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Author Archives: Marcel Zehner
This was Experts Live Switzerland 2019!
Quick overview of the 2019 Experts Live Switzerland conference that was held on June 20th in Bern. Continue reading
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Azure Management Group IDs
Sometimes you need to target a management group id, e.g. when you import a policy definition and want to select a management group as the policy definition scope. I discovered that sometimes people struggle with this procedure when using the … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged azure, group, guid, hierarchy, id, mag, management, managementgroup, root
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Microsoft MVP for another year!
Now that’s good news! I just got informed that I was awarded Microsoft MVP for another year. That’s 8 in a row now. I am super happy and honored to be a part of this exclusive group that allows me … Continue reading
Using Terraform Cloud Remote State Management – a quick introduction
Some days ago Hashicorp announced the availability of the free-to-use collaboration features in the Terraform cloud. This allows individuals and teams to easily store state information in the cloud and make it accessible from anywhere.
Azure Resource Tags in JSON Format
This is a quick one: We all know that using Azure Resource Tags is a key element in a company’s governance strategy. Tags are used on resources to ensure you stay in control (e.g. to set an owner, department or … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged azure, azure governance, azure management, Control, governance, json, tags
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Issues with creating new Cosmos DB documents with Logic App
Recently I had to build a solution for a customer. One part was to create order documents in a Cosmos DB using a Logic App. Sounds easy, however, I struggled a bit because of a simple thing and thought that … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged automation, cosmos, documents, logic app, logicapp, partition, partition key, sql api
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Azure Resource Graph Introduction
The most important part of Azure governance is to keep control of your Azure resources while not loosing agility and speed. There are several tools, procedures and services that assist you getting in control of your Azure resources. One I … Continue reading
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Tagged azure, Control, govern, governance, graph, graph explorer, resource management, resources, speed, transparency, transparent, visualization
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This was Experts Live Europe 2018!
Too bad it’s already over: from October 24-26 2018 we enjoyed some days at Experts Live Europe 2018 with the Microsoft community. In Prague we brought together 400 attendees from 29 different countries. Amazing! It was a great time to … Continue reading
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Tagged community, communitypower, conference, czechia, event, experts live, expertslive, pcc, prague
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Azure Blueprints – Overview
Azure Blueprints were announced during Microsoft Ignite 2018. I had the privilege to already get access some months earlier and played with the new feature/service to gain some experience. In this blog post I want to give you a quick … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, DevOps
Tagged azure, blueprint, compliance, Control, govern, governance, policies, policy
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Azure Monitor for VMs
During Microsoft Ignite 2018, a new feature went to public preview: Azure Monitor for VMs. As the feature name mentions, it’s about monitoring virtual machines and tightly integrate those into Azure Monitor. This blog post gives you some first insights.
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Tagged Alert, alerting, Alerts, analytics, azure monitor, health, insights, monitor, monitoring, state
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