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Network Watcher Connection Monitor is a pretty cool service in Azure, ever need to monitor a Virtual machine but third-party extensions cannot be configured? Connection Monitor allows you to monitor Virtual Machines ports to ensure they’re still listening and reachable. How does it work? The connection is created from a Source Virtual Machine to your … Read more
You may have a requirement from time-to-time to provide a copy of the current Network Security Group(s) rulset within your Azure subscription, in this blog I will show you how this can be be done via PowerShell Lets have a look at a sample NSG created below I am looking this ruleset to be in … Read more
Quite often I am asked about what recommended courses to work on in relation to kick start your further learning of Azure. I have now added these recommended modules and learning paths into this blog post to assist you. Why Microsoft Learn? Microsoft Learn was introduced a few years ago and is a great learning … Read more
What is Always On VPN? Always On VPN is the recommended replacement for Microsoft’s DirectAccess, it is also a Microsoft Product that allows you have a constant VPN connection to a selected network. In this blog, I am going to show you how you can use an Always On device based VPN setup utilising an … Read more
Adding Azure Application Insights to your WordPress site is straight-forward with a great benefit to see how users access your site. Plugin used:- https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-WordPress Why use Application Insights? Application Insights has a range of benefits and uses in relation to monitoring of your application and site, in relation to WordPress.com – benefits of using Application … Read more
Want to transfer data to Azure Storage Accounts and unsure what method to use? Lets have a look at Azure Data Transfer suggestions to assist you in choosing the solution recommended for you A pretty cool feature within Storage Accounts, a few quick drop-downs to select and Azure offer you the most viable options to … Read more
Using Azure Blob storage & storing data? Throughout the life time of data, its requirement for access can vary and sometimes may rarely be required again after a few days or the data expires after a month once its been created. Depending on the amount of data you consume with Azure Blob storage, this can … Read more
My blog entry for the Azure Advent Calendar, you may be asking what this is? Azure Advent Calendar is running through the month of December, consisting of 75 Videos and blog posts all relating to Microsoft Azure, ran my Gregor Suttie & Richard Hooper Thank you for letting me part of this great community event, … Read more
Took a different approach today, spent the morning speaking to vendors and some Microsoft staff on various resources within Azure. This followed by a couple of Microsoft Mechanic sessions, the first focusing on Azure data warehousing and how the newly announced Azure Synapse Analytics service can benefit this even further Azure Synapse, combining data analytics … Read more
After a very exciting first day, back for another fast paced day in the world of Microsoft Ignite with again, quite a number of new additions/announcements to Azure. Session: Architecting and implementing Governance across your subscriptions Speakers: Joseph Chan Governance is a requirement in any project, especially more and more sought after in today’s cloud world. … Read more