OData (Open Data Protocol) in ASP.NET 6.0
OData (Open Data Protocol) is an ISO/IEC approved, OASIS standard that defines a set of best practices for building and consuming RESTful APIs. This post is about implementing OData (Open Data Protocol) in ASP.NET 6.0. OData RESTful APIs are easy to consume. The OData metadata, a machine-readable description of the...
Working with DevOps friendly EF Core Migration Bundles
This post is about EF Core migration bundles, which is a devops friendly way to deploy your database migrations. Currently you can deploy your EF Core migrations either using Code Approach where is you can call the migrations with C# code and another approach is using generating scripts and deploying...
How to implement two-factor authentication in ASP.NET Core without Identity
This post is about implement two-factor authentication in ASP.NET Core without ASP.NET Core Identity. Two factor authentication adds an extra layer of security is to your account to prevent someone from logging in, even if they have your password. This extra security measure requires you to verify your identity using...
ASP.NET Core Web.config Transform for Production
This post is about enabling web.config transformation for deployment. Recently in one project I am working on I faced one issue. I had to enable some security configuration in the App Service - to remove Powered By header and Server header. These changes I did in the app service web.config....
Continuous database deployment with GitHub Actions
This post is about enabling continuous database deployment with GitHub Actions for your ASP.NET Core applications with the help of EF Core migrations. I am following the EF Core migration script approach in this as well. But compared to Azure DevOps, I found GitHub actions is more fast. I am...
Run EF Core Migrations in multiple databases with Azure DevOps
This is a follow-up post. Last year I wrote a blog post running EF Core migrations in Azure DevOps. And I received few comments asking about how to deploy the script to multiple databases instead of a single database. So in this post, I will explain how to deploy the...
Authenticating ASP.NET Core MVC applications with Azure Active Directory B2C - User flows - Part2
This article will discuss about implementing Authentication of ASP.NET Core MVC applications with Azure Active Directory B2C. Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C) is a cloud identity management solution for web and mobile apps. The service provides authentication for apps hosted in the cloud and on-premises. I couldn’t find...
Authenticating ASP.NET Core MVC applications with Azure Active Directory B2C - Part1
This article will discuss about implementing Authentication of ASP.NET Core MVC applications with Azure Active Directory B2C. Azure Active Directory B2C (Azure AD B2C) is a cloud identity management solution for web and mobile apps. The service provides authentication for apps hosted in the cloud and on-premises. I couldn’t find...