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Category Archives: Azure
Are you really ready to use Azure?
Deploying services in Azure is as simple as going to the marketplace and filling out a form. And boom, a new service or resource is up and running. This is great because it saves time and makes services accessible to … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged access key, authentication, azure, azure ad, endpoint, master, mastering, network access, public endpoint, security, storage account, user account
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Azure Security Center – Workflow Automation
Azure Security Center (ASC) is your main stop when you need a first broad overview of your environment’s security posture. If there is potential to improve your overall security, ASC will give you recommendations that explain how a specific resource … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged asc, automation, azure, azure security center, logic app, response, security, workflow
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Just for fun: Using symbols in Azure
I was asked recently if it is possible to use symbols when assigning names to Azure objects. The short answer is ‘yes’, this is indeed possible, but definitely not something I would recommend in a business environment. However, it makes … Continue reading
Managing Azure Front Door with the Azure CLI
My last post about Azure Front Door went through the roof, so I though to deliver some more content about this topic. In this post I will focus on how Azure Front Doors can be deployed and managed using the … Continue reading
Unleashing Azure Virtual WAN – Part 1
If you are working with Azure and especially IaaS, you might know that designing and building a virtual network can become a challenge. Lots of differents parts must work together to have a secure, fast and solid network and routing … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged azure, filtering, hub, networking, peering, routa table, routing, spoke, traffic, virtual wan, wan
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Mastering Azure Front Door
During my work with customers I discovered that Azure Front Door is a not-so-well known service. However, it is very valuable if you run applications that are not only distributed across multiple regions, but also used by consumers across the … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged afd, caching, distributed, edge, entry point, front door, frontdoor, global, latency, routing
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Walkthrough: How to use and configure reservations to save money
When consuming cloud services, customers benefit from the pay-what-you-use billing model. That means that you only pay what you have provisioned and use. If you delete a resource, you will not pay for it anymore. This gives customers very good … Continue reading
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Tagged azure, cost management, costs, reservation, reserved, reserved instances, ri, savings, virtual machine, vm
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Azure Guest Policy Configuration – A look behind the curtain
If you work with Azure you probably heard of Azure Policy. It’s a key component for governing your infrastructure and services to audit and enforce proper compliance. Azure policy can not only be used to audit and govern Azure resources, … Continue reading
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Tagged azure, blueprint, compliance, governance, guest, policy, remmediation, virtual machine, vm
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Free Azure Services!
People who are keen about Microsoft Azure often ask if they can use free Azure services to learn about the platform. There is indeed a way to get free access to Azure to start exploring the platform.
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Tagged azure, credit, explore, free, free account, free services, microsoft, start
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