Azure

When trying to set up my machine to run Azure Functions locally using Visual Studio Code, I ran across an error. After generating an empty HTTP-triggered Azure Function and running it, a big red error popped up in the terminal: func : File C:\Users\Hendr\AppData\Roaming\npm\func.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170. I happened to try the same thing on a different machine, and got exactly the same behavior. It seems that this is something that you need to resolve yourself on most Windows machines. Browsing to the URL provided in the error message, we get an explanation of what an Execution Policy is exactly: ...

Intro A big part of my role at Amaris is to explain to our (potential) customers what the value of modern solutions and services can be and how they can get started with them. In an effort to do this for chatbots and virtual assistants, I did a live webinar back in June 2020 to all of the interested customers and employees of Amaris. The webinar starts of with an explanation of what chatbots are and what the potential value for your company might be. After that we dive into the tools and platforms that Microsoft has provided us to easily build a chatbot. Of course, we did a live demo showing all of these tools in action and built a COVID19 (original right?) chatbot that can answer FAQ’s and can look up the number of confirmed cases in a country. ...