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 guide to setting up a CI/CD pipeline for Docker containers using Azure DevOps and Azure Container Registry for ASP.NET Core applications.
Explains the coincidental instance ID numbering in Azure VM Scale Sets when overprovisioning is enabled.
A guide to managing runtime configuration when migrating from Azure VMs to VM Scale Sets, using a custom solution with Cosmos DB.
A technical guide on migrating from Azure VMs to VM Scale Sets, focusing on modifying a VSTS build pipeline to create a VM image for scalable API deployment.
A tutorial on deploying a PHP website to Azure Web Apps using Dropbox for simple, non-legacy hosting.
A tutorial on setting up a MySQL database and web app on Microsoft Azure using Cloud Shell and bash scripts in under 10 minutes.
Announcing a talk on using Microsoft Graph API to build Bots for Microsoft Teams at the Office 365 Saturday event in Sydney.
A developer's year-long journey using Azure Functions, covering lessons learned, CI/CD integration, and performance considerations.
A technical guide for a Global Azure Bootcamp session on deploying .NET Core applications with Docker and Kubernetes on Azure.
A comparison of Azure Load Balancer and Application Gateway, explaining their differences in OSI layers, features, and use cases for high availability.
A guide to securing Azure DevOps VM deployments by dynamically managing NSG rules with PowerShell to restrict inbound access.
A technical guide on inviting external Microsoft Account users to a VSTS tenant secured by Azure Active Directory, covering admin and user steps.
A guide to using VSTS Release Management and tokenization to deploy Azure Web Apps with environment-specific configurations.
A tutorial on using Azure Functions with Braintree's API to build a secure payment processor for e-commerce applications.
A technical guide on configuring and using SendGrid to send emails from Azure Functions after the GA release, including code examples.
A technical guide on how to securely access Azure KeyVault secrets from an Azure Function using a certificate-secured Service Principal.
A guide to automating the deployment of Windows Services using VSTS (Azure DevOps) and PowerShell for continuous integration and delivery.
A guide to deploying applications to Azure VMs using VSTS Release Management, covering common pitfalls and solutions.
A guide on creating Azure AD B2C service principals for Graph API access using PowerShell, addressing tenant permission issues.
An updated guide to Azure App Service plans, tiers, and pricing, covering features from Free to Premium v3 and recent 2024 changes.
