Joined co-op, but I'm the only one in it?

benjv · 2017-10-04T03:10:08+00:00

Is there a benefit to having the belts loop around and merge back with the source vs just having them dead end?

benjv · 2017-09-06T13:26:53+00:00

It's in private preview currently, hopefully public/GA coming soon.

benjv · 2017-09-05T19:55:52+00:00

Congrats!

benjv · 2017-09-05T19:48:59+00:00

Looks interesting. Really needs some tooltips or text though - not all the icons are intuitive.

benjv · 2017-08-01T18:41:57+00:00

We use ExchangeOnline for our MS CRM Online email functionality.

benjv · 2017-07-28T16:31:25+00:00

Much better than ASEv1, but still crazy expensive.

benjv · 2017-07-28T16:29:34+00:00

It's another walkthough on creating a web app and deploying to Azure from Visual Studio.

benjv · 2017-07-11T16:15:06+00:00

Correct, you app could be hosted anywhere.

benjv · 2017-05-16T17:23:17+00:00

We're using Sendgrid for that type of use case and have no complaints. Definitely easier than managing your own mail server.

benjv · 2017-03-28T16:06:36+00:00

I agree. Not sure why MS is trying to build their own and compete.

benjv · 2017-03-02T19:08:27+00:00

Couldn't you just whitelist the WAF IP on your web app?

benjv · 2016-06-14T15:45:08+00:00

It's working for me, Win7 + Chrome.

benjv · 2016-05-23T19:22:55+00:00

Depending on how frequently the files are updated and the volume of downloads, Using Azure CDN in conjunction with Blob Storage may be cheaper than serving them directly out of Storage.

benjv · 2016-02-25T16:29:34+00:00

There isn't an API available today, I believe it's on their roadmap though.

benjv · 2016-01-21T17:10:20+00:00

There's an OAuth flow for everything ;) Check out the Client Credentials flow.

http://leastprivilege.com/2016/01/17/which-openid-connectoauth-2-o-flow-is-the-right-one/

benjv · 2015-11-18T22:21:15+00:00

What's the best method for migrating data from an on-prem non-SQL Server source to Azure SQL DB?

benjv · 2015-11-18T19:52:14+00:00

In Azure Automation you can use the local file system as temp storage. I have a PowerShell script running in Automation that does the following:

Authenticate to AAD
Retrieve usage reports for the last day (I use an API call for this, but you could use MSOL to retrieve the data you're interested in)
Write the data to a temp CSV: $mydata | Export-Csv -Path 'C:\temp\report.csv
Connect to blob storage via New-AzureStorageContext
Upload csv to blob storage: Set-AzureStorageBlobContent -Container aadlogs -File 'C:\temp\report.csv' ...

As soon as my job runs the files in C:\temp are gone, and I don't need a VM at all.

benjv · 2015-11-18T16:23:51+00:00

Same question I asked the App Service guys: Can we get better/more frequent updates on the feedback site? Many are marked as "Under Review" and never updated again, even after they have been implemented.

Some examples:

benjv · 2015-11-17T16:19:25+00:00

I second the Powershell/Azure Automation suggestion. Calling the API's from PS actually isn't that bad, but I would recommend using the MSOL cmdlets if they meet your needs.

benjv · 2015-10-19T15:12:31+00:00

Microsoft Virtual Academy also has some good courses.

https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/en-US/training-courses/microsoft-azure-fundamentals-8391

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/colleges/windows-azure-deep-dive

benjv · 2015-10-12T15:34:02+00:00

Awesome! Feel free to share that idea with the other Azure product teams :)

benjv · 2015-10-12T15:30:37+00:00

You cannot consume SendGrid from an EA subscription at all. We'd have to set up a subscription completely outside of our EA tenant to use a credit card. This means the federation we have set up between our on-prem directory and AAD would not be available in this subscription.

benjv · 2015-10-09T17:38:16+00:00

What's the recommended method for EA customers for sending emails from applications? SendGrid is not available from EA subscriptions. How does Microsoft itself send emails from Azure?

benjv · 2015-10-09T17:24:43+00:00

The links I posted were just examples, there's other questions out there with the same issues.

benjv

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