Azure Web Apps and AI — What’s New from Microsoft Ignite 2025 (Azure Greg)

Published: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:36:29 UTC

Microsoft Ignite 2025 reaffirmed that AI is now a first-class development model across the Azure platform, not just an optional add-on


Entra Account Recovery (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:09:09 UTC

A dive into the new ability to recovery accounts using only government issued IDs and third-party identity verification services. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


Unlock Windows 365 Link Setup | Simplifying Intune & SSO! (Ciraltos)

Published: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:17:50 UTC

Microsoft’s Windows 365 Link is a purpose-built device that makes accessing Windows 365 Cloud PCs simple and secure


How to Setup Conditional Access for Account Recovery (Our Cloud Network)

Published: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:34:06 UTC

Secure Microsoft Entra Account Recovery with Conditional Access


Merry Multicloud: Managing AWS Virtual Machine Instances with Azure Arc (Wim Matthyssen)

Published: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:00:00 UTC

In my Festive Tech Calendar contribution this year, I’ll show you how to manage AWS Virtual Machine instances with AzureContinue Reading


Entra 🆔 News #129 → This week in Microsoft Entra (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:45:15 UTC

Learn about Entra GSA, new community toolkits and more!


KB: Veeam Backup Fails to Synology SMB Share – “An unexpected network error occurred – Asynchronous request operation has failed” (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 11:00:13 UTC

Last Updated on December 28, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction Recently, I ran into a frustrating Veeam… The post KB: Veeam Backup Fails to Synology SMB Share – “An unexpected network error occurred – Asynchronous request operation has failed” first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Identity-Centric Network Security: Entra Global Secure Access Architecture & Benefits (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 05:15:55 UTC

From VPN to Zero Trust: Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access Complete Overview


Microsoft adds new Microsoft 365 Support Engineer role to Entra (Our Cloud Network)

Published: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 08:24:04 UTC

Microsoft have added a new Microsoft 365 Support Engineer role to Microsoft Entra, but what does it do and why has it been added. The post Microsoft adds new Microsoft 365 Support Engineer role to Entra appeared first on Our Cloud Network.


How to Block External Teams Users Directly in Microsoft Defender (AdminDroid Blog)

Published: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 15:03:43 UTC

For a long time, Microsoft Teams supported blocking external users only from the Teams admin center, offering limited control for security teams


How to Find and Disable Unconstrained Delegation in Active Directory (AdminDroid Blog)

Published: Thu, 25 Dec 2025 10:30:00 UTC

When it comes to managing multi-tier applications in Active Directory, Kerberos delegation is the secret sauce that keeps everything talking smoothly


Key Microsoft 365 Security Settings Introduced in 2025 Admins Should Configure (AdminDroid Blog)

Published: Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:03:12 UTC

As Microsoft 365 becomes an AI-first productivity platform in 2025, security extends far beyond protecting mailboxes or endpoints


My 2026 Cyber and Other Predictions (Dom Kirby)

Published: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:13:34 UTC

It’s hard to believe 2025 is already wrapping


Jailbroken or Rooted Device Detection in Microsoft Authenticator App (AdminDroid Blog)

Published: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:28:59 UTC

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the most effective defenses against identity-based attacks


Microsoft Resolves WAM Issues for Microsoft Graph PowerShell (Our Cloud Network)

Published: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:15:29 UTC

The default login experience has been set to use WAM for Microsoft Graph PowerShell, supporting additional security measures. The post Microsoft Resolves WAM Issues for Microsoft Graph PowerShell appeared first on Our Cloud Network.


Connecting Local MCP (STDIO) servers remotely using Proxy (msandbu.org)

Published: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 06:37:46 UTC

So for some time now I have been tinkering with, how can I use local MCP servers remotely? Think about the scenario where I want to utilize MCP against a specific machine in another network segment, such as for running commands in Bash/zsh/PowerShell or even local file operations


Entra 🆔 News #128 → This week in Microsoft Entra (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 13:18:57 UTC

Alex Simons announces his retirement


Conquer AVD Shortcuts: Effortless Direct URI for Windows Apps! (Ciraltos)

Published: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 12:51:15 UTC

If you’ve ever wanted a quicker way to connect to Azure Virtual Desktop, direct launch URI is the solution


Azure Christmas 2025 (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:10:17 UTC

I'm so sorry ;-)


How to Kill SMS MFA in Entra ID Without a Single Script (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:16:56 UTC

The one setting that forces users to stop using SMS


Azure Update - 19th December 2025 with Christmas Song (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:51:48 UTC

This week's very quick update and sadly this years Azure Christmas song abomination. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


How to Create Site Attestation Policy in SharePoint Online (AdminDroid Blog)

Published: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:28:38 UTC

SharePoint Online environments often grew without control, with sites staying active long after projects ended, members never being cleaned up, and sharing left open. This led to oversharing and content sprawl, with many sites lacking clear ownership and proper governance.  Without automation, managing site lifecycles across hundreds or thousands of sites became a manual, unscalable… The post How to Create Site Attestation Policy in SharePoint Online appeared first on AdminDroid Blog.


