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Azure Functions timer trigger CRON expressions: useful resources

Posted on May 18, 2022
Posted in Azure, Azure Functions, Cloud, Tips and Tricks

Introduction Azure Functions is one of Microsoft’s serverless cloud offerings. It allows you to run a piece of code in the cloud that can be triggered by a wide range of events, including a timer trigger to run a function based on a schedule. You specify a schedule with an NCRON expression, which is similar

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C# sample code and study material: Using EF Core 6 with Azure Cosmos DB

Posted on May 16, 2022
Posted in Azure, Cloud, Cosmos DB, Course, EF Core, Entity Framework, Pluralsight

If you’re working with EF Core and Azure Cosmos DB, the C# .NET samples and study material from my Pluralsight course Using EF Core 6 with Azure Cosmos DB can help. You can find the GitHub repository here, and the accompanying course that guides you through it here. Subjects covered The Cosmos provider Dependency injection

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New course: Using EF Core 6 with Azure Cosmos DB

Posted on April 13, 2022
Posted in Azure, Cloud, Cosmos DB, Course, EF Core, Entity Framework, Pluralsight, Tips and Tricks

I’m happy to announce my new Pluralsight course Using EF Core 6 with Azure Cosmos DB! EF Core is a lightweight and extensible object-database mapper for .NET, and EF Core 6 contains many improvements to the Azure Cosmos DB database provider. This course will teach you how to use the provider in your applications. It’s

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Azure Function App adventures: setting the ‘scale out limit’ with PowerShell

Posted on November 16, 2021
Posted in Azure, Azure Functions, Cloud, Monitor, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized
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I use Azure Function Apps on a daily basis and was recently working on some scripts to handle configuration and security. I’ll talk about the security part in another post, but wanted to share this little tip on how to use PowerShell to set the scale out limit for an Azure Function App that is

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A list of all Microsoft exams and certifications, including recent and upcoming changes – updated weekly

Posted on August 19, 2021
Posted in Azure, Certification, Cloud, Uncategorized

I created a page on GitHub where I’m maintaining a list of all Microsoft exams, including an overview of recent and upcoming changes. Check it out here:

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AI-102 Microsoft Certified Azure AI Engineer Associate exam: Pluralsight study guide

Posted on June 11, 2021
Posted in AI, Azure, Certification, Cloud, Course, IoT, Pluralsight

AI-102 courses at Pluralsight Update: the AI-102 Pluralsight path is live! Check it out here. In the following list, you can the Pluralsight courses that cover the AI-102 Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution exam: Build a Speech Recognition Solution with Microsoft Azure Build a Knowledge Mining Solution with Microsoft Azure Build an

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Start with Pluralsight for free

Posted on January 31, 2021
Posted in Architecture, Azure, Course, Pluralsight, Uncategorized
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Pluralsight is one of the biggest technology course providers. I’m an author and have published several Azure courses with them. I’m a big believer of try-before-you-by, so if you don’t have a Pluralsight account yet, you try it for free here. No strings attached!

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AZ-220 Microsoft Azure IoT Developer exam: Pluralsight study guide

Posted on December 28, 2020
Posted in Azure, Certification, Cloud, Course, IoT, Pluralsight

Update: the AZ-220 Pluralsight path is live! Check it out here. Below you can find the skills measured for the AZ-220 Microsoft Azure IoT Developer exam. We will have a Pluralsight course for each one, so check back here regularly. In the list below, skills that have a course available at this time have a

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Hiding Azure information while recording demos

Posted on December 21, 2020
Posted in Azure, Cloud, Course, CSS, Pluralsight, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized

The problem When recording demos for my Azure courses, I don’t like to expose details like the Azure subscription ID. How I used to solve this, is by first recording the demo, and then editing out (blurring) any text that I don’t want the learner to see: Blurring the subscription ID in an Azure portal

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New course alert! Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect: Implement a NoSQL Databases Strategy

Posted on November 11, 2020
Posted in Architecture, Azure, Certification, Cloud, Cosmos DB, Course, Pluralsight

I’m happy to announce my new Pluralsight course: Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect: Implement a NoSQL Databases Strategy. It as part of a path that will help you become a certified Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect and covers these topics for the AZ-303 exam: Configuring storage account tables Selecting appropriate Cosmos DB APIs Setting up replicas in