Some Lessons Learned with Azure Hybrid Connections

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

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

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!

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,…