The Wireshark Cheat Sheet Every Azure App Service Engineer Needs (But Nobody Tells You About) Why network traces feel like reading hieroglyphics—and how to actually understand them After years of debugging critical Azure App Service escalations at 2 AM, I’ve learned something important: the gap between “my application is slow” and “here’s exactly why” isContinue reading “Mastering Network Traces with Wireshark: A Guide for App Engineers”
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Azure App Service Authentication: Security Challenges
By Chris Corder | Senior Technical Advisor, Microsoft Azure#Azure #AppService #Authentication #CloudSecurity In today’s cloud-first world, securing user sessions isn’t just important, it’s essential. Azure App Service makes authentication easier than ever with its built-in Authentication and Authorization feature, commonly known as Easy Auth. It enables developers to integrate identity providers like Azure AD, Google,Continue reading “Azure App Service Authentication: Security Challenges”
Why Is WebSocketMonitoringModule Throwing 500 Errors When WebSockets Are Disabled?
If you’ve ever poked around the diagnostics blade in Azure App Service and spotted a bunch of 500 errors blamed on something called WebSocketMonitoringModule, you’re probably thinking: “Wait… what? I didn’t even turn on WebSockets!” And you’d be right. You scroll back through your app settings, double-check the config (yep, WebSockets: Off), and yet thereContinue reading “Why Is WebSocketMonitoringModule Throwing 500 Errors When WebSockets Are Disabled?”
Mastering Technical Troubleshooting: A Step-by-Step Guide
Troubleshooting technical issues is an art as much as it is a science. Whether you’re diagnosing software failures, network disruptions, or performance bottlenecks, the ability to ask the right questions and gather meaningful data is critical to resolving problems efficiently. In this blog, I’ll share a structured approach to troubleshooting, including nine key questions thatContinue reading “Mastering Technical Troubleshooting: A Step-by-Step Guide”
Azure App Service Plans Memory Usage Demystified
When customers deploy applications on Azure App Service Plans (ASP), they often wonder, “What’s eating my memory?” It’s a valid question, as memory usage in a shared environment like ASP can be affected by a multitude of factors beyond just the customer’s application. I’ll break down the various components that impact memory usage, using aContinue reading “Azure App Service Plans Memory Usage Demystified”
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