Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates have a nice set of built-in functions that allow you to develop complex expressions. These expressions can help a static deployment template file become more scalable and flexible for different scenarios. This article is a quick rundown on my new favorite tip for debugging a template expression that you just can’t get working.
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How to call the Azure REST API from PowerShell
Normally we use SDKs to interact with Azure. Things like the Azure .NET SDK, the Azure PowerShell module, or the dozens of other SDKs listed here can be used. These SDKs provide a lot of helpful utilities and validation, but ultimately they will hit the Azure REST API once they need to phone home. Azure’s REST API provides this all-important foundation to write code against the platform.
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Azure WebJobs: Scheduling and Scaling
Why Azure WebJobs?
Azure WebJobs are a great resource included in Azure App Service plans. They provide a way for you to run binaries or scripts that perform scheduled or event-triggered job processing for work that isn’t suited to be done during a normal web request. Have a monthly cleanup task for your website? Sending a big batch of emails? Need to process some user uploaded files? These are all great examples of things you can throw into a WebJob.
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How to configure Azure Web Application settings via PowerShell
Application Settings
.NET developers should be familiar with the classic web.config file used for storing web site options, application settings, and connection strings. When you deploy a .NET Web Application to Azure this file can still be used, however a new additional settings layer in Azure is provided.
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