SetTrend / HTTPS priority Core Hosting Bundle on IIS.md

Last active December 3, 2024 18:33

HTTP vs. HTTPS priority when .NET Core Hosting Bundle is used on IIS

In production environments, it is desired to redirect web requests from HTTP to HTTPS.

Running an ASP.NET Core application under IIS, HTTP to HTTPS redirection may be implemented in several ways:

by IIS, using URL Rewrite
by ASP.NET Core middleware

When a web request is processed, the sequence of stages checking for a secured connection are as follows:

1. IIS setting "SSL Settings" in IIS Manager

SetTrend / deploy-github-actions.md

Created October 18, 2022 23:31

Quickstart: Deploy Bicep files by using GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

1. Create Service Principal

Hints

Use a Service Principal, not a Managed Identity, as Managed Identities cannot be addressed outside of Azure.
There is no way to directly create a service principal using the Azure portal. Use the az CLI.

az ad sp create-for-rbac --name "MyServicePrincipalName"

SetTrend / 9 Things I Hate About Microsoft Maps App Navigation.md

Last active October 18, 2022 21:15

9 Things I Hate About Microsoft Maps App Navigation

Downloading a single country's offline map (e.g. Germany) takes almost an hour!
Downloading offline maps isn't performed in the background. When I leave the Offline Maps Settings panel, downloading stops!
Even after having downloaded the corresponding offline map, Map app's address search doesn't find any address when no network connection is available! Search just bangs its head against no response and aborts with no result after a minute.
When navigation starts, the map's scale is set to a large value, so the whole route is getting displayed in just a tiny fraction of the app's window! There's plenty of unused space left around the route!

SetTrend / Microsoft Surface Go 4 Wishlist.md

Last active August 6, 2022 16:14

Microsoft Surface Go 4 Wishlist

The Surface Go is an almost perfect companion for travelling.

The small form factor is ideal for travelling by train/bus/airplane. It should keep its small form factor (or even become smaller) with future revisions.

I propose, though, the Surface Go should come with GSM telephony support, so it could then be used for making phone calls using the inserted LTE SIM card.

Telephony support would be a perfect enhancement. The Surface Go could be used for business travels by bus/train, or making phone calls via a car's Bluetooth hands-free equipment, thus replacing smartphones for pro users.

Moreover, to accommodate travels, the Maps app should greatly be improved along:

SetTrend / Reduce Documentation to Accessible Magnitude.md

Last active April 19, 2022 14:43

Proposal: Keep Your Framework/Language Documentation Manageable

Currently, numerous beautiful standards, frameworks and computer languages exist that we all love to use or which we may be required to use.

Unfortunately, with the advent of online documentation, documentation authors more and more seem to lose their sense of providing information in a conclusive and informative yet concise manner.

For Example:

At the time of writing this Gist, the Angular documentation alone takes almost 1,200 printed pages to read. Webpack documentation is equally monstrous: It takes almost 800 pages!

SetTrend / Excel Default Year Proposal.md

Last active October 18, 2022 21:16

Improvement suggestion for creating annual reports

The following feature seems to have been requested in forums often in recent years. As it has not been implemented yet, I'd like to bring this to your attention:

When doing my accounting in January, I need to enter numerous dates from the previous year.

It's very tedious to always enter the same (previous) year for each of the dates. If I don't, Excel uses the current year, which is not what I want.

There are many workarounds available: (a) Write a script, (b) use a formula (e.g. "xx - 365", or even more complex, given leap years) etc. … But these don't work with pre-built Excel worksheets.

Hence, I'd like to propose the following: