Ken Muse
Have It Your Way - The Magic of dotfiles
Did you know that you can have your favorite environment configurations follow you wherever you go, including into Development Containers and Codespaces? All of your environments can reflect your personal preferences through the power of a dotfiles Git repository.

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Bicep and APIM Template Not Found
Bicep continues to make it easier to create ARM templates … until you have a bad service schema. Here’s how to resolve a Template Not Found error with Bicep and APIM templates.

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Fixing APIM Tags - Name Should Not Be Empty
Creating Tags for APIM using infrastructure-as-code with Bicep should be simple. So why do we get a “Name should not be empty” error? More importantly, let’s discuss how to fix it.

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Containers and the WSL2 File System
If you’re using Visual Studio Code and Dev Containers without working in the right filesystem, you’re missing out on a lot of performance! Learn the right place to keep your files!

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Dev Containers, Codespaces, and Bicep, Oh My!
Development Containers and Codespaces bring infrastructure-as-code to developer environments. This post walks through creating a container for editing and deploying Bicep templates to Azure.

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Connecting Azure APIM and AppInsights Using Bicep
It can be a bit tricky to create a Bicep template for Azure APIM Management to connect a Logger to Application Insights. Today’s post explores how to make that work (and how to do it with an Azure Key Vault).

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Creating Hidden Links in Bicep

Creating Hidden Links in Bicep

Today’s post shows you how to create a hidden-link and property name string interpolation in Bicep.

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Using Development Containers
Tired of spending your time setting up resources? It’s time to learn how to implement development environments using infrastructure-as-code with Dev Containers, Codespaces, and Gitpod!

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Understanding Long-Running Cloud Tasks

Understanding Long-Running Cloud Tasks

We know that the cloud is optimized for short, fast executions. In today’s we examine a common question – are long-running activities still safe?

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How To Delay Outlook Messages

How To Delay Outlook Messages

Sometimes you need a minute. Or several. That can be especially important with business emails. In today’s tip, I’ll show how to delay your email delivery by a few minutes.

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