TL; DR– Deployment Stacks is a new resource type for managing a collection of Azure resources as a single unit for faster update and delete (cleanup), while also preventing unwanted changes…
Over the last six months there have been exciting new releases across Governance services to help you continue to manage your Azure environment with increased speed and control. We are…
As a Backup and Site Recovery Admin, one of your key roles is to be on top of all critical incidents and ensure timely resolution from an outage. Azure Site…
As a Backup and Disaster Recovery Admin, one of your key roles is to obtain insights on data that spans a long time. Similar to Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery…
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We are thrilled to announce the general availability release of the Azure Resource Graph Power BI Data Connector, a tool that empowers Azure users to unlock deeper insights into their…
Azure Automation Update Management will be deprecated on 31st August 2024 as the Log Analytics agent it uses, also known as the Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA), will be retired. Therefore,…
Change Analysis Viewing changes to your Azure resources just became easier! With Azure Resource Graph’s Change Analysis, you can now view all your resource changes across all your tenants and…
Overview This article is to inform you of some important changes that we are making as part of our ongoing efforts to improve your Azure experience and increase pricing transparency.…
Effective cost management in Azure Monitor and Azure Log Analytics is essential for controlling cloud expenditures. It involves strategic measures to reduce costs while maximizing the value derived from ingested,…
We recently announced how you can use Azure Log Analytics to create alerts on Azure Resource Graph queries. Here, I wanted to discuss possible scenarios and examples on how this…
Cloud adoption is not a one-and-done endeavor, but an iterative process. Constant innovation means there are new and better cloud-based solutions available every day. That impacts your cloud workloads and…
Change Analysis Identifying who made a change to your Azure resources and how the change was made just became easier! With Change Analysis, you can now see who initiated the…
The cloud comes with the promise of significant cost savings compared to on-premises costs. However, realizing those savings requires diligence to proactively plan, govern, and monitor your cloud solutions. Your…
Identity and Access Management for Azure Landing Zones Today, we launched our refreshed guidance for identity and access management (IAM) in Azure Landing Zones. ALZ is a core part…
Majority of the organizations are at different stages of their cloud adoption journey, as they navigate through public clouds, private clouds and on-premises data centers. Their IT landscape is often…
Many enterprises seek to migrate on-premises IT infrastructure to cloud for cost optimization, scalability, and enhanced reliability. During modernization, key aspect is to transition automated processes from on-premises environments, where…
Many enterprises seek to migrate on-premises IT infrastructure to cloud for cost optimization, scalability, and enhanced reliability. During modernization, key aspect is to transition automated processes from on-premises environments, where…
Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to their cloud bill. To effectively manage your cloud investments, you need to know what you’re spending and where it’s being spent. We…
The cost of cloud computing can add up quickly, especially for businesses with a high volume of data, high traffic or mission-critical applications. As organizations increasingly put cloud capabilities to work,…
The last few years have witnessed an increase in the number of ransomware attacks aimed at disrupting businesses to extract a ‘ransom’ from the victims. As a result, organizations have…
Azure Resource Graph (ARG) team is proud to announce the Public Preview of our ARG Power BI Data Connector. Now, you can seamlessly transform your Azure Resource Graph queries into…
Reducing spend is more important than ever given today’s dynamic economy. Today’s businesses strive to create efficiencies that safeguard against unpredictable shifts in the economy, beat competitors, and prioritize what…
Ransomware attacks can cause significant damage to organizations and individuals, including data loss, security breaches, and costly business disruptions. When successful, they can disable a business’ core IT infrastructure, and…
You've come to the right place if you're looking for everything happening with Azure Governance at Microsoft Ignite, November 14-17, 2023. The Azure Governance team is super excited to…
A System Topic in Event Grid represents one or more events published by Azure services. Azure Resource Notifications (ARN) service collects data from various publishers and makes them available via event…
We are thrilled to announce Azure Policy for Kubernetes Public Preview support for Mutation, available for Azure Kubernetes Service clusters! This release is brought to you in collaboration with Azure…
Azure Resource Graph is an Azure service designed to provide efficient and performant resource exploration with the ability to query at scale across a given set of subscriptions so that…
Following the open sourcing of nxtools, we are excited to expand our suite of open-source features by making the GitHub repository of the Guest Configuration PowerShell Module publicly available! …
We are excited to announce the general availability to configure Azure Change Tracking & Inventory using the Azure Monitor agent (AMA) The Change Tracking and Inventory service tracks changes…
We are happy to share that built-in Azure Monitor alerts for Azure Site Recovery is now in public preview. With this integration, Azure Site Recovery users will now have:…
We are excited to announce support for Azure RBAC resources in Azure Resource Graph (ARG) via the AuthorizationResources table! You can query your Role Assignments, Role Definitions, and Classic Admins…
Visual Studio Code is a lightweight source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It provides an industry leading creation & editing experience…
Everyone is under pressure to cut costs these days. But in times of economic flux, it’s not just about cutting costs. A successful approach lies in the ability to continuously…
Some of you may recall back in June we posted a blog introducing AMBA and since then we've received a huge amount of interest and adoption in its use as…
We are thrilled to announce the general availability of DenyAction, a new effect in Azure Policy! With the introduction of Deny Action, policy enforcement now expands into blocking request based on…
In my previous blog on chaos engineering, I talk about how to improve application resilience with Azure Chaos Studio. Fault injection impacts resources directly, and it must be done in…
With the evolution of the IT landscape, there is a growing demand for seamless management of resources across the cloud and edge. We are pleased to announce that Azure Update…
Azure OpenAI is a cloud-based service that allows you to access and use large-scale, generative AI models, such as GPT-4 and Dall-E, for various applications involving language, code, reasoning, and…
TL; DR – Deployment Stacks is a new resource type for managing a collection of Azure resources as a single unit for faster update and delete (cleanup), as well as more…
Compute > Virtual Machine Scale Set Available Now: "Recommended" Tag for VM/ VMSS sizes Intune Updates to Microsoft Intune Let's look at each of these updates in greater detail. …
Azure customers run mission-critical workloads on our platform and need to architect their applications in a way that will deliver reliability and transparency. Our goal is to provide transparency in…
We are excited to announce the public preview to track changes for Windows Services & Linux Daemons with Azure Change Tracking & Inventory using the Azure Monitor agent (AMA) What’s…
Analytics > Azure Stream Analytics Simulate a Stream Analytics job running topology before deployment Analytics > Azure Stream Analytics Stream Analytics job performance using the Job Diagram feature Intune Updates…
We are happy to share that Azure Backup Reports now includes support for more workloads: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Servers, Azure Blobs and Azure Disks! This means that you…
There has been a significant acceleration in digital transformation of the IT environments, with organizations moving their workloads to the cloud and benefitting from consolidated management and operations of their…
Overview As we continue to evolve the Azure landing zone (ALZ) product, if you follow the ALZ community calls or read the whats-new monthly releases you will see we are…
Azure Backup recently announced the general availability of immutable vaults that offer improved protection for your backup data better against ransomware attacks and other malicious actors. Immutable vaults protect your…
We are "nxcited" to announce the release of nxtools, an opensource collection of class-based DSC resources for commonly used Linux / Unix modules and built-in Machine Configuration packages for customers.…
We are thrilled to announce that Azure Automanage Machine Best Practices now enables you to apply CIS aligned Azure security baselines through Automanage Machine Configuration. Azure Automanage Machine Best…