What are Logic Apps? A little resource with a big outcome, Logic Apps assist you with automated workflow; scheduling, automating, coposing a task or even rewiting a task. Sounds good? Lets continue! Examples of Logic Apps include:- Auto tier Azure Blobs based on last modified timeReceive emails about new Tweets with certain key wordsPost a … Continue reading Logic Apps – RSS Feeds to Twitter
Azure Functions:- Creating a PowerShell Function v2 using Azure CLI
Previously I had blogged about creating a PowerShell functions using v1 of Azure Functions but in recent updates; PowerShell Core 6 (Preview) is now supported in v2. Want to run small snippets of code in the cloud? Without the need to deploy adequate infrastructure to do so? Azure Functions allow you to do so, with … Continue reading Azure Functions:- Creating a PowerShell Function v2 using Azure CLI
Creating alerts within specified hours with Log Analytics
From time to time, creating alerts using data in Log Analytics may have an additional requirement only to be alerted on specified time frames, usually within business hours or outside of core hours, examples of this may include:- RDP Login in office hoursCPU Spike outside office hours Part of the Log Analytics query will be … Continue reading Creating alerts within specified hours with Log Analytics
Availability Sets v Availability Zones in IaaS
Deploying your Production IaaS VMs within Azure you will be wanting to consider redundancy and ensuring your environment is highly available in both the Application itself along with the infrastructure it will be using within Azure. Looking at this from a high-level, you will be deploying each part of the application that you want to … Continue reading Availability Sets v Availability Zones in IaaS
Microsoft Azure Exam AZ-103 Study Notes
AZ-103 is the newest Azure administrator exam, consisting of both the previous exams AZ-100 and AZ-101. The exam measures your ability in a number of areas including:- Azure Storage, virtual machines, virtual networks and managed identities. Exam topics covered:- Manage Azure subscriptions and resources (15-20%)Implement and manage storage (15-20%)Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs) (15-20%)Configure … Continue reading Microsoft Azure Exam AZ-103 Study Notes
Azure Dashboards
Centralise your queried data graphs/charts etc with Azure Dashboards - such a powerful resource within Microsoft Azure! A fully customisable user interface within a dashboard type environment, this should be configured for a "first-stop" for your team(s) to keep an eye on:- metrics, graphs and data within these dashboards. Why Azure Dashboards? Simple to createFull … Continue reading Azure Dashboards
Azure Key Vault:- 5 ways to secure
Using Azure Key Vault to store your secrets , encryption keys or even certificate data? Have a read of this blog, I will be discussing 5 ways on how to secure your Key Vault from network restriction to key rotation. As mentioned by Microsoft, access to a key vault is controlled via two types of … Continue reading Azure Key Vault:- 5 ways to secure
