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SEP
Microsoft MVP for Azure
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SEP
System Fonts on Azure App Service for Linux
In early this year, I am upgrading my Captcha library, the code that renders text on images blow up when running under Azure App Service for Linux. I can tell from the error message that the font I am using is not installed on Azure App Service's hosting machine. To fix this, I need to find out what fonts are there in Azure App Service for Linux. Let's see how to do it. …
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SEP
Fix Encoding.Default.GetChars() Result Different in .NET Framework and .NET 6
When upgrading a legacy .NET Framework application to .NET 6, a custom encryption method that uses Encoding.Default.GetChars() method, which output wrong result. Let's see why and how can we fix it. …
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AUG
Get Transcription from Twitter Space using Azure Speech Service
Although Twitter Space audio recording has it's own transcription, it is sometimes incorrectly recognizing wrong languages. For example, English content are producing Chinese transcription (not translation), and not even the English transcription make sense. Let's see how we can get a correct transcription using Azure. …
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JUL
How to Add Parameters for 'npm install' in Azure DevOps
Recently my Azure DevOps build pipeline failed because Azure is using npm 8.x, which will have issue for angular projects when running `npm install`. This is a known issue which can be solved by using `--legacy-peer-deps` or `--force` for the `npm install` command. However, Azure DevOps's npm task does not take parameters by default. Let's see how we can use these parameters in Azure DevOps. …
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JUL
Connect to Windows VM on Azure without an RDP Client App
Sometimes, you need to connect to Windows VM on Azure, but you don't have or can't use a Remote Desktop client app on your device. Don't worry, you can still use RDP from your browser. We will be using the Windows Admin Center that is currently in preview on Azure Windows VMs. Let's see how to do it. …
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JUN
How to Setup CS:GO Dedicated Server on Microsoft Azure
CS:GO is a popular FPS game that has been around for over 10 years. This article will show you how to set up CS:GO dedicated server on Azure using a Windows VM and Storage Account. The server will be able to let clients download custom maps from the Storage Account with FastDL. …
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FEB
Adding Azure Cache for Redis in My Elf Project
ASP.NET Core Memory cache has its own limits. It is difficult to scale in a cloud environment with multiple instances. Azure Cache for Redis provides a fully managed distributed cache service for cloud applications. It is built on top of Redis, a popular cache and messaging product. Integrating Redis into cloud applications can improve performance and scalability. …
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JAN
How to Specify Node.js Version When Building Azure Static Web App
Azure Static Web App creates a GitHub Action that uses Oryx to build your web app. I have a React App that uses node.js to build. However, the default version of node Oryx is using is currently 14.x. I would like to use version 16.x for building my App. …
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DEC