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ASP.NET Core - Manage security keys with AddDataProtection() How to use the ASP.NET Core Data Protection APIs to manage the tokens and security keys of Cookie, Antiforgery, etc

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In this article we will talk about a very important aspect concerning the security settings introduced with ASP.NET Core: Data Protection APIs, a set of interfaces that determine the functioning …

ASP.NET Core - Manage security keys with AddDataProtection() How to use the ASP.NET Core Data Protection APIs to manage the tokens and security keys of Cookie, Antiforgery, etc Read More
Cyber Security / Data Security / Servers & Services / Web

Altaro Office 365 Backup - Review and Test Drive Our review of Altaro Office 365 Backup, a comprehensive solution to backup and recover MS Exchange, Teams, OneDrive & SharePoint data

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Few months ago we've published a post titled "Office 365 Backup: do we really need it?", where we explained a number of good reasons why we should seriously consider adopting …

Altaro Office 365 Backup - Review and Test Drive Our review of Altaro Office 365 Backup, a comprehensive solution to backup and recover MS Exchange, Teams, OneDrive & SharePoint data Read More
Applications / Servers & Services / Software / Tools & Utilities / Web / Windows

WorkinTool Free PDF Converter - Review and Test Drive Our review of WorkinTool PDF Converter, a free, simple and easy to use PDF web-based editor that lets you edit your PDF files online and offline

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PDF editors are a must-have in any professional organization: after the global scale digitalization process that took place in the last 20 years, PDF files undoubtely became one of the …

WorkinTool Free PDF Converter - Review and Test Drive Our review of WorkinTool PDF Converter, a free, simple and easy to use PDF web-based editor that lets you edit your PDF files online and offline Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding

EF Core: Execute a SQL Query on a different Database How to execute raw SQL queries to different databases and/or non-mapped tables with Entity Framework Core using the HasNoKey and FromSqlRaw methods

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If you've stumbled upon this post there's a high chance that you're a ASP.NET Core Developer working on a Web Application accessing a SQL database using Entity Framework Core - …

EF Core: Execute a SQL Query on a different Database How to execute raw SQL queries to different databases and/or non-mapped tables with Entity Framework Core using the HasNoKey and FromSqlRaw methods Read More
ASP.NET / Cloud / Coding / Servers & Services / Web

Azure App Service - Pros and Cons Advantages and drawbacks of MS Azure App Service, a fully managed HTTP-based PaaS for hosting Web Applications, REST APIs, and mobile back ends

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if you've stumbled upon this post you most likely already know MS Azure App Service:  a fully managed HTTP-based platform for hosting web applications, REST APIs, and mobile back ends …

Azure App Service - Pros and Cons Advantages and drawbacks of MS Azure App Service, a fully managed HTTP-based PaaS for hosting Web Applications, REST APIs, and mobile back ends Read More
ASP.NET / C# / Coding

EMail Address Validation in C# and ASP.NET Core A lightweight and customizable helper class to validate any e-mail address using the HTML living standards RegEx and/or ASP.NET Core built-in validators in C#

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Validating an email address is a classic requirement of almost any web application. Most of the modern client-side and server-side web frameworks provide native methods to fulfill this need: however, …

EMail Address Validation in C# and ASP.NET Core A lightweight and customizable helper class to validate any e-mail address using the HTML living standards RegEx and/or ASP.NET Core built-in validators in C# Read More
Hardware / Linux / Operating Systems / Tools & Utilities

Linux - Resize-Extend a disk partition with unallocated space (CentOS, Ubuntu, VM) How to resize/extend a disk partition, logical volume and filesystem of a CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian Linux VM using built-in tools and without the need of a reboot

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Expanding disk partitions to use all the available (unallocated) disk space is a common issue among Linux Administrators, expecially when working in a VMware-based Cloud environment. This often happens when …

Linux - Resize-Extend a disk partition with unallocated space (CentOS, Ubuntu, VM) How to resize/extend a disk partition, logical volume and filesystem of a CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian Linux VM using built-in tools and without the need of a reboot Read More
Coding / Tools & Utilities

IIS - IP Address and Domain Restriction Export How to export the IIS IP Address and Domain Restriction settings in a human-readable txt file with PowerShell

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If you're a web administrator and you often work with Internet Information Services (IIS), you most likely already know about the IP Address and Domain Restrictions, a great built-in feature …

IIS - IP Address and Domain Restriction Export How to export the IIS IP Address and Domain Restriction settings in a human-readable txt file with PowerShell Read More
Coding / DevOps

GitHub Error GH001: Large files detected - FIX How to fix a common GH001 GitHub error that doesn't allow the user to push because of files being too big

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If you've stumbled upon this post, there's a high chance that you are dealing with a nasty GitHub bug that can happen when you try to push a commit that …

GitHub Error GH001: Large files detected - FIX How to fix a common GH001 GitHub error that doesn't allow the user to push because of files being too big Read More
Cloud / Cyber Security / Data Security / Privacy & Compliance / Servers & Services / Tools & Utilities / Web

Office 365 Backup: do we really need it? Office 365 is (mostly) a cloud-based service, but it doesn't mean that your data is automatically safe

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By reading this line, you might be tempted to ask for the following question: "Why should I back up these data? Isn't Microsoft already doing this for me?" As a …

Office 365 Backup: do we really need it? Office 365 is (mostly) a cloud-based service, but it doesn't mean that your data is automatically safe Read More