Network Manager IP Address Management Overview

We kicked off the Christchurch Azure Meetup recently, and I presented on the new IPAM features of Virtual Network Manager. The recording of the session is available on YouTube.

GitHub Copilot App Modernization (Best of Build 2025)

I recently had the privilege of presenting an overview of the new GitHub Copilot App Modernization tools at the New Zealand GitHub User Group. The recording of the session is available on YouTube.

Grant Admin Consent for an Azure AD application with Terraform

One challenge we often run into when provisioning Azure AD applications with Terraform is a need to grant admin consent for API permissions. Sadly there is not a native resource within Terraform to make this happen, however with some creative use of provisioners (yes, I feel bad about it too) we can ensure that admin consent is granted for our applications.

To start with, we deploy our Azure AD application as normal. As part of the configuration, we also assign the required API permissions.

Deploy a Flex Consumption Function App with Terraform

Update

As of v4.21.0 of the AzureRM provider, there is now a native azurerm_function_app_flex_consumption resource for deploying Flex Consumption Function Apps.

High Scale Private Endpoints

Today one of my colleagues asked an excellent question which had me stumped. He was looking at the Virtual Network Terraform Resource and found the private_endpoint_vnet_policies property, but couldn’t find any documentation explaining the purpose. So I tried my own Google-fu and similarly failed to find any information. I did manage to find the privateEndpointVNetPolicies property of the Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks api, but as normal the API documentation expects you to understand the settings, it doesn’t explain them to you.

Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger Development with Azure Deployment Environments

I recently had the privilege of presenting an overview of Azure Deployment Environments as part of the Global Azure Bootcamp 2025. The recording of the session is available on YouTube.

GitHub Actions: 0–100 in 60 minutes

I recently had the privilege of presenting an introduction to GitHub Actions at the New Zealand GitHub User Group. The recording of the session is available on YouTube.