Edi Wang

Microsoft MVP for Azure

Azure

Migrating Moonglade.Email to Azure Communication Service

Moonglade.Email, is an Azure Function that originally relied on SMTP for sending emails. Microsoft implemented a change that prevents connections to both personal and enterprise Office 365 Outlook mailboxes. To ensure the email service continues functioning, I decided to integrate Azure Communication Services. In this blog post, I will explain how I implemented support for Azure Communication Services in the Moonglade.Email Azure Function.
.NET Azure Email Azure Function

How to Get Azure App Service Windows Worker OS Full Name and Version

Sometimes, it's crucial to know the underlying operating system running your Azure App Service. This can help you address compatibility issues during development before deploying to Azure. Unfortunately, Microsoft's documentation does not specify the exact operating system name and version of the Web Worker that runs your application. So, it's up to us to determine this information.
Azure PowerShell App Service

Scripts for Recursively Download All Files from a Public Azure Storage Container

In my previous blog post, "How to List All Files in a Public Azure Storage Container", I demonstrated how to use the Azure REST API to retrieve a comprehensive list of all file information in a public Azure Storage container without requiring any keys or authentication. Leveraging this method, you can easily create scripts to download all files from a public Azure Storage container without the need to install any additional tools. In this post, I will share PowerShell and Python scripts to do that.
Azure PowerShell Python Azure Blob Storage

Upload Files to Azure Blob Storage without Azure SDK

Typically, we use the Azure SDK to upload files to Azure Blob Storage, as it is the easiest method supported by Microsoft. However, there are situations where the Azure SDK might not be available. So, how can we still upload files to Azure Blob Storage in such cases? In this post, I will guide you through the steps to upload files to your Azure Storage Account without using the Azure SDK.
Azure Azure Blob Storage

How to List All Files in a Public Azure Storage Container

I discovered a website that serves its files from an Azure Storage blob container. I'm curious about the contents of this directory. However, Azure Storage Accounts, when used as web servers, do not support "directory browsing." Is it still possible to list all the files in the directory? Let's see. To list all the files in a public Azure Storage Blob container, we can use send HTTP requests to the Azure Storage REST API, or use Azure CLI and Azure SDK. Let's begin with the most easy way.
Azure Azure Blob Storage

Deploy big-AGI to Azure App Service with Individual Account Login in 3 minutes

big-AGI, the AI suite for professionals that need function, form, simplicity, and speed. Powered by the latest models from 12 vendors and open-source servers, big-AGI offers best-in-class Chats, Beams, and Calls with AI personas, visualizations, coding, drawing, side-by-side chatting, and more. However, the official repository of big-AGI does not offer a one-click installation for Azure, and the built-in authentication is only basic username and password. In this post, I'll share how to deploy big-AGI to Azure without the need to create a VM, and setup access control that requires individual accounts in Entra ID to log in, without making any changes to the code.
Azure AI App Service

How to Set Time Zone for Azure App Service

Azure App Service defaults to UTC time, causing issues for legacy applications designed for specific time zones, such as Japan. These apps often use `DateTime.Now`, resulting in incorrect data when deployed on Azure. While the server time zone can't be changed directly in Azure App Service, this article will guide you on how to adjust the time zone to ensure your legacy applications run correctly.
Azure App Service

How to Run Windows XP and Windows 2000 VM on Azure in 2024

Microsoft Azure does not officially provide Windows XP images for the creation of virtual machines. The earliest version of a client OS image available on Azure is Windows 7. Despite this, I have devised a method to operate legacy Windows operating systems, including Windows XP, on the current Azure compute platform. In this blog post, I will outline the steps involved in this process in detail.
Azure VM