Technical - Simon Holman

Ignore Azure Function false positive dependency failures using TelemetryInitializers

Technical / June 20, 2020 / 3 minutes of reading

Let me start by saying that I love Appication Insights. The level of detail it gives you out of the box to monitor and troubleshoot application issues is fantastic. BUT, I loathe false positive error messages, especially dependency failures. If you’ve done any work with Azure storage then you’ve likely come across what I’m talking […]

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Application Insights, Azure Functions, Azure Storage

Handling new user registration with Auth0 and ASP.NET Core 3

Technical / June 20, 2020 / 5 minutes of reading

When creating a new site that will have users logging into it, you’ll invariably have to choose an identity provider to use. You can use the the inbuilt ASP.NET Core Identity but that has it limitation with repect to authenticating to API’s and other SSO benefits. If you choose a third party identity provider like

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.NET Core, ASP.NET, ASP.NET Core, Auth0, Azure, Identity, IDP Providers

Errors backing up VM using DPM 2016

Technical / October 14, 2019 / 1 minute of reading

Issue: You’ve added a Hyper-V VM onto DPM 2016 and the VM is failing to backup. Replica creation fails with the following error “DPM failed to communicate with DPM Server Name because of a communication error with the protection agent. (ID 53 Details: Not implemented (0x80000001)) Subsequent Consistency check’s fail with the error “An unexpected

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Backups, Data Protection Manager, DPM, Infrastructure

Error 0x800F0954 installing .NET 3.5 on Windows 10

Technical / September 30, 2019 / 1 minute of reading

If you’re experiencing error 0x800F0954 when trying to install .NET 2.0 and 3.5 on Windows 10, and you’re in a domain environment, then a simple temporary registry change should solve your troubles. The error 0x800F0954 typically appears if your machine is trying to connect to it’s locally configured WSUS server to download the required files

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Preview a website before changing DNS without a temporary URL

Technical / April 9, 2019 / 3 minutes of reading

Setting up a new website on a new server or with a different hosting provider while the existing website is still live presents some challenges. Https configuration Firstly, to test https configurations configuration, you need to use the correct URL. Most hosting control panels supply a temporary URL, or you can alias your own spare

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DNS, Website, Wordpress

Visual Studio Code finally has a tree indent setting

Technical / February 26, 2019 / 1 minute of reading

I’ve been using Visual Studio Code more and more over the past year, and I really like the experience. It’s fast, lightweight and easy to use. Although one thing, in particular, infuriated me! The folder indent in the file list makes it nearly impossible for me to see the folder structure at a glance when

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