Simon Waight is a software developer and technical blogger who writes about Microsoft developer events, GitHub Copilot, AI applications, and modern web development with practical insights for developers.
186 articles from this blog
A technical guide on migrating a static website from AWS S3 to Azure Storage Static Websites, including setup steps and a script.
A guide to optimizing costs when using Azure Cosmos DB, covering its pricing model, design considerations, and best practices for efficient usage.
Guide to batch inserting data into Azure Cosmos DB using Python and stored procedures, addressing SDK limitations and common errors.
A guide to using Azure Functions with Java, covering the v2 runtime, local development, and the Java worker for serverless applications.
Explains key Azure concepts: Tenants, Subscriptions, Regions, and Geographies for cloud infrastructure management.
How to fix the 'Provider not registered' error when deploying Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in a newly available Azure region via Cloud Shell.
A PowerShell script to extract and track Azure Resource Group tags by storing them in Azure Table Storage for reporting.
Analyzes the value of free cloud service tiers for learning, comparing Azure and AWS, and offers strategies for effective use.
A guide to debugging JWT-protected APIs secured by Azure AD B2C, covering essential tools and workflows for developers.
A technical guide on deploying compiled C# Azure Functions across multiple environments using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) Release Management.
An overview of Microsoft Application Insights features for developers, highlighting its SDK support, free tier, and dependency tracking capabilities.
Guide on granting non-admin users read-only access to Service Endpoints in Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) for secure deployments.
A guide to finding the unique key value for custom attributes in Azure AD B2C, essential for referencing them in your code.
A guide to implementing automated versioning for .NET projects within Azure DevOps and TFS pipelines, covering both .NET Core and .NET Framework.
A guide to installing and running the Rainbow Stream Twitter client on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
A developer shares practical recommendations and lessons learned from using Terraform to provision Azure PaaS services, based on real-world experience.
Using Azure Stream Analytics with JSON reference data to filter IoT telemetry streams for specific hardware and partners.
A developer's guide to using Azure Service Health to monitor and receive alerts for active service incidents affecting Azure subscriptions.
A guide to Azure's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings for containers, explaining core concepts and comparing services like ACR, ACI, and Web Apps.
Explains why Azure API Management returns 200 OK but no backend traffic occurs, due to a missing forward-request policy.
