Testing Data Processing Azure Bicep Functions Easily

These days Azure Bicep has a lot of more functions that can be used for processing data. Most notably I am referring to the lambda Azure Bicep functions. Often times I use two or more of these functions all together in Bicep templates. When using several of these functions chained one after another it is easier to get lost how data will be processed. Also to test all the different input that will be passed to those functions will results in doing several different deployments. That is time consuming process as deployments takes time to run not to mention that along I have several other resources also deployed via those templates. Thankfully just to test if the data is processed according to how I have imagine it there is easier method by using Bicep parameters files.

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Test Lab Guide: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Network Virtualization with System Center 2012 R2 VMM

The first guide that includes 2012 R2 RTM versions of System Center and Windows Server is out. You can download it now and save it to be prepared to test certain scenarios when GA availability of R2 wave arrives.

Multi-Tenant Gateway Testing Guides

In Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Microsoft is introducing Multi-Tenant Gateway. The GW is easier to setup with VMM 2012 R2 Preview but if you want just to test the GW in a small lab here are two guides that will help you in that:

Both guides are provided by Ramandeep Singh Dhillon from Microsoft.

Test Lab Guide: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Network Virtualization with System Center 2012 R2 VMM

Even though SC 2012 R2 and WS 2012 R2 are not released yet Microsoft published a guide to setup lab for Hyper-V Network Virtualization. There are no screenshot in the guide but you can have a sneak peak preview of the architecture of the new Multi-Tenant NVGRE Gateway. Check it out here.

Simulate monitoring of network devices with Jalasoft by Kevin Holman

Very good article by Kevin Holman if you plan to test network devices monitoring in SCOM.