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Simple WiX Project
Globally-unique identifiers (GUIDs) are often the brunt of jokes. Windows Installer packages (.msi files) are full of them, from the required ProductCode, to highly-recommended UpgradeCode, package codes, and required component GUIDs. Authoring an MSI doesn’t require you create and manage so many GUIDs, however. In fact, Windows Installer XML (WiX) has in the last few years made great strides in making sure you don’t have to, and recommends you don’t.
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Get Azure Search Keys in ARM Templates
Late in 2019 I start working with a colleague on a common pattern of creating test resources using ARM templates. A script deploys the template using a common set of variables and outputs both common variables and any custom variables that tests for a service needs. The Azure Cognitive Search service, for example, needs both admin keys for read-write operations, and query keys for read-only operations.
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Powerline in Vim
As a long-time vim user (though I more commonly use Code these days), I relish the opportunity to improve my experience. I’ve been using Powerline for my bash prompt for a while and even developed a pure PowerShell variant. I wanted to integrate it into my vim profile which I maintain as a Git repo across many different machines, physical or virtual.
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Tracing Azure SDK for .NET
The new Azure SDK has a lot of new features that make it worth migrating from Microsoft.Azure._ to Azure._ packages. Logging is greatly improved and is consistent across client libraries. All clients will log request and response information automatically when AppInsights or OpenTelemetry is configured.
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Rebasing commits on one topic branch onto another branch
Rebasing commits on one topic branch onto another topic branch is a great way to stay productive while waiting for pull requests to be reviewed. Even if subsequent commits are made to the original topic branch, you can still create a subsequent PR with only intended changes.
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Welcome to my blog
After many years of being https://blogs.msdn.com/heaths and changing positions, it was time to set up a new blog for technical tips and trips, as well as personal adventures.
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