Expanded App Support for Microsoft Teams Private Channel (AdminDroid Blog)

Published: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:44:07 UTC

For years, private channels were the “quiet corners” of Microsoft Teams, excellent for security. However, they were frustratingly limited when it came to the apps and bots that drive daily workflows


The future state of End-User Computing (msandbu.org)

Published: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:58:28 UTC

This is a long overdue blog post focusing on what I believe will be the future state of the EUC, and is essentially a summary of a session I did at EUC Denmark back in March


Microsoft named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Application Development Platforms (Microsoft Azure Blog)

Published: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:00:00 UTC

We believe this recognition shows our commitment to pioneering agent frameworks, orchestration, and enterprise-grade governance. The post Microsoft named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Application Development Platforms appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.


Git Rail Control: An Interactive Way To Learn Git (Thomas Thornton Blog)

Published: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:52:03 UTC

Ever wished you could practice Git commands without the fear of messing up a real repository? That’s exactly what I built – Git Rail Control, an interactive Git training platform that turns version control into a gamified learning experience with a rail operations theme


Cross-Tenant User Data Migration with Orchestrator in Microsoft 365 (AdminDroid Blog)

Published: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:32:50 UTC

Have you ever managed a Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migration during a merger, acquisition, or organizational split? If so, you know how complex it can be—separate tools for Exchange and OneDrive, multiple scripts to track progress, and limited visibility into what’s moving and what’s not.  For admins, cross-tenant migrations have often… The post Cross-Tenant User Data Migration with Orchestrator in Microsoft 365 appeared first on AdminDroid Blog.


Azure updates for partners: December 2025 (Microsoft Azure Blog)

Published: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:23:05 UTC

Organizations leading in AI make it foundational


SignToolGUI 2.1.0.0 Released 🎉 (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:12:38 UTC

Last Updated on December 16, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction I’m happy to announce the release of… The post SignToolGUI 2.1.0.0 Released 🎉 first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


How Trust Indicators Enable Safer External Collaboration in Microsoft Teams (AdminDroid Blog)

Published: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:53:04 UTC

 Imagine you’re in a Microsoft Teams meeting


Microsoft Entra to Add Soft Delete Capability for Devices (Our Cloud Network)

Published: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 07:28:35 UTC

A new soft delete capability is coming soon for devices, allowing admins to easily recover accidentally deleted objects. The post Microsoft Entra to Add Soft Delete Capability for Devices appeared first on Our Cloud Network.


New Intune/Autopatch Feature: CVE and KB reporting – Better visibility, smarter patching – General Availability (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:39:09 UTC

Last Updated on December 15, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction Microsoft has now begun the rollout of… The post New Intune/Autopatch Feature: CVE and KB reporting – Better visibility, smarter patching – General Availability first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Using Foundry's Model Router to Simplify Optimal AI Model Selection (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:57:07 UTC

A walkthrough of Microsoft Foundry's Model Router to make it easy to pick the most optimal AI model in your AI applications and agents. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


Entra 🆔 News #127 → This week in Microsoft Entra (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 12:45:54 UTC

👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.


Extending Microsoft Entra: Logic Apps, Power Apps, and the Art of Tinkering with Entra ID (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 20:14:14 UTC

The gap between "I wish Entra did X" and "I built X in Entra" is smaller than you think.


‘Revoke Sessions’ Replaces the Legacy ‘Revoke Multifactor Authentication Sessions’ in Entra ID (AdminDroid Blog)

Published: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:24:23 UTC

When responding to suspicious MFA sessions, compromised accounts, or device loss, most admins instinctively go for revoking MFA sessions


Azure Update - 12th December 2025 (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:06:57 UTC

This week's very quick update. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


Microsoft Introduces Version Expiration Policies for SharePoint Media Files (AdminDroid Blog)

Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:12:26 UTC

SharePoint Online is a go-to platform for collaboration, where users upload audio files for teamwork and share large videos for training


How to Disable or Deactivate Applications in Microsoft Entra (Our Cloud Network)

Published: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:57:23 UTC

Learn how to disable or deactivate applications in Microsoft Entra so they cannot be used for authentication. The post How to Disable or Deactivate Applications in Microsoft Entra appeared first on Our Cloud Network.


