Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (May 2023)
Hi everyone! Brandon Wilson here once again with this month’s “Check This Out!” (CTO!) guide. These posts are only intended to be your guide, to lead you to some content of interest, and are just a way we are trying ... continue reading
Mastering AKS Troubleshooting #2: VNet cross-connectivity and Port resolution
Introduction This post is the second in a three-part series on troubleshooting common networking issues with Azure Kubernetes (AKS), a managed container orchestration service. Scenarios in this post were the result of an intensive one-day bootcamp specifically targeting advanced AKS networking ... continue reading
Mastering AKS Troubleshooting #1: Resolving Connectivity and DNS Failures
Introduction AKS or Azure Kubernetes Service is a fully managed Kubernetes container orchestration service that enables you to deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications easily. However, even with the most robust systems issues can arise that require troubleshooting. This ... continue reading
How to deploy gMSA on AKS with Terraform
The other day I posted a blog on how to deploy an AKS cluster that is ready for Windows workloads using Terraform. Today, I wanted to expand that to include gMSA, which is a highly requested feature from Windows customers ... continue reading

Azure Virtual WAN introduces its first SaaS offering
Today we are excited to announce the preview of Palo Alto Networks Cloud Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) for Azure, available as a software as a service (SaaS) offering in Azure Virtual WAN. Azure Virtual WAN (vWAN), networking as a service ... continue reading
Kubernetes External DNS for Azure DNS & AKS
Introduction After deploying an application and its services into a Kubernetes cluster, a question rises on the surface, how to access it with a custom domain name ? A simple solution would be to create an A record that points ... continue reading

Choose the best global distribution solution for your applications with Azure
This post was co-authored by Dave Burkhardt and Sami Modak. As part of your cloud journey, critical applications need to be deployed in multiple Azure regions to ensure high availability for your global customer base. When reviewing Azure’s various global traffic ... continue reading
Deploying a Windows AKS cluster with Terraform
Terraform is one of the most popular tools today for cloud management. As an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool, it allows you to declaratively provision infrastructure on cloud providers such as Azure. In this blog post, we will cover how ... continue reading

Update XML files using PowerShell
There are many available blog posts on internet explaining how to update XML files in PowerShell. But I felt need of one consolidated blog where complex XML files can be updated using PowerShell. These complex xml files can have long ... continue reading
Change Configuration Manager Site Server OS – Side-by-Side Migration Reference
Hello! My name is Herbert Fuchs and together with other members of the Customer Success Unit and the Customer Service & Support Organization we want to help our Customers with This Blog-Series. We gathered information and put our field ... continue reading