Using Json.NET to Serialize objects
Json.NET is a popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET Features Flexible JSON serializer for converting between .NET objects and JSON LINQ to JSON for manually reading and writing JSON High...
View ArticleCharacteristics of Good REST Services
REST (Representational state transfer) Services play an important role in today’s interconnected systems. By exploiting HTTP, a well-known protocol, they enable applications of all types to easily...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell to Seed #Azure DocumentDB From Blob Storage
These days I’m all about automation. As most of us are focused on Python, C# JavaScipt and Node I’m taking a different approach to Azure DocumentDB. This experiment’s goal is to facilitate the creation...
View ArticleSize Matters!
Surprisingly, Size Matters in The Cloud Incidentally, the size of your data stored and processed on the cloud really matters! In this post I will use a common scenario to illustrate just how much...
View ArticleSaving #Azure Resource Manager Templates to JSON files on disk
Saving Microsoft ARM Templates as JSON files on disk If you are creating a brand new environment on Azure, you should be using Windows PowerShell and Resource Manager. Instead of creating and managing...
View ArticleUsing Azure Resource Manager (ARM) to Deploy a Monster VM
A Monster VM Azure Resource Manager Template In April I wrote a post about building a monster Virtual Machine using PowerShell on Microsoft Azure. Since then, Microsoft has released version 2 of the...
View ArticleCreate a CentOS Virtual Machine Using #Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
Creating a CentOS VM Using ARM Docker and Open Source projects are getting lots of attention, so I decided that it was time for me to build a Linux Virtual Machine on Microsoft Azure. This post is all...
View ArticleProtect Mission Critial #Azure Virtual Machines from Accidental Deletion
Lock it Down! Accidents happen. Resource Locks help prevent them. The Resource Lock level is applied at the resource group or resource scope. These can be set by the administrators and current values...
View ArticleUse the Azure Resource Manager Copy Operation to Deploy Duplicates
Deploying 20 CentOS VMs in 4 Minutes! I recently started to toy around with scenarios that required me to deploy multiple duplicates of the same CentOS Virtual Machine configuration. Working on this...
View ArticleCreate Multi-Geo Environments using Azure Resource Manager
While I was playing around with the Azure Resource Manager Copy Operation, I started thinking about what I could do with it. The first wild idea that popped into my head was, to use it to deploy...
View ArticleCreating a Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 RC Virtual Machine with ARM
Testing Visual Studio on Azure A few months ago I wrote about my Dev and Test adventure, where I used the Azure Portal to create my Virtual Machine. Since then, Microsoft has released significant...
View ArticleLocking a Virtual Machine Resource – Azure Resource Manager Template
Oops . . . did I delete that VM? Accidents happen. Resource Locks help prevent them. The Resource Lock level is applied at the resource group or resource scope. These can be set by the administrators...
View ArticleDeploying Nano Server to Microsoft Azure
Based on the current builds, compared to Server, Nano Server has 93 percent lower VHD size, 92 percent fewer critical bulletins and 80 percent fewer reboots! Deploying Nano Server to Azure I’ve been...
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