One Click to Your Cloud Desktop: Unlock AVD Direct Launch URLs Now! (Ciraltos)

Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:54:06 UTC

If your users need fast, frictionless Remote Access to their Virtual Desktop or Remote App, direct launch links are a game changer


Introducing GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry: The new standard for enterprise AI (Microsoft Azure Blog)

Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:18:05 UTC

Discover GPT‑5.2 in Microsoft Foundry—the next standard for enterprise AI


Azure Storage innovations: Unlocking the future of data (Microsoft Azure Blog)

Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:00:00 UTC

Whether you are improving the resilience of mission-critical workloads or modernizing legacy systems; Azure Storage has a solution for you. The post Azure Storage innovations: Unlocking the future of data appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.


Actioning agentic AI: 5 ways to build with news from Microsoft Ignite 2025 (Microsoft Azure Blog)

Published: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:00:00 UTC

Energy at Microsoft Ignite was electric


My AI Assisted Blog Writing Workflow (Dom Kirby)

Published: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:59:10 UTC

I figured we would take a little bit of a side quest for a moment on AI


Using Logic Apps as MCP Servers for your AI Application (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:58:26 UTC

A walkthrough of using Logic App connectors and your own workflows as MCP Server tools for your AI apps and agents! 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


Microsoft’s commitment to supporting cloud infrastructure demand in the United States (Microsoft Azure Blog)

Published: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:00:00 UTC

Today, we are sharing progress on our infrastructure expansions across the United States that are supporting the tremendous growth in customer demand for cloud and AI services. The post Microsoft’s commitment to supporting cloud infrastructure demand in the United States appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.


Cloud Accelerate Factory – Accelerate Cloud Adoption with Expert Guidance (Thomas Maurer)

Published: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:44:07 UTC

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations are under increasing pressure to migrate, modernize, and innovate—quickly and securely


About That Tech Debt (Dom Kirby)

Published: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 06:20:07 UTC

In my last post, I talked about the “agent hype” we’re all dealing with


AI is Slowing you Down (Dom Kirby)

Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:37:19 UTC

Click bait title is click bait, but I have a point here


Entra 🆔 News #126 → This week in Microsoft Entra (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:18:20 UTC

Wokplace Ninjas US - Edition


Entra Synced Passkeys and Passkey Profiles (Dom Kirby)

Published: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:13:30 UTC

At Ignite, Microsoft announced that Synced Passkeys would become available in Entra


Inside Microsoft’s Entra Tenant: The Internal App Governance Playbook (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:50:48 UTC

How Microsoft automates 100+ app requests per month and Microsoft’s strict mandates for internal apps


Global Secure Access – Guest Access support with the Windows Client (B2B Guest) (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:43:19 UTC

Last Updated on December 10, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction Big news is on the horizon for… The post Global Secure Access – Guest Access support with the Windows Client (B2B Guest) first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Azure Update - 5th December 2025 - 10% more fancy edition (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:03:01 UTC

A slightly higher class update than usual 🤣 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


Subnet peering and ExpressRoute (Cloudtrooper)

Published: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:45:34 UTC

Yesterday I got an interesting question


Major updates in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Intune (December 2025) (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:17:24 UTC

Last Updated on December 4, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction On December 4, 2025, Microsoft released major… The post Major updates in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Intune (December 2025) first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


AVD + Entra ID Guest Users: The Ultimate Microsoft Azure B2B Access Guide! (Ciraltos)

Published: Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:24:38 UTC

Managing external access in Microsoft Azure has always been a challenge—especially for organizations using Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)


New options for AI-powered innovation, resiliency, and control with Microsoft Azure (Microsoft Azure Blog)

Published: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:00:00 UTC

We are extending Azure public regions with options that adapt to our customers’ evolving business requirements without forcing trade-offs. The post New options for AI-powered innovation, resiliency, and control with Microsoft Azure appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.


Entra Synced Passkeys and Passkey Profiles (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:07:04 UTC

A look at the ability to have synced passkeys with Entra ID and how to use them. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


From Ops to C-Level – AI Adoption in Practice – Festive Tech Calendar 2025 (wedoAzure)

Published: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:55:00 UTC

Introduction It’s great to be back for another year of the Festive Tech Calendar


Secure private access to your internal apps without a VPN ()

Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:12:51 UTC

Welcome everyone to my contribution to this year’s Festive Tech Calendar


Introducing Mistral Large 3 in Microsoft Foundry: Open, capable, and ready for production workloads (Microsoft Azure Blog)

Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:02:30 UTC

Explore Mistral Large 3 in Azure—open-source, long-context, multimodal AI built for reliable enterprise workloads. The post Introducing Mistral Large 3 in Microsoft Foundry: Open, capable, and ready for production workloads appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.


