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Azure Functions Write to Azure SQL Database (Output Binding)

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Azure Functions Write to Azure SQL Database (Output Binding)

Azure SQL Databases support writing from Azure Functions through Output Bindings. We define the table name and a variable pointing to a Function App Setting that has the value of the connection string as part of the SQL output binding. In this post, let's explore how we can

Azure App Service change Publish Model from Code to Container

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Azure App Service change Publish Model from Code to Container

With Azure App Service (Azure Web App), it is possible to modify the publishing model of the application from Code to Container after it has been published using the Azure CLI. The reason you may want to change to a Container based publishing model could be to take a step

Containerise a .NET app for Raspberry Pi

Containerise a .NET app for Raspberry Pi

The following is a note on how I encapsulate an existing .NET 7 app for a Raspberry Pi 3b that uses a camera from a Docker container, with the use of Docker Desktop and Docker Hub. I will assume that: * you already have a Docker Hub Account, * you have Docker

Azure Devops Self Hosted Agent Configuration

Azure Devops Self Hosted Agent Configuration

Azure Devops can allow you to set a machine of your choice to be the build agent of your project rather than using the default Microsoft-provided build agents. For example, in cases where you may have an extremely complex build process that you know can build on your machine with

Azure Functions SQL Input Binding with Managed Identity Access

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Azure Functions SQL Input Binding with Managed Identity Access

Azure Functions now have the ability to easily bind to a SQL Database for both Azure SQL Database and on premise. Previously, you would have needed to write custom code with a connection client inside the Function code itself to read and write to the database. Not anymore. We will

Set Windows Service User credentials in Azure Devops

Set Windows Service User credentials in Azure Devops

In this short post, I discuss how credentials can be set for a Windows Service's User within the Azure Devops interface, making sure the application can launch automatically with a desired User without manual intervention after the install or having to add the credentials in the code or

Deploy Windows Service using Azure Devops

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Deploy Windows Service using Azure Devops

Windows Services built on .NET Core and classic .NET Framework can be deployed and automatically run using Azure Devops to our target machine(s), removing the need for manually copying files around. You will have the following ready: * A working Azure Devops account * Your working Windows Service code committed in

Azure Functions Monitor Pattern Example

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Azure Functions Monitor Pattern Example

Azure Functions are incredible at being able to complete computations on our behalf. The Monitor Pattern specifically allows an Azure Function to consistently check for the status of a long running process that has a completion time that is irregular or unfixed. With the Monitor pattern, we set a large

Azure Web PubSub Example

Azure Web PubSub

Azure Web PubSub Example

Azure Web PubSub is a way to open up a websocket between the user client and a resource server to continuously pass data through it. The client (or even multiple clients) does not need to repeatedly send HTTP requests to the server to receive data or repeatedly poll the server

Listening to Azure audio blobs on Google Nest Hub

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Listening to Azure audio blobs on Google Nest Hub

This is a follow-on post to Azure Media Services Clips. After creating the Function for serving the podcast clips (or any other audio as blobs) from Azure, it gives rise to the opportunity of requesting the stored podcast audio Urls in Azure, from a device like a Google Nest Hub

Azure Media Services Clips

Azure Media Services

Azure Media Services Clips

Following the Azure Video Indexer indexing Insights I was able to produce from a podcast on a weekly schedule previously, I decided to go further into how this Insights JSON data can be utilised in a helpful way following my previous Summary (discussed here), such as using Azure Media Services

Using Azure Video Analyser for Media in Azure Functions

Azure Video Analyser for Media

Using Azure Video Analyser for Media in Azure Functions

First some clarification, 'Azure Video Analyser for Media' should be considered the new name for what used to be called Video Indexer. It is slightly different from 'Azure Video Analyser' which is currently in Preview. With Azure Video Analyser for Media, it's possible to

Project Harmony: Azure Functions Fan Out Fan In

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Project Harmony: Azure Functions Fan Out Fan In

The Azure Functions Fan Out Fan In pattern allows Azure Functions to scale and spread a workload across different worker functions that work together in parallel to process a batch of work. The results from each worker function is consolidated into a final result in a separate Function. In this

Pushing capability: Azure Blob Storage tested

Azure Blob Storage

Pushing capability: Azure Blob Storage tested

Back in the time I was undertaking my Condenser project, I was heavily relying on writing to and reading from Azure Blob Storage, uploading videos as blobs, triggering cloud encode processes and sending outputs to an output container, then using a Windows Application to download them, all resources running in

Using Azure Stream Analytics

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Using Azure Stream Analytics

An example of using Azure Stream Analytics to query Events in Event Hub

Azure Media Services Tuning: Project Condenser Update

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Azure Media Services Tuning: Project Condenser Update

Off the back of Project Condenser earlier, I ended up having a few loose end questions that I thought I should put together here and test and resolve. In the original conception of the cloud encode, the H.264 1080p cloud transform I used was designed to have an output

Utilising Azure Media Encoder to compress UHD Video for better playback compatibility

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Azure Project Condenser

For a long time, I have been a strong believer in always viewing video in the highest possible quality. In the year 2021, to me this means 4k at 60 frames per second and a high bitrate for personal/family videos or 4k at 24 or 30 frames as a

Using Azure API Management for Azure Functions

Using Azure API Management for Azure Functions

When dealing with resources in Azure that can be called when the right credentials are known by a calling client, it can be easy to simply grant direct access to the cloud resource itself. In the case of Azure Functions the common scenario is to give the client/caller/user

Azure Function Key Refresher

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Azure Function Key Refresher

When it comes to using Azure Functions to run serverless computations in the cloud, it can be quite common to have the calling client have direct knowledge of the function key. The Function Key is a unique code that is used as part of fully authorising the calling client to

Azure Project Overhead Part 2

Azure Project Overhead Part 2

Following what I did in Overhead Part 1, in Part 2 I wanted to add an improvement whereby the Raspberry Pi would be able to assess what it was seeing and simply report what the result was in text within the result SMS. My hope was to try and eliminate

An Azure Function triggers a Raspberry Pi 3b to capture images

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Azure Project Overhead Part 1

The idea behind the Azure Overhead project is to allow me to essentially see a live view (with images) looking out a window of whether there are available car parking spaces in the shared car parking area at home whenever I am away from home. It's beneficial because

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