Microsoft Cloud & Infrastructure Blog
This is my blog section. In my blog posts at this website I will dive into Microsoft Cloud solutions, basic Infrastructure and some other guides and topics. Here all new blog posts will be showed categorized in years with my newest post up top.
From the left, you can find all my post categories ordered in folders which can be expanded. On the right you can find the various tags and categories and on any blog page you can find the Table of Contents.
Save Azure costs on Virtual Machines with Start/Stop
With the Azure Start/Stop solution we can save costs in Microsoft Azure and save some environmental impact. In this guide I will explain how the solution works, how it can help your Azure solutions and how it must be deployed and configured.
Module 6: Networking in Microsoft Azure
In Module 6, we will explore all the possibilities of Azure regarding networking, VPNs, load balancing methods, proxies, and gateways. This chapter also covers most the topics and solutions included in the AZ-700 exam, the Azure Networking certification.
Penetration testing Defender for Identity and Active Directory
In this guide, I will show how to do some popular Active Directory attacking tests and show how Defender for Identity (MDI) will alert you about the attacks. Not everyting detected by Defender for Identity will be directly classified as potential attack. When implementing the solution,...
Deep dive into IPv6 with Microsoft Azure
In Microsoft Azure, we can build servers and networks that use IPv6 for their connectivity. This is especially great for your webservers, where you want the highest level of availability for your users. This is achieved the best using both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. In this...
How to monitor your Active Directory with Defender for Identity
When it comes to security, it is great to secure every perimeter. In the Zero Trust model, it has been stated that we have to verify everything, everytime, everywhere. So why consider not monitoring and defending your traditional Active Directory that is still in use because...
The Basics and Benefits of IPv6
IPv6. We hear it a lot these days and it's a very common network addressing protocol and the successor of the older IPv4, but will not necessarily take over IPv4 100% (yet). On this page I will describe the basics, some tips and the benefits.
Using Azure Update Manager to manage updates at scale
Azure Update Manager is a tool from Microsoft and is developed to automate, installing and documenting Windows updates or updates to Linux server on Azure. This all in a single pane of glass and without installing any additional software.
Active Directory FSMO roles
Active Directory Domain Controllers are assigned 5 different FSMO roles, which all have their own function. We can separate them over multiple servers to create more redundancy, but make sure to handle those all as servers. All roles neeed a 24/7 uptime for your environment to...
Get Device serial number on Windows 11 24H2 and up
With Windows 24H2 and the deprecation of WMIC, an easy command to find your devices' serial number is gone. However, we can still look this up with Powershell.
Stop OneNote printer from being default printer in AVD
If you have the Office Apps installed with OneNote included, sometimes the OneNote printer will be installed as default. This post explains how to solve this problem.