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Avoiding struct and readonly reference performance pitfalls with ErrorProne.NET

May 3, 2018 May 3, 2018 05/3/18

Sergey Tepliakov

As you may know from my previous posts "The 'in'-modifier and the readonly structs in C#" and "Performance traps of ref locals and ref returns in C#", structs are trickier then you might think. Mutability aside, the behavior of readonly and non-readonly structs in "readonly" contexts is very different. Structs are meant for high-performance...

Enterprise Integration made easy in Azure

May 2, 2018 May 2, 2018 05/2/18

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In this post, App Dev Manager Deepa Chandramouli explores how Azure Logic Apps and API Management can help with Enterprise Integration scenarios.Being in the services role and helping customers in their digital transformation journey with Azure, this is a topic that comes up time and again. How do we talk to apps in Azure from our on-premises ...

Three questions that could improve your Agile team

May 1, 2018 May 1, 2018 05/1/18

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This post is contributed by App Dev Manager Justin Scott who asks three very important Agile questions.Agile has been adopted by many successful companies who value quality, incremental change on a more frequent basis compared to a team that uses a waterfall development methodology. Teams that embark on the journey of introducing Agile often ...

Azure Storage Encryption and Azure Disk Encryption – Demystified?

April 30, 2018 Apr 30, 2018 04/30/18

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In this post, Sr. App Dev Manager Mark Pazicni lays out the capabilities of Azure Storage Service Encryption (SSE) and Azure Disk Encryption (ADE) to help clarify their applications. With Azure Storage Service Encryption (SSE), your data is just encrypted. New and existing Azure Storage Account are now 256-bit AES encrypted to storage data...

Docker Blog Series Part 7– Deploy Azure Web App On Containers

April 30, 2018 Apr 30, 2018 04/30/18

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In the following post, Premier Developer Consultant Monu Bambroo shows how to deploy a Container to Azure Web Apps directly from Azure Container Registry. Container services are encapsulated, individually deployable components that run as isolated instances on the same kernel to take advantage of virtualization that an operating system ...

Application Insights in Disconnection Mode

April 28, 2018 Apr 28, 2018 04/28/18

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In this post, Premier Developer Consultant Adel Ghabboun gives insight on connectivity issues in Azure and how they may effect Application Insights. He gives details about a special disconnection mode that App Insights can run on when such issues arise. Wondering what happens to Application Insights when applications lose connectivity with ...

Blockchain in the Enterprise

April 27, 2018 Apr 27, 2018 04/27/18

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In this post, Sr. Consultants Farah Deendar and Chike Okor introduce blockchain concepts and enterprise adoption constraints. So, what is Blockchain exactly? Blockchain, also called distributed ledger technology (DLT), is a cryptographically safe, secure, decentralized and immutable database. Blockchain is used to create a digital ...

Why Developers Should Install WSL Today

April 27, 2018 Apr 27, 2018 04/27/18

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In this post, App Dev Managers Matt Hyon and August Banks spotlights the developer benefits of WSL. You've just finished installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on your Windows 10 computer and feel pleased to see your favorite Linux distro icon pinned to your taskbar. You click to open a shell session and think, "OK, what can I do ...

Setting up .NET Core Configuration Providers

April 26, 2018 Apr 26, 2018 04/26/18

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ASP Core uses the convenient Provider Pattern to load configuration key/value pairs from various sources and expose those to you as a single Configuration object. This allows you to grab a configuration key like ConnectionString with one line of code regardless of where it was sourced from. However, the configuration API is not available by default in .NET Core Console applications.

Azure Load Balancing Solutions: A guide to help you choose the correct option

April 25, 2018 Apr 25, 2018 04/25/18

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In this post, Sr. App Dev Manager Fidelis Ekezue explain Azure Load Balancing options and highlight considerations for choosing a solution.Azure Load Balancing Solutions: When to choose which one?Microsoft Azure provides customers with many ways to load balance traffic requests to their environments. Customers have the options to choose ...