Integrating Microsoft Flow with Azure Functions for Non-IT People

27th of January, 2017 / / No Comments

Microsoft Flow (Flow) creates automated workflows between various apps and services so that users can get notifications, collect data and more. This is similar to Azure Logic Apps (Logic Apps), but has different target audiences such as marketing, sales or all other non-IT related people. This document provides high-level comparisons between Flow, Logic Apps and Azure Functions.
Flow contains comprehensive number of pre-defined workflows called templates so we can just simply choose one of them, provide necessary information and use it.… [Keep reading] “Integrating Microsoft Flow with Azure Functions for Non-IT People”

Adding YAML Settings into ASP.NET Core Apps

25th of January, 2017 / / 3 Comments

Unlike traditional ASP.NET web apps using web.config for configuration, ASP.NET Core apps supports various file formats for it. When we actually see the source codes, configuration supports XML, JSON, INI, Azure Key Vault, in-memory collection, command line arguments and environment variables. However, another popular format, YAML is not officially supported in ASP.NET Core at the time of writing. In this post, we are going to walk through how we can import YAML settings file to support ASP.NET… [Keep reading] “Adding YAML Settings into ASP.NET Core Apps”

WAP (2012 R2) Migration to WAP (2016)

25th of January, 2017 / / No Comments

In Part 1, and Part 2 of this series we have covered the migration from ADFS v3 to ADFS 2016. In part 3 we have discussed the integration of Azure MFA with ADFS 2016, and in this post (technically part 4) we will cover the migration or better yet upgrade WAP 2012 R2 to WAP 2016.
Again, this blog assumes you already have installed the Web Application Proxy feature while adding the Remote Access role.… [Keep reading] “WAP (2012 R2) Migration to WAP (2016)”

How to create an AzureAD Microsoft Identity Manager Management Agent using the MS GraphAPI and Differential Queries

25th of January, 2017 / / No Comments

Introduction

In August 2016 I wrote this post on how to use PowerShell to leverage the Microsoft GraphAPI and use Differential Queries. The premise behind that post was I required a Microsoft Identity Manager Management Agent to synchronize identity information from AzureAD into Microsoft Identity Manager. However the environment it was intended for has a large AzureAD implementation and performing a Full Sync every-time is just to time consuming. Even more so with this limitation that still exists today in MIM 2016 with SP1.… [Keep reading] “How to create an AzureAD Microsoft Identity Manager Management Agent using the MS GraphAPI and Differential Queries”

ADFS v 3.0 (2012 R2) Migration to ADFS 4.0 (2016) – Part 3 – Azure MFA Integration

24th of January, 2017 / / No Comments

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series we have covered the migration from ADFS v3 to ADFS 2016. In this series we will continue our venture in configuring Azure MFA in ADFS 2016.
Azure MFA – What is it about?
It is a bit confusing when we mention that we need to enable Azure MFA on ADFS. Technically, this method is actually integrating Azure MFA with ADFS. MFA itself is authenticating on Azure AD, however, ADFS is prompting you enter an MFA code which will be verified with the Azure AD to sign you in.… [Keep reading] “ADFS v 3.0 (2012 R2) Migration to ADFS 4.0 (2016) – Part 3 – Azure MFA Integration”

ADFS v 3.0 (2012 R2) Migration to ADFS 4.0 (2016) – Part 2

23rd of January, 2017 / / 17 Comments

In Part 1 of this series we have been getting ready for our ADFS v3.0 migration to ADFS v4.0 (ADFS 2016).
In part 2 we will cover the migration process, step-by-step. However, a friendly reminder that this series does not cover installation of ADFS and federation from scratch. This post assumes you already have a federated domain and Single Sign On (SSO) for your applications.

You may notice domain change and federation service name change from swayit.com.au

… [Keep reading] “ADFS v 3.0 (2012 R2) Migration to ADFS 4.0 (2016) – Part 2”

Testing Precompiled Azure Functions

20th of January, 2017 / / No Comments

Azure Functions has recently added a new feature that allows precompiled assembly to run functions. This gives us a great confidence with regards to unit testing. In this post, we are walking through how to unit test functions with ease, like which we do tests everyday.

The sample code used in this post can be found at HERE.

Function without Dependency

We’re not digging down precompiled function too much as it’s on the document.… [Keep reading] “Testing Precompiled Azure Functions”

ADFS v 3.0 (2012 R2) Migration to ADFS 4.0 (2016) – Part 1

20th of January, 2017 / / 2 Comments

Introduction
With the release of Windows Server 2016, Microsoft has introduced new and improved features. One of those features is ADFS 4.0, better known as ADFS 2016.
Organisations have already started leveraging ADFS 2016 as it covers most of their requirement, specially in terms of security.
In this series of blog posts, I will demonstrate how you can upgrade from ADFS v 3.0 (Running Windows Server 2012 R2) to ADFS 2016 (Running Windows Server 2016 Datacenter).… [Keep reading] “ADFS v 3.0 (2012 R2) Migration to ADFS 4.0 (2016) – Part 1”

How to configure a Graphical PowerShell Dev/Admin/Support User Interface for Azure/Office365/Microsoft Identity Manager

16th of January, 2017 / / No Comments

During the development of an identity management solution I find myself with multiple PowerShell/RDP sessions connected to multiple environments using different credentials often to obtain trivial data/information. It is easy to trip yourself up as well with remote powershell sessions to differing environments. If only there was a simple UI that could front-end a set of PowerShell modules and make those simple queries quick and painless. Likewise to allow support staff to execute a canned set of queries without providing them elevated permissions.… [Keep reading] “How to configure a Graphical PowerShell Dev/Admin/Support User Interface for Azure/Office365/Microsoft Identity Manager”

How to create an Azure Function App to Simultaneously Start|Stop all Virtual Machines in a Resource Group

6th of January, 2017 / / 6 Comments

Just on a year ago I wrote this blog post that detailed a method to “Simultaneously Start|Stop all Azure Resource Manager Virtual Machines in a Resource Group”. It’s a simple script that I use quite a lot and I’ve received a lot of positive feedback on it.
One year on though and there are a few enhancements I’ve been wanting to make to it. Namely;

  • host the script in an environment that is a known state.
… [Keep reading] “How to create an Azure Function App to Simultaneously Start|Stop all Virtual Machines in a Resource Group”