Blogging all things Microsoft Azure
Previously I blogged “Using PowerShell to automatically Tweet a random Blog Post from Table Storage” which resulted in a couple of Azure PowerShell Functions, this is a complex setup and possibly not required if all you are looking to do is Tweet a random blog post at a scheduled time. In this blog, I will…
Want to create alerts from the Azure Activity Log? I will be showing how to do this with the PowerShell cmdlet Set-AzActivityLogAlert using conditions taken from a json output of the Activity Log. For the example I will be looking at alerting when a change has been made to a Network Security Group (NSG) I…
Have a requirement for a static website in either HTML, CSS, JavaScript? Have a look at creating a static Website using an Azure Storage Account, simple to create and very cost effective! In this blog, I will show to do this via both Portal and PowerShell A v2 Storage Account is required. During initial setup…
Azure Files as of recent times supports authentication with Azure Active Directory Domain Services using identity-based authentication. Virtual Machines joined to Azure AD DS can authenticate to Azure Files using Azure AD credentials rather than the generic username/password Azure Files provides. As a prerequisite, you will require an Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD…
What is Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS)? Azure AD DS provides domain services without the need to deploy and manage actual domain domain controllers, services include group policy, domain join and even Kerberos/NTLM authentication. The AD DS instance also integrates with your existing Azure AD tenant, allowing you to include existing AD…
From time to time, you may want an automated report to be emailed which displays a specific Log Analytics query, in this blog I will detail how this can be done via using a Logic App. What are Logic Apps? A little resource with a big outcome, Logic Apps assist you with automated workflow; scheduling,…
AZ-500 is the latest Microsoft Azure Exam I have sat and passed, have received a number of messages asking when I would create a study guide for it, here it is! A security focused exam by Azure measuring your ability to complete the following tasks:- manage identity and access, implement platform protection, manage security operations…
Azure Monitor, an all in one comprehensive solution for collecting, analyzing and acting on your cloud and/or on-premises environment. Along with this, we use both Log Analytics & Application Insights for collecting and analyzing telemetry data that allows us to view real-time metrics of how the application/environment is currently being handled. Application Insights also helps…
Azure recently released an update to inform that the Weekly publication of Azure datacenter IP ranges (also known as XML files) for Azure Public, China, and Germany will be deprecated by June 30, 2020. Below is the update that was sent out:- Instead, you can now download the updated weekly publications (also known as JSON files) or programmatically retrieve this…
Azure Recovery Services Vault is a backup resource within Azure, primarily used for Virtual Machine backups and Azure Site Recovery. Both of which are critical to the successful running of an environment in Azure, whether it be backing up the data on the Virtual Machine or the requirement to have Site Recovery enabled to allow…