manage infrastructure. A function transforms…

In my previous blog posts of containerising .NET apps and Function apps, I discussed how to containerise .NET apps and Azure Functions apps with and without Dockerfile. However, deploying these…

As previously communicated, the following Azure services reached end of life on August 31, 2024: Azure App Service Environment v1 and v2 Logic Apps Integration Service Environment Azure API Management…

As previously communicated, the following Azure services reached end of life on August 31, 2024: Azure App Service Environment v1 and v2 Logic Apps Integration Service Environment Azure API Management…

Expand your developer toolbox with the latest tools, services, and features for building intelligent, modern applications. Check out the links in this blog to learn more about .NET Aspire, Microsoft…

We use ARM templates to create Function Apps (or other Azure resources) to systematically manage related resources and highly customize some properties of these resources. However, without understanding the dependencies…

Ok, so you might have read somewhere that API keys is not secure, and you might even have heard about this managed identity thing. But what is it, and why…

As we are aware, Azure Files currently does not support identity-based connections. This means that even if we can use identity-based host connections to replace the AzureWebjobsStorage, which uses a…

In my previous post, I discussed different containerising options for .NET developers. Now, let's slightly move the focus to Azure Functions app. How can you containerise the Azure Functions app?…

Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) is a fully managed Red Hat OpenShift service on Azure. We are excited to announce two significant enhancements to ARO's capabilities: The ability to configure…

The advantage of using open-source solutions is that you can access many up-to-date features (e.g., using Python and related packages to operate big data models). However, the downside is that…

We're excited to announce the long-requested release of MQTT support in Azure Web PubSub service, now available in preview! This added capability allows developers to leverage the lightweight and widely used…

Welcome to the August 2024 edition of Azure Functions newsletter! We'll share the latest news for Azure Functions here on the Apps on Azure blog.   Azure Functions monthly community live…

Introduction WebJobs are a feature of Azure App Service that allows you to run background tasks or scripts in your App Service. They are particularly useful for executing jobs such…

Introduction For the workload profile container app, private link support is not yet available. This is because the “Private Link Service does not support a load balancer that has an…

API keys management This is the first part in a series of security practices on Azure   You want enterprise-grade security but don't know where to start. You've heard terms…

When building HTTP APIs, it can be tempting to synchronously run long-running tasks in a request handler. This approach can lead to slow responses, timeouts, and resource exhaustion. If a…

Benchmark performance testing involves measuring the performance characteristics of an application or system under normal or expected conditions. It's a recommended practice in any case, but it's a critical consideration…

  This is for you who have started with Generative AI APIs and you’re looking to take those APIs into production. At high-level, there are things to consider like load…

TOCStepsReferences   Steps: Create an App registration in Microsoft Entra.       After creation, note down the Application (client) ID and Directory (tenant) ID, which will be used later.…

Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) has taken a significant step forward in empowering organizations with greater control over their cluster security. The "bring your own" Network Security Group (NSG)…

Azure App Service team is excited to announce that the entry-level Premium plan known as P0v3 is now available at a significantly lower price, making it even more convenient and…

What's changing? Starting August 1st, Azure Container Registry (ACR) will update its behavior regarding the deletion and re-creation of registries. ACR will prevent the reuse of a subdomain name, e.g.…

In my previous blog: Simple Self-Troubleshooting Steps for Function App Not Seeing Triggers, I've mentioned a simple self-check method for Synctriggers. However, more and more enterprises are leaning towards using…

Jumpstart your journey with AI. This month, we’re exploring resources to help developers to do more with AI.  Use AI to be more productive and write better code, faster; add…

GitHub Repository: azure-ai-vision-search   Introduction Vector image search uses AI to revolutionize how we find and retrieve images. This article explains how to combine Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search for…

The Azure Container Apps and .NET team have made it easier than ever to deploy your .NET application by supporting automatic configuration for data protection. This support is currently available…

TOC Why we use it Architecture How to use it References   Why we use it This tutorial will introduce how to integrate Microsoft Entra with Azure SQL Server to…

Did you know that OpenAI has an SDK for Node.js? Well maybe you did, but I certainly didn’t. Whenever someone talks about any type of AI-based application, they're almost always…

TOC What is it How to use it References   What is it Azure Web Apps or Azure Function Apps frequently communicate with Application Insights to log various levels of…

Integration is crucial to every business. While data and applications are at the core of IT (information technology) infrastructure, without integration, data remains locked in silos, and applications become isolated…

This blog will give some insights on the newly released Azure OpenAI extension. It will combine both Azure OpenAI service and Azure Function Apps. We will discuss the following contents:…

This article has important information about the upcoming retirement of the following services: Azure App Service Environment v1 and v2 Azure Integration Service Environment Azure API Management stv1   Why…

In today's fast-paced development environment, having an efficient and seamless logging system is crucial for maintaining and debugging applications. App Spaces is a new experience which does things a bit…

A memory dump is a snapshot of the contents of a computer's volatile memory (RAM) stored for analysis or debugging purposes.  ProcDump is a command-line tool designed to monitor applications…