Desktop Application Development: Pairing Electron with Vue
Building cross-platform applications is an excellent option for many organizations that need to support different technology vendors. Today, we can build websites that reach a massive audience...
View ArticleBuilding AWS CloudFormation Mappings with PowerShell
Executive Summary This blog post is for anyone working with AWS CloudFormation Templates and are looking for ways to improve template versatility by including mappings. It begins by describing how the...
View ArticlePractical Usage for DSC Configuration Data
Introduction Configuration Data for DSC is somewhat analogous to configuration files in traditional applications; different environments can have their own Configuration Data file. The 2 main topics I...
View ArticleLessons Learned: Azure Cognitive Service QnA Maker
Recently we integrated Azure QnA Maker Service with SharePoint Search page for one of our DoD Customers so thought to share my experience and lesson learned with broader audiences. Generally, QnA Maker...
View ArticleBuild a Leave Request App with Power Apps
This blog is a step-by-step walkthrough of building a fully functioning leave request app for any organization with a vacation, sick leave, military leave, bereavement leave, holidays, Jury Duty, and...
View ArticleThe Fluent Design System
We live in fractious times! Let’s escape for a few minutes to consider how Microsoft is moving us toward calm and synchrony. Together with a consistent, organized design aesthetic, the Fluent Design...
View ArticleBaseline Security for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Kubernetes Service is a Microsoft Azure-hosted offering that allows for the ease of deploying and managing your Kubernetes clusters. There is much to be said about AKS and its abilities, but I...
View ArticleLeaping into DevSecOps from DevOps
DevOps implements a Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) process. When multiple team members work in the same codebase, anyone’s update could break the integrated code. So, Continuous...
View ArticleThird Party Modules in Azure Automation
Introduction PowerShell DSC is possibly one of the most potent configuration managers for Windows Operating Systems. Even with the increase in popularity of Ansible and SaltStack, Powershell DSC...
View ArticleBest Practices: Starting a New C# Project
You are about to start and new C# project and have opened Visual Studio. Let’s discuss some best practices you should employ or consider before writing that first line of code. These practices are just...
View ArticleDatabricks Local Development in Visual Studio Code
Databricks provides a robust notebook environment that is excellent for ad-hoc and interactive access to data. However, it lacks robust software development tooling. Databricks Connect and Visual...
View ArticleAzure Bicep: Simplifying the Experience
Introduction Azure Bicep is a new declarative Domain Specific Language (DSL) for provisioning the Azure resources. The purpose of Azure Bicep is to simplify the authoring experience with a cleaner...
View ArticleReturn to Work, Return to Growth
Rapidly deploy Microsoft’s Return to the Workplace solution and leverage the underlying technology for future growth Today, Microsoft announced the release of the Return to Work, Return to Growth...
View ArticleManaging Network Security Groups as CSV Files
When building and managing an Azure environment, Microsoft maintains control of the network traffic as a core operations responsibility. The primary Azure platform resource to implement network traffic...
View ArticleAIS Named an Honoree in the “Best Places to Work” awards by the Dayton...
A Place to Feel Welcome “AIS has made me feel welcome and appreciated from day one. The employees at the Ohio office are friendly, approachable, and super smart. AIS has gone the extra mile to make...
View ArticleGitLab CI/CD for Azure Pipelines Engineers
Have you spent a lot of time getting comfortable using Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Azure Pipelines only to be switched to GitLab CI/CD for a project? That’s what happened to me about four months...
View ArticleMove Flows Across Environments without Resetting Connections
In this blog post, I’m going to discuss the new feature currently in public preview – “Connection References (Preview).” This feature was released to maintain a level of abstraction between flows and...
View ArticleAIS is SOC 2 Type II Certified
Committed to Protecting Your Data AIS is happy to announce our most recent SOC 2 Type II audit completion, showing our dedication and commitment to security and to delivering high-quality services...
View ArticleManaged Virtual Network in Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory (ADF) has introduced a feature called Managed Virtual Network (MVN) to connect Azure PaaS resources securely and privately from on-premises without opening corporate boundary...
View ArticlePower Apps Portals: Adding Related Subgrids
This video demo and blog provide a step-by-step walkthrough of adding related subgrids to a Power Apps portal for a Trip Planner Application. You may consider adding a related subgrid to your portal if...
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