Post Overview

  • Your Internet of Things: from data stream to insight (Seminar)

    A while back, my colleague Tim Jacobs and myself gave an introductory IoT session at our Xylos Technology Day. I actually forgot to put this on my own blog. Better late than never. Read more

  • Using Azure Cognitive Services from Logic Apps

    Using Azure Cognitive Services from Logic Apps

    Azure’s Cognitive Services are very easy to use from within your own applications or more “code-less” solutions such as Azure Logic Apps. In this post, I will show a simple example of a Logic App that does sentiment analysis on incoming tweets. When the sentiment score is very high, an SMS is sent. To perform Read more

  • Azure Resource Manager REST API from Node

    Azure Resource Manager REST API from Node

    In our video about Fault Domains in Azure IaaSv2, we mentioned Azure Resource Manager and the use of templates to deploy IaaSv2 resources such as virtual machines in a fault domain, a load balancer, a public IP address and more. Azure Resource Manager also has a REST API that can be used from any language. This Read more

  • Fault Domains in Azure IaaSv2

    Fault Domains in Azure IaaSv2

    With the availability of IaaSv2 in Microsoft Azure, several new features are available that dramatically change the way resources are deployed and maintained. One profound change is the introduction of three fault domains for IaaSv2 virtual machines as opposed to two fault domains for IaaSv1 virtual machines. In the case of Azure, a fault domain Read more

  • Windows Azure Point-to-Site Networking

    If you are having trouble with the point-to-site VPN configuration in Windows Azure, here are some tips about the procedure: Follow the procedure located at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn133792.aspx for creating the virtual network and the gateway. When configuring the certificates for the VPN connection, first create the self-signed root certificate with the following command:   makecert -sky exchange Read more

  • Office 365 Identity Management with DirSync without Exchange Server On-Premises

    This post describes how users, groups and contact are provisioned in Office 365 from the on-premises Active Directory. By using DirSync, these objects are created in and synchronized to Office 365. Without an Exchange Server and Exchange Management tools in place, it is not always obvious how these objects should be created. The following sections Read more