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Tidy up - Unused Project and Nuget package reference using Visual Studio 2019

If you are a Developer/Architect using Visual Studio as IDE for your development activities, this blog post will be of your interest. During the Ignite 2021 conference, Microsoft released Visual Studio 2019 v16.9 and v16.10 Preview 1. As part of version 16.10 Preview 1, one of the cool features they introduced is to "Remove Unused References..." for any Projects and Nuget packages that are not in use. At the time of writing this blog post, we have Visual Studio Version 16.10.0 (official release) which includes this new feature.  As part of development, we generally get carried away and introduce new Nuget package references to your project and add new references to your Projects. By the end of development, you will not be 100% sure which are not being referenced and unused which means you will leave those unused project references in your application. Now you might be wondering what's the big deal in it since it doesn't harm. The advantage of removing unused project r
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How to restore your deleted Azure App Service?

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In this blog post, let's see how to recover an accidentally deleted Azure App Service (Web App). If you hear someone saying they have accidentally deleted any Azure service and want to restore it, it gives an indication they are lacking best practices and patterns in their cloud environment. One such pattern is described in my previous blog post named Resource Lock and if you haven't still read it, highly recommend having a look at it.  Within your Azure App Service, you will have multiple hosting capabilities like Web API, Static website, Front end application, Container-based solution.  Facts to know: At this point in time, the options to restore your App Service are through PowerShell or Azure CLI, and no option available through Azure Portal. I would recommend going with PowerShell because Azure CLI is still in preview and under development Only sites deleted in the past 30 days can be restored.  Restore is not supported if the deleted app was in Free or Shared SKU Restor
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