Category: Azure

In this post, we will look at how to add a Validate-JWT (JSON Web Token) policy to Azure API Management to secure your app services. First, let’s look at our setup. We have an Azure App Service called CarlODataCrud: And in Azure API Management we have an API set up that points to this app service: Let’s create an Azure App Registration. You can use an existing App Registration, or … Continue reading Adding a Validate-JWT Policy to Azure API Management

In this post, we will look at how to get a bearer token using Postman for connecting to Azure resources. First, let’s open Postman and create a new collection, then a new Request: Next, let’s create our request. The URL we will hit is in the format https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantid}/oauth2/token. To find your Azure tenant id, go to https://portal.azure.com and search for Azure Active Directory: Your tenant id is here: Now add that … Continue reading How to Get a Postman Bearer Token for Azure Resources

In this post, we will look at how to secure an Azure app service with a subscription. We will do this by adding the App Service to Azure API Management. First, we have an Azure app service like below: Let’s add this to API Management (APIM). Go to APIM and click Create: Give the APIM a name, and click Review + Create, then Create: Now let’s go to our new … Continue reading Securing Azure App Services with Subscriptions

In this post, we will look at how to use the Kudu API and PowerShell to deploy Azure App Services. This can be useful if you want to automate deployments rather than manually logging into the Kudu portal and performing deployments manually. Let’s assume in our example we are deploying between a DEV environment and a PROD environment. You may have more environments in the real world but this is … Continue reading Using Kudu API and PowerShell to Deploy Azure App Services

In this post, we will look at how to create dashboards in the Azure portal so we can monitor the performance of app services. This is useful to ensure your apps are running smoothly and you can deal with any performance issues if they were to occur. First, let’s log into the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com and in the top left click on Dashboard: We now see a tile below. … Continue reading Creating an Azure Dashboard to Monitor App Services

Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is a useful feature of Azure Active Directory that helps secure resources. In this post, we will look at how to enable MFA in Azure AD. Log into https://portal.azure.com/ and select Azure Active Directory: Select Multi-factor authentication (you don’t need to select a user at this point): This takes us to the Multi-factor Authentication screen. Select a user you would like to enable MFA for. We will select … Continue reading How to Setup MFA in Azure AD

In a previous post, we built an Azure Logic App that integrates with the Common Data Service. We designed the Logic App in the Azure Logic App Designer, which is a web-based app. We can also design Logic Apps in Visual Studio. I will show you how to do this in Visual Studio 2019. First, go to Extensions->Manage Extensions: Under Online, search for Azure Logic Apps Tools for Visual Studio … Continue reading Use Visual Studio to Design Azure Logic Apps