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Introduction Azure Monitor Baseline Alerts (AMBA) is a powerful, policy-driven solution that provides preconfigured alert definitions for a broad range of Azure services. By leveraging historical performance data and dynamic…
In Microsoft Azure, a public IP address is a fundamental component for enabling internet-facing services, such as hosting a web application, facilitating remote access, or exposing an API endpoint. While…
In today’s mission-critical environments, maintaining resilient and highly available connectivity between on-premises networks and Azure is essential. Azure ExpressRoute offers dedicated, private connectivity with low latency, high throughput, and robust…
Microsoft Azure Cloud HSM is now available in public preview. Azure Cloud HSM is a highly available, FIPS 140-3 Level 3 validated single-tenant hardware security module (HSM) service designed to…
When it comes to cloud security, one of the most critical aspects is managing connectivity to your virtual machines (VMs) without exposing them to unnecessary risks. To help you with…
Why This Guide Matters Deploying infrastructure in Azure is exciting, but it comes with crucial decisions—speed vs. flexibility, automation vs. customization, security vs. scalability. Making the wrong choice can lead…
In this blog, we will explore how to securely store Azure Function keys in Azure Key Vault using User Assigned Managed Identity (UAMI). By default, keys are stored in a…
Introduction In today's digital landscape, rapid innovation—especially in areas like AI—is reshaping how we work and interact. With this progress comes a growing array of cyber threats and gaps that…
As remote work and hybrid collaboration continue to evolve, enterprises increasingly rely on virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to deliver secure, high-performance communication tools. Microsoft Teams, a cornerstone of modern workplace…
In the fast-evolving world of cloud computing, Platform as a Service (PaaS) drives innovation, agility, and scalability like never before. As organizations unlock its full potential, ensuring strong security measures…
Azure Private DNS provides a robust way to manage DNS records within your Azure virtual networks. However, complex network configurations, especially those utilizing Azure Private Link, can introduce DNS resolution…
Today’s network security landscape is a dynamic and challenging frontier. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have escalated, with over 21 million mitigated in 2024—a 53% surge from 2023—peaking at…
Creating and keeping your cloud environment secure has never been more important. Whether you're expanding your cloud footprint or revisiting an Azure deployment that’s been in production for a while,…
In an era where organizations are increasingly adopting a cloud-first approach to support digital transformation and AI-driven innovation, learning skills to enhance cloud resilience and security has become a top…
With cloud security risks on the rise, it’s more important than ever for you to stay on top of the latest security updates and recommendations from Azure. This week,…
What is Terratest? Terratest is an open-source testing framework that provides: Integration Tests: Deploy infrastructure and verify its behavior. Unit Tests: Test individual modules or small parts of the…
What is Consul Service Mesh?Consul Service Mesh enables secure service-to-service communication by deploying sidecar proxies (Envoy) alongside services. Its key features are listed below: Service Discovery: Automatically detect services. …
1. Handling Iteration over Sensitive Values in a Map of Objects Before diving into the use case, it's important to understand the basics of handling sensitive input variables in Terraform.…
1. What is Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)? Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is a cloud-based desktop and application virtualization service from Microsoft. It allows organizations to host Windows desktops and apps…
As I work on pre-sales across all Microsoft Azure Infrastructure services, I often have many POC discussions with customers, partners, and various stakeholders within Microsoft. There is a…
Maintaining Resiliency in Azure Blob Storage: A Guide to Best Practices Azure Blob Storage is a cornerstone of modern cloud storage, offering scalable and secure solutions for unstructured data. However,…
As part of our comprehensive approach to optimizing Azure infrastructure, we are working hard to remove infrastructure constraints that stand in the way of delivering customer value—whether from performance bottlenecks…
As part of our systems approach in optimizing every layer in our infrastructure, security is a key priority and we are designing our infrastructure hardware with multiple layers of defense…
Streamlining Deployment Environments on Azure Deploying applications efficiently and effectively requires a well-organized setup of deployment environments. Whether it's for development, testing, or staging, having a systematic approach can streamline…
Effortless Kubernetes Deployment: The AKS Deployment Feature in AKS VS Code Extension The latest AKS Deployment feature in the AKS VS Code extension brings powerful deployment options that make managing Kubernetes…
