15
NOV
Microsoft MVP for Azure
Azure
13
SEP
Move CRON Expression from Hard Code to Configuration in Azure Function App
When creating Azure Function with Timer trigger, we usually write CRON expression in our function code. But when you need to dynamically adjust your timer based on business needs, you will have to update your code and redeploy the function. Let's see how we can remove the hard code CRON expression and put it into configuration that we can easily update on the Azure Portal without redeploy the code …
04
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. …
01
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. …
06
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. …
15
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. …
17
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. …
26
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. …
10
DEC
Automated Deployment Script with Azure CLI and PowerShell Core
My blog project, "Moonglade", is optimized for running on Microsoft Azure. It can combine up to 14 Azure services together for a full deployment, manually setup is difficult and takes time. I chose Azure CLI with PowerShell Core to write a deployment script that enables a quick on-board experience to setup Moonglade in 10 minutes with minimal Azure Services. Let's see how it is done. …
22
AUG