A decade of open innovation: Celebrating 10 years of Microsoft and Red Hat partnership (Microsoft Azure Blog)

Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:00:00 UTC

A decade-long partnership between Microsoft and Red Hat has redefined what open innovation means, empowering customers with flexible, secure, and scalable solutions across the cloud. The post A decade of open innovation: Celebrating 10 years of Microsoft and Red Hat partnership appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.


Dobbies having fun in the snow! (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:38:07 UTC


Manage Azure Local Updates (Thomas Maurer)

Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:34:53 UTC

Keeping your Azure Local instances up-to-date is essential for ensuring security, performance, and access to the latest Azure innovations


Running HashiCorp’s Terraform MCP Server in GitHub Actions (Thomas Thornton Blog)

Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:30:00 UTC

Run HashiCorp Terraform MCP Server seamlessly in GitHub Actions to ensure accurate provider schemas and smoother automation


The Hidden Steps Microsoft Forgot to Document: Securing Azure App Service Authentication Behind Front Door with Private Link (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:00:26 UTC

Today I want to walk through how to configure Azure App Service Authentication when your App Service sits behind Azure Front Door and is accessed through a Private Link


How to Enable Require Risk Remediation in Conditional Access (Our Cloud Network)

Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:53:39 UTC

Learn how to use the Risk Remediation Conditional Access Grant Control to remediate risk for all authentication methods. The post How to Enable Require Risk Remediation in Conditional Access appeared first on Our Cloud Network.


Azure networking updates on security, reliability, and high availability (Microsoft Azure Blog)

Published: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:00:00 UTC

The cloud landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by the exponential growth of AI workloads. The post Azure networking updates on security, reliability, and high availability appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.


AB-900 Study Cram - Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:29:31 UTC

Study cram for AB-900


Reimagine Migration: Agentic Platform Landing Zone with Azure Migrate 🚀 (Thomas Maurer)

Published: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:31:20 UTC

Migrating workloads to the cloud can feel like navigating a minefield — full of potential misconfigurations, inconsistent environments, and compliance pitfalls


Entra 🆔 News #125 → This week in Microsoft Entra (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:22:57 UTC

👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.


The "Secret Sauce" Behind Microsoft's New MCP Server (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 03:19:43 UTC

Microsoft Launches Official MCP Server for Entra & Graph


Azure Update - 28th November 2025 (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:44:35 UTC

Quick update this week. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


Architecting for Resiliency on Azure Infrastructure (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:06:39 UTC

How to Build Cloud-Native Reliability for Mission-Critical Workloads Introduction Resiliency has become one of the most critical architectural principles in modern cloud environments


Build Smarter with Azure AI Landing Zones: Your Blueprint for Scalable, Secure AI Solutions (Thomas Maurer)

Published: Thu, 27 Nov 2025 18:21:50 UTC

As organizations race to adopt AI, many teams face the same recurring challenges: inconsistent architectures, unclear governance patterns, and difficulties scaling solutions with confidence


SQL Server 2025 Top Ten Features (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:52:12 UTC

Quick look at some of the really nice capabilities in SQL Server 2025. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


How to Enable Baseline Security Mode in Microsoft 365 (Our Cloud Network)

Published: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:16:53 UTC

Learn how to enable Baseline Security Mode in Microsoft 365 and understand some of the pitfalls for administrators. The post How to Enable Baseline Security Mode in Microsoft 365 appeared first on Our Cloud Network.


AVD + FSLogix Without Domain Controllers: A Complete Cloud-Native Setup (Ciraltos)

Published: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:30:22 UTC

Great news! You can now deploy Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) with FSLogix using Entra-only identities and Azure Files—no domain controllers required


Global Secure Access – Intelligent Local Access for Private Access (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:58:31 UTC

Last Updated on November 25, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction As organizations increasingly adopt hybrid work models,… The post Global Secure Access – Intelligent Local Access for Private Access first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


What Is Baseline Security Mode and Should You Rely on It? (Our Cloud Network)

Published: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:32:14 UTC

Explore the new Microsoft 365 Baseline Security Mode


Commvault SHIFT Virtual: A New Era of AI-Driven Cyber Resilience (On-Demand) (Thomas Maurer)

Published: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:29:00 UTC

Last week was not only Microsoft Ignite in San Francisco but also Commvault SHIFT 2025 virtual event — The Cyber Resilience Revolution Goes Global — which delivered a powerful vision for how enterprises can build true resilience in the age of AI


Entra 🆔 News #124 → This week in Microsoft Entra (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:39:28 UTC

👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.


