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Building The Azure IoT Analytics Architecture Prototype

Apr 27, 2016 · 13 min read

Recently I was going through some IoT (Internet of Things) videos on Channel9. David Crook did a small whiteboard session on IoT analytics architecture which I really liked. Your clients are going to, if not already, demand analytics in each and every IoT engagement that you might already be working on or will pursue in the future. It makes sense to have a prototype handy to lock down your architecture and to build client demonstrations.

#azure #internet of things #analytics

Building Azure API Management Proxy for Azure Storage

Mar 21, 2016 · 9 min read

Microsoft acquired Apiphany, backed it up with Azure compute and storage and has now made it available to users as API Management service. Azure API Management is a reliable, secure and scalable way to publish, consume and manage APIs running on the Microsoft Azure platform. Azure API Management provides all essential tools required for end-to-end management of APIs. It ensures optimal performance of the APIs, tracks and enforces usage, authentication, and more.

#azure #compute

Hire a Cab Using Cortana and Azure Search

Feb 18, 2016 · 9 min read

This project was my attempt at Azure Search for Search Contest! Although I got knocked out, but I learnt quite a bit about Azure Search and Universal Windows Platform by building this application. This application is a demonstration of how versatile Azure Search service is and how easily you can mash up this service with other cloud offerings and build something complex with little effort. Synopsis FindCab is a prototype that uses several Azure services viz.

#azure #web & mobile

Review of Jabra Speak 410 Speakerphone - A Not So Necessary Utility

Jan 25, 2016 · 3 min read

I was lucky (and fast… and skilled…) enough to claim a Jabra Speak 410 Speakerphone as my AzureCon challenge bounty. There were some challenges related to shipping and all the prizes got dispatched pretty late, but Microsoft resolved the impediments and was very communicative throughout the shipping process and my unit arrived today so no rants from me on this. My only concern is that I had to pay a USD 40 duty on the import about which I am not sure whether I was liable to or whether it could have been avoided.

#tools & gadgets

Inject Confidential Configuration Data From Azure Key Vault Into Your Application

Jan 23, 2016 · 7 min read

In ASP.NET your site configuration data is normally stored within <appSettings> element of the web.config file. If you have used Azure Web Apps (this blog is running on one), you must be aware of the fact that the Microsoft Azure Web Apps Service allows for these application settings to be configured within the Azure Web App configurations in the cloud, and then subsequently accessed from application code as needed. You can supply these values through Azure Web App configurations.

#azure #security & identity

Running Durable Workflows on Azure

Jan 08, 2016 · 8 min read

This post took a while to see the daylight. I was working on my code submission for Azure Search for Search contest and there were tons of things to catch up on. However, if you are a Windows Workflows developer and are working out ways to host your workflows on Azure or want to transfer control of business logic to your clients using Workflows, I will make up for the delay.

#azure #app service

Analyzing Sentiment of Your Emails with Azure Text Analytics Service

Nov 21, 2015 · 5 min read

Azure Machine Learning allows data scientists to build and deploy predictive models. I am currently reading Predictive Analytics with Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, which in my opinion is a great resource to get started with ML. If you are a developer and don’t really want to invest in learning ML, you can use Azure ML web services published by Microsoft and other publishers in the Cortana Analytics Gallery. There are several interesting APIs, such as speech, face recognition and computer vision, available that you can use in your applications.

#azure #machine learning

Hands-on with Microsoft Azure Application Gateway

Nov 05, 2015 · 9 min read

Cloud Architects tasked to lift and shift workloads frequently face some common challenges. Quite frequently they are handed over application dense servers containing applications which were never meant to scale (metal love) and limited budget and time. Not to forget the fact that the communication channel used by the applications was never secured because the applications were previously accessible only over local network (and maybe in house hacking was not a possibility or maybe internet was not invented till then 😄) and the marketing team sold the idea of a mobile workforce to the customer.

#azure #networking

Building Data Pipelines with Microsoft Azure Data Factory

Oct 25, 2015 · 10 min read

My Google Analytics and Application Insights Telemetry data indicates that it is time for me to thank you for appreciating my articles. If you are reading this, I would like to thank you for your support. I have met many people to whom cloud and its service offerings make little sense. I want to demonstrate how easy it is to get up to speed with using cloud offerings because I find most of the samples available online are a little tough to comprehend.

#azure #analytics

Adding Business Logic to Azure Logic App with Azure API App

Oct 13, 2015 · 7 min read

I hope you had a chance to watch or attend AzureCon lately. If you watch the keynotes, you would be overwhelmed by tons of great announcements that were made. All the sessions are available on demand and are classified by level and industry role. I hope the sessions prove to be a great learning experience for you. I also hope to work with a few of the new features and write about them for us to use.

#azure #compute