Avoiding Disk Export and VHD Download in Azure
Introduction In an era where cloud computing and virtualization are increasingly taking center stage, Microsoft's Azure is a dominant force. One of the vital components in Azure is the Disk Export and Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Download functionality. While it ... continue reading
Mastering AKS Troubleshooting #3: Kernel view and AKS Observability
Introduction This blog post concludes the three part series that addresses common networking problems that may occur while working with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Although AKS is a managed container orchestration service, issues can still arise, requiring troubleshooting. The ... continue reading
5 tips for IIS on containers: #4 Solving for Horizontal Scale
Fourth up in this blog series! Solving for Horizontal Scale with IIS and Containers. Make sure to check out the other topics in the blog on SSL certificate lifecycle management, IIS app pools and websites and Hardcoded configurations Azure Kubernetes Service Since each node on ... continue reading
Azure Virtual Machines Automation – Deployment
Welcome to this series where you will learn the various best practices for deploying Azure Virtual Machines and how to manage them at scale. To get started, we are going to take a look at various deployment options; how you ... continue reading
How to transfer files to your Azure VM with no public open RDP port
Microsoft released Azure Bastion as a way to connect with a remote session into a virtual machine (VM) on Microsoft Azure, without needing to have the VM’s RDP port available on the internet. Now you can keep port 3389 closed ... continue reading
Azure Identities and Roles Governance dashboard at your fingertips
Hello, dear readers! My name is Hélder Pinto, I am an Azure Infra Customer Engineer based in Portugal, working mostly with customers in Western Europe, and I am back here to share with you some useful tools to help you ... continue reading
Azure Update Management: Log Analytics Agents & Automation Accounts
Introduction Many of our customers would like to start patching servers as soon as possible using a single Update Management Solution deployed on a single Log Analytics Workspace. To achieve this goal you need to deploy the Azure Monitor Agent (newer ... continue reading
Deploy Bicep files by using GitHub Actions
Recently, I did a live streaming session for the New York City Microsoft Reactor in which I took concepts from the Quickstart: Deploy Bicep files by using GitHub Actions doc and put them into action. In this session I create ... continue reading
Cloud Shell Quick Tip: Service Tag Network Security Group Rule
Need to ssh into an Azure Virtual Machine but don't have much more than a browser? Don't worry, Azure has already thought about that. With people working remotely or on the go, it's nice to know there are quick alternatives ... continue reading
PowerShell Basics: Query Azure Role Based Access Control Assignments
A great way to learn PowerShell is to set up a scenario in the Azure portal, then try different PowerShell commands to see if you can get the same results. In this article, we'll use Azure Role Based Access control, ... continue reading