Entra Ignite Recap: Synced Passkeys, Agent ID & The Future of Identity (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 02:17:57 UTC

Stop Using Passwords: The Entra Update You Can't Ignore


Azure Update - IGNITE SPECIAL - 21st November 2025 (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:57:53 UTC

Stupid large update this week :-) Check out the Ignite Book of News at https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-2025-book-of-news/ 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


Application Gateway for Containers: Istio integration (6) (Cloudtrooper)

Published: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:32:44 UTC

This post will explore the functionality in Azure Application Gateway for Containers (AGC) to integrate with an Istio service mesh in Kubernetes


How to Create an Agent Identity with Microsoft Graph PowerShell (Our Cloud Network)

Published: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:45:30 UTC

Learn how to use Microsoft Graph PowerShell to create an Agent Identity in Microsoft Entra Agent ID from an Agent Blueprint. The post How to Create an Agent Identity with Microsoft Graph PowerShell appeared first on Our Cloud Network.


Simplifying Azure Virtual Desktop Management with Managed Identities (Ciraltos)

Published: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:42:36 UTC

Managing Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments can be complex—especially when it comes to scaling, security, and automation


How to Create an Agent Identity Blueprint With Graph Powershell (Our Cloud Network)

Published: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:59:45 UTC

Learn how to create Agent Identity Blueprints and Blueprint Principals in Entra Agent ID using Microsoft Graph PowerShell. The post How to Create an Agent Identity Blueprint With Graph Powershell appeared first on Our Cloud Network.


Azure Front Door Resilience (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:41:14 UTC

Quick overview of the Azure Front Door resilience capabilities.


Azure Front Door Resiliency Deep Dive and Architecting for Mission Critical (John Savill's Technical Training)

Published: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:53:28 UTC

A dive into how Azure Front Door provides resiliency and then options for our mission critical applications. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel


Entra 🆔 News #123 → This week in Microsoft Entra (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sun, 16 Nov 2025 11:44:29 UTC

👋 Hi, Merill and Joshua here with this week’s roundup of the latest news on Microsoft Entra from around the globe 🌍.


Zero Trust Assessment: Secure your tenant (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 13:50:19 UTC

Microsoft's Zero Trust Assessment: Breach Origin, Sankey Secrets, and more


The Hidden Microsoft Entra PIM URLs Microsoft Never Documented – Even When ‘Restrict Access to Microsoft Entra Admin Center’ Is Enabled (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:40:58 UTC

Last Updated on November 14, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction Many organizations are tightening there security for… The post The Hidden Microsoft Entra PIM URLs Microsoft Never Documented – Even When ‘Restrict Access to Microsoft Entra Admin Center’ Is Enabled first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Introducing the Digital Sovereignty Specialization for the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program (Thomas Maurer)

Published: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:50:54 UTC

Last week, Microsoft announced the Digital Sovereignty Specialization for the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program — a new opportunity designed to help partners demonstrate deep expertise in delivering sovereign, compliant, and trusted cloud solutions built on the Microsoft Cloud


Strengthen Server Resilience: Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) for Windows Server with Azure Arc (Thomas Maurer)

Published: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:16:43 UTC

In today’s hybrid and multicloud world, ensuring consistent recovery and resiliency across Windows Server environments is critical


Discover the Power of AVD SSO: What You Must Know! (Ciraltos)

Published: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:30:53 UTC

If you’re managing Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments, you’ve probably noticed how frustrating it can be for users to sign in twice, once to the AVD client and again to the session host


Driving Impact in the Era of AI: Sovereign Cloud & Adaptive Cloud at Microsoft Ignite 2025 (Thomas Maurer)

Published: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:53:03 UTC

As organizations across industries accelerate their journey into AI, cloud, hybrid, edge and multicloud operations, the conversation at Microsoft Ignite 2025 covers on two pivotal paradigms: Sovereign Cloud and Adaptive Cloud


GitHub Universe 2025: A Front-Row Seat to the Future of Coding (Thomas Thornton Blog)

Published: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:30:00 UTC

I had the chance to attend GitHub Universe in San Francisco, and wow – what a week


Entra 🆔 News #122 → This week in Microsoft Entra (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:36:26 UTC

Learn about GA of Group Source of Authority, Public Preview of User SOA and more...


