Azure API Management news at Ignite 2021: Event Grid, GraphQL and WebSockets
Ignite 2021 introduced at least three interesting updates to API Management: support for Event Grid, GraphQ, and WebSockets. I will try to cover the essence of the updates here. API Management and Event
read more...AZURE NEWS: What’s new with .NET on Azure Functions – June 2021
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 v16.10 includes full support for .Net 5.0 ‘isolated process’ in Azure Functions, as well as early preview support for .Net 6 in Azure Functions. Here are
read more...AZURE NEWS: Azure API Management Premium tier price reduction for incremental purchased units
API Management Premium tier prices have been reduced by 50% for all subsequent units purchased after the first unit. This makes it even more cost-effective to utilize API Management features such as Availability
read more...BUILD 2021 NEWS: “Native support for WebSocket APIs in Azure API Management”
Native support for WebSocket APIs (public preview) in Azure API Management. This enables you to manage, protect, observe, and expose your WebSocket API in API Management, alongside REST and SOAP APIs. It
read more...AZURE NEWS: Enable azure site recovery (ASR) while Azure Virtual Machines are created
In-line enablement of ASR at the time of VM creation, a new feature just released by Microsoft. This capability helps you avoid the hassle of separately configuring DR across regions (or zones) after the
read more...AZURE NEWS: “Prevent Shared Key authorization for an Azure Storage account”
Microsoft has recently released a new feature that allows you to prevent Shared Key authentication for Azure Storage Accounts: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/prevent-shared-key-authorization-for-an-azure-storage-account/ Here
read more...Working with HTTP errors in PowerShell
PowerShell is a great language to query REST APIs. When I call a REST API, I usually expect things to go well, but sometimes it doesn’t. So, how should I handle HTTP errors like 404, 403, and so
read more...Updates to Cloud Shell docker image
Azure Cloud Shell offers lots of useful tools for managing Azure. Cloud Shell was recently offered as a docker image, so you can install it wherever you want. Microsoft is constantly updating Cloud
read more...Two new Azure Key Vault features (October 2020)
Microsoft has just released two new features for Azure Key Vault: 1. RBAC (role-based access control) support for Azure Key Vault data plane authorization It is now possible to use newly introduced RBAC
read more...Azure API Management updates – October 2020
Microsoft has just released the latest October update for its Azure API Management service. According to Microsoft, the update includes new features, bug fixes, and changes, along with other improvements. New
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