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Assigning Cosmos Data Plane Roles via RBAC w/ Bicep
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Assigning Cosmos Data Plane Roles via RBAC w/ Bicep

Introduction If one wasn’t already aware, CosmosDB has the ability to assign built in RBAC roles scoped to the account, database, and the container. When

October 7, 2023November 9, 2023 by John Folberth4 Min Reading
DP 420 Cosmos DB Specialty Study Guide
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DP 420 Cosmos DB Specialty Study Guide

Introduction This post will cover material I used to pass the DP 420 exam Designing and Implementing Cloud-Native Applications Using Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB to

August 23, 2023 by John Folberth7 Min Reading
DevOps Practices for Terraform
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DevOps Practices for Terraform

Introduction When implementing Terraform in a production environment one can become overwhelmed with questions on DevOps practices for Terraform. When do you run a plan?

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 by John Folberth5 Min Reading
Azure DevOps Pipelines: Practices for Scaling Templates
Azure, Azure DevOps, DevOps, Professional, YAML Pipelines

Azure DevOps Pipelines: Practices for Scaling Templates

This an excerpt of an article written for Microsoft Tech Community Blog. To read the whole article click here. Additionally if you’d like the entire series

July 19, 2023July 19, 2023 by John Folberth2 Min Reading
Deploying Linked ARM Templates via YAML Pipelines
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Deploying Linked ARM Templates via YAML Pipelines

Introduction This was a fun one. For those unaware a Linked ARM template according to Microsoft documentation is: To deploy complex solutions, you can break

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 by John Folberth11 Min Reading
Learning in Public: Azure DevOps and GitHub Integration
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Learning in Public: Azure DevOps and GitHub Integration

Introduction One thing I challenged myself when starting at Microsoft was to get better at leveraging existing technologies and tooling to help drive greater impact

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 by John Folberth5 Min Reading
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What is “DevOps”?

Introduction This is an interesting question I love to engage with customers on. There are always such a wide range on answers based on their

June 11, 2023 by John Folberth3 Min Reading
An Azure Load Testing CI/CD Template
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An Azure Load Testing CI/CD Template

Introduction In this post will cover how we can incorporate Azure Load Testing into our Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration Pipelines. At the end of this post

April 22, 2023April 24, 2023 by John Folberth5 Min Reading
Azure DevOps Pipelines: Leveraging Stages with YAML Objects
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Azure DevOps Pipelines: Leveraging Stages with YAML Objects

This an excerpt of an article written for Microsoft Tech Community Blog. To read the whole article click here. Additionally if you’d like the entire series

April 3, 2023 by John Folberth2 Min Reading
Changing Access Tiers for Append and Page Blobs
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Changing Access Tiers for Append and Page Blobs

Introduction If managing an Azure ecosystem cost optimization is a key pillar. One such activity that can assist in cost optimization is the ability to

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 by John Folberth4 Min Reading
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