Joonas Westlin is a software developer at Zure and an Azure MVP specializing in building cloud applications on Microsoft Azure. He focuses on ASP.NET Core, TypeScript, and identity solutions using Azure Active Directory.
91 articles from this blog
Explains the internal execution flow of an activity in Azure Durable Functions, focusing on message queues and dispatchers.
Explains Azure Key Vault Managed HSM, its purpose for regulatory compliance and hardware-level security, and provides a technical setup guide.
A guide to deploying Entity Framework Core database migrations in CI/CD release pipelines instead of on application startup.
A guide to implementing cost-effective, 'good enough' security for Azure PaaS applications, covering architecture, Entra ID, WAF, and Managed Identities.
Part 5 of a series on building a vehicle tracking app in Azure, focusing on implementing the front-end with Vue.js and Azure Maps.
Part 4 of a tutorial series on building a real-time vehicle tracking app using Azure SignalR Service for client-server communication.
Part 3 of a tutorial on building a vehicle tracking app in Azure, focusing on the Function App for processing location events, geofencing, and data storage.
Part 2 of a tutorial on building a vehicle tracking app in Azure, focusing on creating a device simulator and provisioning with IoT Hub DPS.
First part of a series on building a vehicle tracking app using Azure services, covering the system architecture and components.
Explains how to use Azure Key Vault keys for signing and encrypting JSON Web Tokens (JWTs), including key rotation.
Explains the internal event processing and execution flow when running an activity function within an Azure Durable Functions orchestration.
Explores the internal mechanics of starting an orchestration in Azure Durable Functions, focusing on message queuing and client initialization.
A technical deep dive into the startup process and internal mechanics of Azure Durable Functions, focusing on instance initialization.
A technical guide on building a secure code execution sandbox using Azure Durable Functions and Container Instances to run user-submitted C# code.
Guide to implementing Azure AD JWT authentication and authorization using middleware in .NET isolated process Azure Functions.
A technical guide on migrating existing social media user accounts (like Google) to Azure AD B2C using Microsoft Graph API and a .NET application.
Explains how to handle arrays in ASP.NET MVC Core route parameters by creating a custom value provider to split comma-separated values.
Explains how to use Azure Managed Identities and RBAC for secure, keyless data access in Cosmos DB, including a Bicep role definition example.
Explains how to monitor and report the real-time progress of parallel-running activities and sub-orchestrators within an Azure Durable Functions workflow.
Guide to automating Azure AD B2C custom policy builds and deployments using a custom Azure DevOps extension and YAML pipelines.
