Some Lessons Learned with Azure Hybrid Connections

Reading Time: 3 minutes Hybrid Connections you say? Here’s some background… Recently I’ve been working with a client to deploy an Azure Hybrid Connection to create a tunnel between an Azure Function App and some on-premises devices. I would like to discuss some lessons from this experience to hopefully help anyone who gets stuck.  A little bit about Hybrid…

Azure Function App: How to Build a Weather API

Reading Time: 6 minutes Overview In my previous Function App article (How to Build a REST API with Azure Function Apps) I talked about how Microsoft provides sample code for building a Azure Function HTTP Trigger when you create a Function App in Visual Studio Code. With the provided code you can then go ahead and modify it to…

Unpacking and Demystifying Azure Function Apps: An Overview

Reading Time: 4 minutes What is an Azure Function? Azure Function Apps are Azure cloud-based serverless event-driven applications. Generally Azure Functions are stateless, meaning that each trigger or run of the Function App has no context or reference to previous runs. This isn’t a hard rule however, as there is an extension for something called Durable Functions, which allow…

Building an App with Power Apps is Just SO Easy!

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is Power Apps? Power Apps is suite of apps, services, connectors and data platform that make up a section of Microsoft’s Power Platform. Microsoft’s vision for Power Apps and the Power Platform in general is create a suite of apps that empower a wider spectrum of personnel in the enterprise field. To do this,…