Validate-JWT policy
Example of how to validate a Json Web Token (JWT) and retrieve a value from that JWT via an API Management policy.
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Secure LogicApp parameters
To parameterize a logic app with a secret value, you can use a parameter of type securestring in your logic app. In the parameter file, when specifying the value for the securestring parameter, you can refer to your keyvault instance and secretname.
ARM nested templates vs linked templates
To deploy an ARM template for an API Management service without using a storage account, you can use so called nested templates in your orchestrator file.
ValidateJWT with OAuth2 token v2.0
To get authorization working with an OAuth2 token v2.0 using the ValidateJWT policy in API Management, call the token endpoint with scope api://[ClientId Service]/.default.
Multidimensional vs Tabular Model
While multidimensional models are still prevalent in many BI solutions, tabular models are now more widely accepted as the standard enterprise-grade BI modeling solution on Azure.
Deploy Azure App Service via Azure CLI
Azure CLI (or Bash) is a cross-platform command-line interface with commands to create and manage Azure resources. It’s an easy-to-use to use, cross-platform alternative for Powershell.
Useful Application Insights Queries
Via the Kusto Query Language you cannot only query Log Analytics, but also Application Insights. We typically query Application Insights to get insight into API Management calls.
Azure Functions in Visual Studio Code
This post expalins how to edit, build and run functions on your local development machine using Visual Studio Code.
Kusto Query with SubQuery
Example Kusto Query with a subquery. The query uses a tracked property and an alias to get a short column name for the tracked property and not the long technical notation.
KeyVault Unknown Access Policy
If you are adding an Access Policy to Key Vault for an AAD application/service principal, make sure to use the ObjectId of the service principal, which is a different ObjectId than that of the application.