Managed Identity Solved Problems We Did Not Know We Had

The quiet upgrade most teams underestimate. When we first adopted Managed Identity, it felt incremental. No big architecture change. No dramatic security announcement. Just fewer secrets. What surprised us was not what it replaced. It was what it quietly removed. The Problems We Thought We Had Before Managed Identity, most of our security conversations focused on symptoms. rotating credentials expiring secrets leaked connection strings confusing access reviews We assumed these were the core problems. ...

January 15, 2025 · 4 min · Jose Rodriguez

Getting Started with Azure Container Apps

Introduction Azure Container Apps is a fully managed serverless container service that enables you to run containerized applications without worrying about orchestration. In this guide, I’ll walk you through deploying your first container app. Prerequisites Before we begin, make sure you have: An active Azure subscription Azure CLI installed (az --version to check) Docker installed locally Basic knowledge of containers Creating Your First Container App Step 1: Set Up Your Environment First, let’s create a resource group and a Container Apps environment: ...

March 15, 2024 · 2 min · Jose Rodriguez