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SEP
Microsoft MVP for Azure
Featured Posts
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AUG
Microsoft MVP Testimonial: Transforming Lives in the Elite Tech Community
The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award is a prestigious recognition bestowed by Microsoft to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the technical community. I am honored to have received this award continuously for the past six years. In this article, I will share my understanding of the MVP award and its impact on both myself and the community.
18
MAY
Deploy ChatGPT Next Web to Azure App Service with Individual Account Login in 3 minutes
ChatGPT Next Web is a well-known web UI project for ChatGPT. However, the official repository does not offer a one-click installation option for Azure, and it lacks individual account authentication. We will explore how to deploy it to Azure without creating a VM, add access control to log in to use ChatGPT without any code modification, and complete these tasks within three minutes.
25
FEB
Testing Network Speed Between Azure China and Azure Global for B1s VM
Some businesses choose to deploy their systems across both Azure China and Azure Global. For these systems to function effectively, it is crucial that their communication over the internet performs well. To assess the current state of the network between Azure China and Azure Global, I conducted a series of tests and would like to share the results.
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FEB
Cloud Architecture Design of My Email Notification Infrastructure on Azure
My blog system "Moonglade" needs to send email notifications to blog owner when there are events like new comments, new pingbacks, and send email to readers when their comments are replied. I've been building my own infrastructure in the last few years. I will share the journey of how this email infrastructure evolved and the things I learnt. …
19
DEC
Setup Cat Live Streaming on Microsoft Azure
Cats are very helpful for programming. But when we are not at home, how can we remotely watch the cat and let our friends watch it together? With Azure, this problem will be solved! Live broadcast equipment and software USB Camera In terms of hardware, we only need an ordinary USB camera. It is recommended to use a camera with auto focus and resolution above 1080p. The image sensor of the camera …
20
OCT
Load Balancing My Blog on Azure
In order to improve the page loading speed of my blog for US users, I deployed an App Service in West US region on Azure some time ago. Now I have 2 servers running my blog, East Asia and West US. In this post, I'm going to illustrate how to use Azure to load balancing these servers, so that users can get access to the closest server for their regions. Adding Identifier Tags Since the codes …
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AUG
Securing My Blog with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Website developers and operation will inevitably encounter hackers. There are many fully automated hacking tools and scripts on the Internet that can scan your website for known security vulnerabilities and launch fully automated attacks in an attempt to seize control of the server. As a result, businesses often purchase web site application firewalls (WAFs) and deploy in front of the web server …
02
AUG
How to Restore Connection After Accidentally Disabled NIC on Azure VM
Normally, we uses cloud based VMs through SSH or RDP, so a network connection is necessary for connecting to the VM. But what if you accidentally disabled the NIC on your cloud VM? You may want to call Azure Support or find a previous snapshot for restoring VM. That's not necessary! Azure can help you restore your NIC by yourself in a few steps. Experiment I created a Windows Server 2019 VM on …
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JUL