Using Traffic Manager to Failover or Bypass Azure Front Door ()

Published: Sat, 08 Nov 2025 16:04:09 UTC

Microsoft unfortunately suffered not one but two major service outages in October 2025 on their Azure Front Door service


Hacking Entra ID: Bypassing AppLocks & Creating ‘Immortal’ Users (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sat, 08 Nov 2025 13:56:09 UTC

If you manage Entra apps, watch this!


Virtual WAN static routes redistribution (Cloudtrooper)

Published: Fri, 07 Nov 2025 12:17:23 UTC

Azure Virtual WAN is one of the networking options offered by Azure, and routing inside of Virtual WAN has become a sort of dark art with the many supported options


Microsoft Entra @ Microsoft Ignite 2025 (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:30:34 UTC

This is a special edition of Entra.News listing all the Microsoft Entra related sessions available online at this month's Microsoft Ignite


Microsoft Sovereign Cloud & Azure Local: The Future of Trusted AI & Infrastructure (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:00:00 UTC

In today’s digital era, especially across Europe, trust, compliance, data residency, and operational transparency are now as critical as performance, scalability, and innovation


My Experience with GitHub Agentic Workflows (Thomas Thornton Blog)

Published: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:45:11 UTC

If you’ve ever wished your CI/CD pipeline could think for itself, you’re going to like what comes next


ServiceNow and Microsoft Copilot (msandbu.org)

Published: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:08:56 UTC

This is a summary of a presentation that I had a few weeks ago where I went into different integration options between Microsoft Copilot and Service Now, both using Copilot 365 and with Copilot Studio building custom agents


The video of my presentation at the 2025 Hybrid Identity Protection Conference is now available on demand (DirTeam.com)

Published: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:55:49 UTC

The Hybrid Identity Protection Conference is Semperis Inc.’s event in the spirit of The Expert Conference (TEC) to bring together the leading experts in the field of Identity and Access Management


Azure Local Well-Architected Framework and Review Assessment (Thomas Maurer)

Published: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:00:25 UTC

As organizations increasingly adopt Azure Local to run modern and traditional applications across on-premises and edge environments, ensuring a robust and scalable architecture becomes essential


Cut Azure VM Costs by Up to 90% with Spot VMs: A Complete Guide (Ciraltos)

Published: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 17:05:51 UTC

In this post and accompanying video, we walk through creating a Spot VM in the Azure portal, setting eviction policies, and configuring pricing caps


Mastering Microsoft Entra Authentication Contexts - Part 4: Monitoring and Reporting with KQL & M365IdentityPosture (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 06:00:11 UTC

We’ve covered what Authentication Contexts are, why they matter, and how they help us strengthen access and data security in Microsoft 365


Entra 🆔 News #121 → This week in Microsoft Entra (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:35:47 UTC

Learn about upcoming Entra sessions at Ignite, changes to Authenticator app and more.


Hacking Entra ID: Inside the Attack & Defense Playbook with its Creators (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sat, 01 Nov 2025 10:08:44 UTC

Learn about key detection and mitigation strategies from the blue team experts who wrote the guide


Optimize Azure Costs with Reserved Instances (Thomas Maurer)

Published: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:57:06 UTC

In this episode of the Azure Essentials Show, I am joined by Priyanshi from Microsoft Azure to explore how organizations can optimize their cloud spending using Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances


Running AI Foundry Local on Windows Server 2025 – A Fully Offline AI Model Deployment Guide (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:15:39 UTC

Introduction In today’s AI-driven world, many organizations and IT professionals are looking for local, offline, secure AI deployments rather than relying solely on the cloud


I'm co-presenting a lab at Microsoft Ignite 2025 (DirTeam.com)

Published: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:18:50 UTC

Technology is evolving fast—and that means the role of the tech professional is more vital than ever before


Entra 🆔 News #120 → This week in Microsoft Entra (Entra.News - Your weekly dose of Microsoft Entra)

Published: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:15:12 UTC

Learn about securing apps in Entra, new passkey profile support coming to Entra ID and more


Pictures of the 2025 Hybrid Identity Protection Conference (DirTeam.com)

Published: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:55:28 UTC

Two weeks ago, I visited Charleston in South Carolina to deliver a session on the 2025 Hybrid Identity Protection Conference


Cross-Tenant Azure API Management Authentication with Federated Credentials: A Complete Guide (Thomas Thornton Blog)

Published: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:00:00 UTC

Working with Azure API Management across multiple tenants? Tired of managing service principal secrets and certificates? In this blog post, I’m going to show you how to set up passwordless cross-tenant authentication using User-Assigned Managed Identities and Federated Credentials


