Create Self-Signed Certificate

Open PowerShell as administrator Run the following command: C:\Users\user01> New-SelfSignedCertificate -Subject “CN=OrgCert1234” -CertStoreLocation “cert:\LocalMachine\My” Now, what we have to do is obtain the private key certificate file to be able to upload it to Azure: Press the windows key Type Manage Computer Certificates and press Enter Go to Personal (on the left), then Certificates Double-click on the... » read more

Deployment error from new Development Computer- HTTP Error 500.30 – ASP.NET Core app failed to start due to certificate authentication issue

Issue: Getting the following error message after deploying a Blazor web app from a new development computer Resolution: Update “Self Signed Certificate” to Blazor web app and web app server config. Need to create a new self signed certificate on development computer, upload to Azure web app. Then update the self signed certificate section of... » read more

Blazor App Deployment Error on New Development Computer – Failed to find a valid digest in the ‘integrity’ attribute for resource

Issue: Getting the following error when trying to deploy a Blazor Web App on a new development computer. Failed to find a valid digest in the 'integrity' attribute for resource 'https://xxxxx.azurewebsites.net/_framework/Newtonsoft.Json.dll' with computed SHA-256 integrity 'xxxxx'. The resource has been blocked. Unknown error occurred while trying to verify integrity. Uncaught (in promise) Error: A listener... » read more

Create a new local repository using TortoiseGit

In Windows folder explorer, right click on folder, TortoiseGit -> Git Create repository here… Note: Create an empty folder, clone it to DevOps project, and then add files to the empty folder. Create .gitignore file to ignore folders and files.

Add existing Visual Studio project to existing DevOps Repo.

Current Setup An existing Visual Studio project without any source control links. An existing DevOps project with default Repo Step 1 – Open up existing Visual Studio project and create a local Git Repo Create a new local Git repo for your Visual Studio solution, by right-clicking the solution name in Solution Explorer, and then selecting Create... » read more

The “ZipDeployTask” task was not given a value for the required parameter “DeploymentPassword”.

Error: Get the following error when trying to Publish a Azure Function project to Azure site… The “ZipDeployTask” task was not given a value for the required parameter “DeploymentPassword”. Fix: 1. Right click my project and select Publish.2. Select the appropriate publishing profile.3. In the Summary section bellow select the “Edit Password” button (indicated by... » read more

Azure Functions time zone issue

Fix: Select Configuration option in your Function App Add new “application settings” Fill the fields with the following value… Name: WEBSITE_TIME_ZONEValue: Pacific Standard Time Sources: https://www.serverlessnotes.com/docs/azure-functions-time-zone-issue

VS Code (Visual Studio Code)

https://code.visualstudio.com/ Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages and runtimes (such as C++, C#, Java, Python, PHP, Go,... » read more

Azure Cosmos DB Tools

https://developer.azurecosmosdb.com/tools – List of tools Note: You can not access Cosmos DB from Azure Storage Explorer (ASE) any more. That feature has been depreciated. Microsoft Azure Portal CosmosDB Explorer https://cosmos.azure.com/ Azure Databases extension for VS Code Need to download extension for VS Code. Access container and item from Visual Studio Code. Azure Data Factory Copy... » read more

In-Place Upgrade from SQL Server 2016 to 2019

Upgrade from SQL Server 2016 (13) to SQL Server 2019 (15) How to Upgrade SQL 2016 to SQL 2019 Mount the SQL 2019 ISO or media on your current SQL 2016 server. Select “Upgrade from a previous version of SQL Server” Note Make sure the current Windows versions can support the new SQL Server 2019.