Migrate from .NET Framework to .NET 5
.NET 5 has been available for some time now and .NET 6 will be released in late 2021, but perhaps your team is still using .NET Framework 4.7 or 4.8. You may have preferred to stick with what your team knows, or with the time-tested platform that has been around for decades, but .NET 5 […]
Create Your Free Azure and Cosmos DB Account
Creating a free Azure account Did you know you could create a free Microsoft Azure account for learning and testing purposes? Doing so will provide you with 12 months of free access to popular services, a $200 credit for the first 30 days, and access to the free tier of 25+ services. All you need […]
Calling APIs with OAuth2 Access Tokens – The Easy Way!
Scenario: Your API needs to call another REST API – or your Console App or Web Job needs to call some other REST API. You can acquire an access token to that API from an OAuth2 Security Token Service such as Duende Identity Server, Okta, Auth0 or Azure Active Directory. This blog shows you how […]
Getting Started with Azure Functions
Azure Functions is a serverless solution to run code in the cloud. The functions run inside a function app. You can develop functions directly in the Azure portal, or use VS Code or Visual Studio. I see the functions as a way to write small portions of code reacting to external events. These events are […]