Azure Firewall Now Supports Ingestion-Time Transformation in Log Analytics: How to Reduce Costs and Improve Security (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:56:15 UTC

Microsoft has announced the general availability of ingestion-time transformation for Azure Firewall logs in Log Analytics


Mastering Microsoft Entra Authentication Contexts - Part 3: Advanced Data Protection (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 05:57:00 UTC

With identities and access strengthened in part 2 , it’s time to turn our focus to real-world data protection  with Authentication Contexts


Migrating to Azure? Decide carefully when choosing your firewall ()

Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:35:19 UTC

So, you’ve decided to move to the cloud and you have migrated your workloads over to Azure but what decision did you make about the firewall? You’ve probably got a long standing preferred firewall vendor that you’ve been using for your NGFW on premises


Extending the Migrate2GSA PowerShell Module – Why I added JSON support (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 07:59:42 UTC

Last Updated on October 20, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction Over the last few days, I spent… The post Extending the Migrate2GSA PowerShell Module – Why I added JSON support first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


I'm co-presenting at NIC Rebel Edition (DirTeam.com)

Published: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:23:35 UTC

Considering our Norwegian friends, Raymond and I held back on proposing any session for this year's Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NIC) in Oslo, Norway


Using Windows LAPS with Azure Virtual Desktop on Entra ID–Joined Devices (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:13:00 UTC

By Robert Smit | Azure MVP | Cloud Architect Keywords: Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows LAPS, Entra ID joined devices, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Graph, cloud security, zero trust, AVD session hosts How Windows LAPS secures local admin passwords in Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Introduction Managing local administrator passwords in Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments has always … Continue reading "Using Windows LAPS with Azure Virtual Desktop on Entra ID–Joined Devices"


Why You Should Use AI-Powered Terraform Plan Reviews in Your CI/CD Pipeline (Thomas Thornton Blog)

Published: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:00:00 UTC

Increase CI/CD efficiency with AI-powered Terraform plan reviews


Application Gateway for Containers: Web Application Firewall support (5) (Cloudtrooper)

Published: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 10:59:12 UTC

This post will explore the new support in Azure Application Gateway for Containers (AGC) for Web Application Firewall (WAF) as documented in https://aka.ms/agc/waf


Azure Managed Applications, Deep dive (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 10:14:42 UTC

A practical, copy‑pasteable guide for packaging infrastructure + operations into a Managed Application (Marketplace & Service Catalog)


Entra ID – Soft-delete & Restore for Conditional Access + New PowerShell Module (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Sat, 04 Oct 2025 17:58:27 UTC

Last Updated on October 4, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction Microsoft continues to improve Entra’s resilience features… The post Entra ID – Soft-delete & Restore for Conditional Access + New PowerShell Module first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


The coolest toy from Japan for Network Engineers (Adam Stuart)

Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:23:35 UTC


Step‑by‑Step: Checking Out a Private Repository in GitHub Actions (Thomas Thornton Blog)

Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 12:00:00 UTC

Learn how to check out a custom repo and branch in GitHub Actions with this step-by-step guide


Yes – You Should Consider BitLocker PINs (Dom Kirby)

Published: Thu, 02 Oct 2025 22:51:18 UTC

In case you don’t know, BitLocker is the disk encryption feature within Windows (including Windows Client and Server)


Still managing Active Directory like it’s 2003? Darryl and I explain why it leaves you exposed in 2025 (DirTeam.com)

Published: Thu, 02 Oct 2025 05:48:12 UTC

On October 15th, 2025, I will deliver a 75-minute webinar with IT GRC Forum together with Darryl Baker, Senior Solutions Architect at Netwrix


Microsoft Entra ID applications: Why Ignoring Them Could Cost You (DirTeam.com)

Published: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 09:46:53 UTC

At NT Conference in Slovenia last week, I presented my five do’s and don’ts for managing Microsoft Entra ID applications


Mastering Microsoft Entra Authentication Contexts – Part 2: Real-World Access & Action Controls (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 05:00:24 UTC

In Part 1 of this mini-series, we explored the what, why, and how of Microsoft Entra Authentication Contexts, laying the foundation for what they are and how they work


Using GitHub CoPilot with Azure (Azure Greg)

Published: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:14:47 UTC

This is my entry for this year’s Azure Back To School


Enabling Virtual Network Flow Logs At Scale (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:44:50 UTC

In this post, I will explain how you can enable Virtual Network (VNet) Flow Logs at scale using a built-in Azure Policy


I'm presenting at the 2025 Hybrid Identity Protection Conference (DirTeam.com)

