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Deploying Azure Automation Account and Runbooks via Terraform
Automation, Azure, DevOps, Powershell, Professional, Terraform

Deploying Azure Automation Account and Runbooks via Terraform

Azure Automation Accounts leverage Azure Runbooks to automate processes within organizations’ Azure tenants. This process can be very powerful and help organizations effectively manage, scan,

March 7, 2021August 26, 2021 by John Folberth5 Min Reading
Advanced Azure DevOps YAML Objects
Automation, Azure, Azure DevOps, Professional, YAML Pipelines

Advanced Azure DevOps YAML Objects

Advanced usage of YAML Objects to automate the Azure DevOps Multi Stage Pipeline process.

March 1, 2021December 6, 2022 by John Folberth3 Min Reading
Azure Hero: Content Hero
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Azure Hero: Content Hero

As part of exploring and contributing to the community I was nominated and awarded an Azure Hero Badge, the Content Hero one! First Azure Hero

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 by John Folberth1 Min Reading
Azure Certification Rundown
Azure, Azure DevOps, Certifications, Professional

Azure Certification Rundown

Azure Solutions Architect Expert Exam(s): AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies AND AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design Level: Expert Prep Time: 1 hr a day @

January 26, 2021August 26, 2021 by John Folberth9 Min Reading
Omaha Azure User Group – Azure Bicep Walkthrough
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Omaha Azure User Group – Azure Bicep Walkthrough

Thanks again to the Omaha Azure User Group for having demo Azure Bicep! In summary this video will take you from just having VS Code

January 13, 2021May 18, 2021 by John Folberth1 Min Reading
Walkthrough of Working with Bicep Modules
Azure, Professional

Walkthrough of Working with Bicep Modules

Update: Check out my Cloud Lunch and Learn Marathon presentation w/ Bicep 0.3 for newer information Overview Version 0.2.3 of Azure Bicep introduced the ability

December 28, 2020November 26, 2022 by John Folberth5 Min Reading
Manual Validation Task Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines
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Manual Validation Task Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines

One of the requested features of YAML DevOps Pipelines has been the ability to add a manual intervention task. One that may pause the pipeline

December 21, 2020December 29, 2021 by John Folberth2 Min Reading
Azure DevOps, Powershell, Professional, YAML Pipelines

What to do when Azure DevOps YAML Pipelines Fail

YAML Pipelines can be problematic to troubleshoot. Try PowerShell or downloading the logs for expanded template information!

December 20, 2020 by John Folberth2 Min Reading
Leveraging YAML Pipelines: The New Deployment Architecture
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Leveraging YAML Pipelines: The New Deployment Architecture

YAML Pipelines can be optimized for reuse via templating at the task, job, and stage level.

December 14, 2020December 9, 2022 by John Folberth11 Min Reading
AZ 204 Azure Developer Lessons Learned
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AZ 204 Azure Developer Lessons Learned

First this post isn’t designed to an exclusive study guide; however, some lessons learned and some of the tricks I used to pass the AZ 204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure.

December 5, 2020March 30, 2021 by John Folberth5 Min Reading
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Earning Azure Network Engineer Associate validates skills and subject matter expertise in planning, implementing, and maintaining Azure networking solutions, including hybrid networking, connectivity, routing, security, and private access to Azure services. Professionals in this role deploy networking solutions using Azure Portal and other methods, including PowerShell, Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI), and Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates).
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