In this blog article, we will cover how to control the app service deployment to support only public facing app service with IP restriction enabled. Note: The policy should allow…
Deploying Azure AI services in containers like Docker, Azure Container Instances (ACI), or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) provides several key benefits for organizations that want to build, scale, and manage AI-based applications. Here's a…
With the advent of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), hyperscale datacenters are increasingly accommodating AI accelerators at scale, demanding higher power at higher density than is customary in traditionally…
In the modern cloud data center, ensuring the authenticity, integrity, and security of hardware and firmware is paramount. Firmware is the lowest level software that runs on every chip in…
Authors: Jason Adrian – General Manager, Azure Platform Architecture Laurentiu Olariu – Power Architect, Azure Platform Architecture Banha Sok – Power Engineer, System Design & Development Hyperscale datacenters are…
In this blog article, we will cover how to deny the creation of inbound Network Security Group Rules if the inbound NSG Rule contains Internet, Any, or 0.0.0.0/0 as…
Azure Extended Zones are designed to bring the power of Azure closer to end users in specific metropolitan areas or jurisdictions, catering to organizations that require low latency and…
Authored by: Sherry Xu, Partner Lead SoC Architect, Azure Maia Chandru Ramakrishnan, Partner Software Engineering Manager As the advancement of artificial intelligence continues to demand new innovations in the…
Accelerate Cloud Potential for Your SAP Workloads on Azure with these Learning Paths In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses need to stay competitive by leveraging the latest…
Overview: Azure Administrators often come across challenges while tracking multiple Azure role assignments and removals. At present Azure provides Activity Logs but they make less sense to non-techsavy stakeholders. For…
Azure Copilot is a powerful AI-driven tool that helps manage and optimize your Azure resources, including Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS). By using Azure Copilot with AKS, you can simplify cluster…
While implementing AVD solution in customer environment the sign-out operation was taking too long. Because the sign-out was not graceful and subsequent sign-in operation for the same user was not…
In enterprise environments, requirements often demand the use of private networks, resulting in VMs not being assigned Public IP addresses. In such cases, Azure Bastion offers an extremely useful feature…
Bring your own Container Network Interface (BYOCNI) plugin with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) What is BYOCNI?BYOCNI stands for Bring Your Own Container Network Interface. It allows advanced AKS users…
Written by George Moore and Adam Abdelhamed, Group Principal Program Managers in the Copilot in Azure team Introduction Copilot in Azure is an intelligent assistant designed to help you design, operate,…
Table of Contents Overview - Azure AI Services Kind of Azure AI Services Responsible AI Services Limited Access Features Cognitive Account – Open AI IaC Deployment – Terraform Cognitive…
Introduction: In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has emerged as a leading platform for orchestrating containerized workloads. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) offers a robust environment for deploying,…
This article walks you through the steps to setup a centralized architecture to resolve DNS names, including private DNS zones across your Azure network and on-premises DNS using an Azure…
I’ve come across a scenario where one of my customer using Azure SQL DB wanted to share their Database with other customer who was also hosted on Azure. They were…
Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of infrastructure management, the demand for efficient, scalable, and reliable solutions has never been higher. As organizations increasingly embrace cloud-native architectures and adopt Infrastructure…
Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of infrastructure management, the demand for efficient, scalable, and reliable solutions has never been higher. As organizations increasingly embrace cloud-native architectures and adopt Infrastructure…
Network Security Groups (NSGs) are a fundamental aspect of Azure networking, providing a layer of security to control traffic flow within virtual networks. However, managing NSG rules across multiple NSGs…
Introduction: Azure Managed HSM is an FIPS 140 Level 3 complaint device, using it customers gain exclusive control over all operations within their key store solution. This ensures that cloud…
Introduction: Azure Managed HSM is an FIPS 140 Level 3 complaint device, using it customers gain exclusive control over all operations within their key store solution. This ensures that cloud…
This blog discusses ISV connectivity patterns for a customer who wants to exchange data with an Azure SaaS provider. Contoso Corporation (Customer) Contoso Corporation wants to access a SaaS…
