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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...
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.
10 ways to use tags in Microsoft Azure
When being introduced to Azure, I learned about tags very quickly. However, this is something you can use in practice but is no requirement to make stuff actually work. Now some years ahead in my Azure journey, I can recommend (at least) 10 ways to use...
My Azure Naming Framework
Naming your resources in Microsoft Azure ensures a proper way of recognizing a certain cause and result of what your resources do. Good naming is part of the documentntation process, where an environment with good naming strategy will always do it better in case of outages...
Azure VPN Gateway Maintenance - How to configure
Most companies who use Microsoft Azure in a hybrid setup have a Site-to-Site VPN gateway between the network in Azure and on-premises. This connection becomes mission critical for this company as a disruption mostly means a disruption in work or processes. But sometimes, Microsoft has to...
Azure Stack HCI - Host your Virtual Desktops locally
Azure Stack HCI is a solution for Microsoft Azure to host Azure resources on your own hardware and location. This sounds traditional but can help to boost your Azure resources for your customer and/or use case. For example, with Azure Stack HCI it is possible to...
How to learn Azure - My learning resources
When starting to learn Microsoft Azure, the resources and information can be overwhelming. At this page I have summarized some resources which found out during my Azure journey and my advice on when to use what resource.
Introduction to Azure roles and permissions (RBAC/IAM)
In this page, I will explain you the basics of Microsoft Azure roles and permissions management (RBAC) and help you secure your environment.
Network security in Azure with NSG and ASG
When designing, managing and securing a network in Microsoft Azure we have lots of options to do this. We can leverage third-party appliances like Fortinet, Palo Alto, PFSense or Sophos XG Firewall but we can also use the somewhat limited built-in options; Network Security Groups (NSG...
Rename name-tags to resource groups and resources
When it comes to naming your Azure Resource Groups and resources, most of them are not renameable. This due to limitations on the platform and maybe some underlying technical limitations. However, it is possible to assign a renameable tag to a resource in Azure which can...