Microsoft Graph webhooks or the ability to receive an Azure AD Change Notification has been around for some time. However, as I primarily deal with Azure AD for user and group objects I never previously had the need to utilize them.… keep reading
PowerShell Azure HTTPTrigger Function Unexpected character encountered
I’ve just built another new PowerShell Azure HTTPTrigger Function locally using VSCode. I tested the Function locally and it did exactly what it was supposed too. I then deployed the Function to Azure and tested it using PowerShell, and it also worked as expected.… keep reading
Using the Azure Functions SendGrid Output Binding with PowerShell
As much as I love PowerShell Azure Functions anytime I need to develop a new one leveraging a service as an output binding I cringe. I cringe as documentation for examples leveraging output bindings typically don’t have a PowerShell example. Take my most recent requirement for Azure Functions SendGrid Output Binding with PowerShell and the documentation is non existent.… keep reading
PowerShell Azure Functions Concurrency
It’s been a while since I’ve developed any Azure Functions. There was a time, where I was knocking them out very regularly. Well this week whilst working on a new project I jumped back into PowerShell Azure Functions, and cloud being cloud they’ve moved on in recent times.… keep reading
Microsoft 25 Days of Serverless 2019 submissions
Another year is coming to an end. Waking up on Monday the 2nd of December and checking my socials I saw announcements from the Microsoft Developer Advocates of a 25 Days of Serverless challenge.
Being also very immersed in the craft beer industry December for me is normally marked with craft beer advent calendars (a case of mystery beers with each to be opened on the respective day).… keep reading
Building Apps in Azure with only Scripting Skills – Global Azure Bootcamp 2019
Today (27 April 2019) is Global Azure Bootcamp day. It is the 6th year for the free event that is run in communities all over the world to teach Azure Cloud technologies. This year is my second. Last year I presented on Creating the Internet of YOUR Things and today I’m presenting Building Apps in Azure with only Scripting Skills.… keep reading
Leveraging the Azure Functions Table Storage Output Binding with PowerShell
Recently I wrote this post on using PowerShell to bulk load data into Azure Table Service. Whilst this method works great it does rely on the AzureRM PowerShell module to provide the ability to batch ingest data into Azure Table Service.… keep reading
An Azure PowerShell Trigger Function for MAC Address Vendor / Manufacturer Lookup
Recently I started working on another side IoT Project. As part of that I needed to identify the Vendor / Manufacturer of networking equipment. As you are probably aware each network device has a unique MAC Address. A MAC Address looks like this 60:5b:b4:f9:63:05. … keep reading
A Voice Assistant for Microsoft Identity Manager
This is the third and final post in my series around using your voice to query/search Microsoft Identity Manager or as I’m now calling it, the Voice Assistant for Microsoft Identity Manager.
The two previous posts in this series detail some of my steps and processes in developing and fleshing out this Voice Assistant for Microsoft Identity Manager concept.… keep reading
Using your Voice to Search Microsoft Identity Manager – Part 2
Introduction
Last month I wrote this post that detailed using your voice to search/query Microsoft Identity Manager. That post demonstrated a working solution (GitHub repository coming next month) but was still incomplete if it was to be used in production within an Enterprise.… keep reading