While working with HTTP calls that return a Stream via HttpClient’s var response = await SendAsync(request, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead); -> var stream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync(); method for efficient handling of streamed data Brian Dunnington identified the response should be disposed and pointed me to https://www.stevejgordon.co.uk/using-httpcompletionoption-responseheadersread-to-improve-httpclient-performance-dotnet. [Read More]

If you’re working with Azure Web Apps and securing between services using managed identity, formerly known as Managed Service Identity (MSI), it can be useful to retrieve an access token on behalf of an application. We can accomplish this via PowerShell. [Read More]

Durable Functions is an extension for Azure Functions to help write stateful services in a stateless environment. When starting a new process, you may want to verify it isn’t already running by checking the list of in-flight Durable Functions with some custom logic. [Read More]

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I made some ARM templates changes and unintentionally removed Access Policy items from an Azure Key Vault in a (thankfully) non-production environment. Since the ARM template doesn’t have the before state in the repository, reverting the pull request isn’t going to fix it. [Read More]