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Key Vault Reference | Logic and Function Apps using User-Assigned Managed Identity

Overview Prior to the Christmas break I was involved in writing some integrations that used a mixture of Logic Apps Standard and Function Apps. It was agreed as part of the architecture that user-assigned identities would be the best fit. As part of the implementation, I observed that the …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Monday, January 6, 2025

Easy Auth | Standard Logic App with Azure API Management

Overview The recent work that I have been doing with Standard Logic Apps and linking them as backends to Azure API Management has relied on the use of the Logic App Workflow SAS key for security. This is a valid authentication approach, but there are risks that you need to be aware of as well as …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Easy Auth | Function App with Azure API Management

Overview The recent work that I have been doing with Function Apps and linking them as backends to Azure API Management has relied on the use of the Function Apps Function SAS key for security. This is a valid authentication approach, but there are risks that you need to be aware of as well as best …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Thursday, November 14, 2024

Bicep | Prevent a Nasty Refactor with Function Namespaces

Problem Space There have been few times where I have landed into this particular predicament whereby either by my own doing or through the use of another’s code base, a deep nested or thoroughly utilised (parameter/variable/or other defined item) has been created with the same name as a Bicep …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Monday, May 27, 2024

Microsoft.Web/Connections | Access Policies

Problem Space I have recently been adding email alerting to some Logic App Standard workflows as part of the error handling flow. In doing so I made use of an existing Office 365 Outlook Connector in the Azure Subscription; the connector is not built in for Standard Logic Apps but is rather part of …

Posted by Andrew Wilson on Wednesday, April 10, 2024

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Has a passion for creating software [especially solution integrations] that help others execute their jobs faster and more efficiently.

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