Tag Archives: Control

Azure Resource Tags in JSON Format

Posted on 16/03/2019 by Marcel Zehner

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 | 2 Comments

Azure Resource Graph Introduction

Posted on 10/01/2019 by Marcel Zehner

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 →

Posted in Azure | Tagged azure, Control, govern, governance, graph, graph explorer, resource management, resources, speed, transparency, transparent, visualization | 3 Comments

Azure Blueprints – Overview

Posted on 04/10/2018 by Marcel Zehner

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 →

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Azure Resource Policies – a complete walkthrough

Posted on 28/09/2016 by Marcel Zehner

When companies use Azure to deploy and use resources, they should use strict guidelines to safeguard their subscriptions and keep the quality at a high level. They need to make sure that resources are placed in the correct resource groups, … Continue reading →

Posted in Azure, DevOps | Tagged ARM, azure resource manager, azure resource policy, condition, Control, effect, if, json, then, visual studio | 8 Comments

GitHub Source Control for your Visual Studio projects

Posted on 17/05/2016 by Marcel Zehner

In my last post I explained how you can use GitHub as a platform for Azure Automation runbook versioning and source control. Another tool IT Pros (like myself) use more and more is Visual Studio. This article walks you through … Continue reading →

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