17
JAN
Microsoft MVP for Azure
Azure
23
DEC
2019 年终回顾：不忘初心，负重前行
2019 年就要接近尾声，这一年对于我来说，有许多有意义的事件。我成长了许多，并依然保持着对技术的热情。在辞旧迎新之际，我想回顾一下我这一年中有意义的事件与收获，期待与大家一起在2020年继续成就不凡！ 微软 MVP 全球峰会 今年3月，我有幸参加了在美国雷德蒙微软总部举办的MVP全球峰会，这是我第二次去美国，第一次去西雅图。我从小就崇拜比尔·盖茨先生及他创办的伟大的微软公司，而去微软总部参观，可以说是“朝圣”，我儿时的梦想之一终于实现，这次MVP全球峰会总算是拔了颗0x14年的草了。 （图：呼吸着微软总部的空气） 微软总部的园区非常大，需要乘坐 shuttle bus 穿梭于各个大楼之间。我们的会场在 Building 33，即 Microsoft Conference Center。4天的大会日程非常充实，可以了解到还未发布的新功能，也可以大量汲取其他MVP分享自己的技术精髓。 会 …
13
DEC
How to Allow Only Selected Users to Access an Application in Azure AD
My blog supports Azure AD authentication. I created the Azure AD application inside Visual Studio, by default, all users under my Azure AD will have access to my blog's admin portal. This is not ideal for an enterprise application that needs to limit access for only a few selected users or groups. Let's see how to configure an Application in Azure AD to enable access for just a few users. Make …
05
DEC
Try the New Azure .NET SDK
Recently, Microsoft unveiled a new Azure .NET SDK, it's not a simple version upgrade, but a major change in the programming experience. While it may take a while to adapt to the new SDK, it is worth learning. The new SDK is more powerful, more flexible and easier to use. Current Status of Azure .NET SDKs Currently, the official packages for .NET SDKs for Azure are confusing and unfriendly to new …
22
NOV
A Brief Introduction for Azure Front Door
Microsoft Azure had an incident on 11/20, which its Front Door service got a bad deployment and blown-up Office 365, Bing, Azure DevOps, etc. Microsoft engineers very quickly fixed the issue. But Azure Front Door caught my eye, it is new to me. So I took a look. Azure Front Door Typically, when we deploy our web applications to Azure App Service or other clouds, the network flow of a …
06
OCT
Azure Remote Controlled Light with .NET Core 3.0 on Raspberry Pi
3 years ago, I wrote a blog post "Azure Remote Controlled Light with Windows 10 IoT Core", which is an experiment to sending a signal from your home and it will travel around the world then come back to your home to turn on an LED light on your Raspberry Pi. 3 years later, Windows 10 IoT Core and UWP seem not living so well. Microsoft doesn't have a new build of Windows 10 to support the latest …
25
SEP
This Blog Now Runs on .NET Core 3.0 and Azure
Microsoft shipped .NET Core 3.0 GA on Sep 23rd with tons of new features and improvements. This blog has been updated to .NET Core 3.0 and still runs on Microsoft Azure with SCD deployment type on App Service. This blog post summarizes all key points for my blog migration. Starting with .NET Core 3.0 preview 8, I've been investigating migration for this blog, from .NET Core 2.2 to .NET Core 3.0. …
02
SEP
Migrate Azure Application Insights to ASP.NET Core 3.0
.NET Core 3.0 will be released at this month's .NET Conf conference, many of my friends, including me, couldn't wait to use the preview version to migrate our apps. Fortunately, starting with Preview 7, the API surface is final and can be treated as an RC version. There should be no API difference between preview 7, 8, 9 and RTM. Today I will talk about migration tips for Azure Application …
22
AUG
Setup Experimental Machines with Azure DevTest Lab
Programmers and test engineers always need to set up their own environments for development and testing purposes, and these machines may only be in use for a short period of time. Typically, we use virtual machine products such as Hyper-V and VMWare on the local machine, or we use virtual machines assigned by enterprise IT administrators to do the work. However, installing and managing these VMs …
10
AUG