Published: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:26:13 UTC

This October, I’m joining many of my technical friends at the 2025 Hybrid Identity Protection Conference in Charleston, South Carolina


Azure Policy Explained (Stories by Jack Roper on Medium)

Published: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:51:33 UTC

Azure Policy OverviewContinue reading on ITNEXT »


Windows Hello IS MFA (Dom Kirby)

Published: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:04:56 UTC

There’s a long-standing debate sort of storming the security community that seems to refuse to die: is Windows Hello, Apple Touch ID, or Android’s credentialing option enough to constitute multi-factor authentication


Going beyond 8 peers in Azure Route Server (Cloudtrooper)

Published: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:51:30 UTC

After a good while without posting anything, I finally decided to slowly recommence again


Copilot Studio Agents with MCP using Logic Apps (msandbu.org)

Published: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:13:19 UTC

Recently Microsoft introduced MCP support for Logic Apps (as described here –> Set up Standard Workflows as MCP Servers – Azure Logic Apps | Microsoft Learn) I just wanted to use this blog post to document a bit of the deployment and steps involved since the documentation was not that descriptive in some steps


Azure Back to School 2025 – Azure Arc Under the Hood: Troubleshooting the Azure Connected Machine agent (Wim Matthyssen)

Published: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:40:00 UTC

Azure Back to School s a fantastic community initiative founded by Dwayne Natwick and Derek Smith


Joepilot or Copilot? Networking edition | Azure Back to School 2025 (wedoAzure)

Published: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:00:00 UTC

Introduction Firstly, it’s great to be featured for Azure Back to School in 2025


Pictures of Kulendayz 2025 (DirTeam.com)

Published: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:43:23 UTC

I mentor Tomislav Fučkar


Microsoft Cost Management Updates What’s New & How to Save More in Azure (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:40:49 UTC

Managing cloud costs has never been more important


Entra ID – When Ideas Become Features: Reflections on Entra ID App Policies (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:53:54 UTC

Last Updated on September 17, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction Microsoft has recently teaset App Management Policies… The post Entra ID – When Ideas Become Features: Reflections on Entra ID App Policies first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Azure Availability Sets vs Host Groups vs Availability Zones: What to Choose and When (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:28:00 UTC

Many cloud engineers get confused when trying to decide between Azure Availability Sets, Host Groups, and Availability Zones


SignTool GUI 2.0.0.0 — Major Update Out Now! (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:38:28 UTC

Last Updated on September 11, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction I’m excited to announce that SignToolGUI version… The post SignTool GUI 2.0.0.0 — Major Update Out Now! first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


GitHub Copilot Custom Chat Modes: AI Personas that Match Your Needs (Thomas Thornton Blog)

Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:00:00 UTC

If you’ve been using GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code, you already know how good it is at answering questions and generating code


Pictures of the the 2025 Cloud Identity Summit (DirTeam.com)

Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 07:17:01 UTC

Living in the Netherlands has its perks


What’s next for Visual Studio 2026 (v18)! (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:42:29 UTC

Last Updated on September 10, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction As a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP),… The post What’s next for Visual Studio 2026 (v18)! first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Azure Networking Unplugged: Lessons from the Field ()

Published: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:00:00 UTC

Greetings! Welcome to my contribution to this year’s Azure Back to School event


Azure Compute Infrastructure: Step-by-Step Guide to Azure Host Groups (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:17:20 UTC

If you’re running enterprise workloads in Microsoft Azure, you’ve likely come across the need for dedicated hardware, VM placement control, and high availability


Learning PowerShell with GitHub Copilot: Building a Hub–Spoke Networking Test (Håvard Løkensgard)

Published: Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:41:41 UTC

I wanted a project that would ensure that I keep my PowerShell skills and continued to learn new stuff


Things you should NOT do when doing public speaking! (msandbu.org)

Published: Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:22:21 UTC

This is something I have wanted to write for a long time, but I just had an internal session last week on this topic, and now I have gotten my thoughts down in a structured way, and therefore I wanted to write a blog post on it as well


How to secure MCP Servers? (msandbu.org)

Published: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 21:40:13 UTC

While many have implemented MCP servers, not that many look at how to centrally manage and secure them


Closing Microsoft Graph Gaps: My Feedback Portal Request Gains Top 3 in Just 4 Days (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:55:47 UTC

Last Updated on December 12, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction The Microsoft Graph community is rallying for… The post Closing Microsoft Graph Gaps: My Feedback Portal Request Gains Top 3 in Just 4 Days first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


How to make data “AI-ready”? (msandbu.org)

Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:16:33 UTC

The title is a bit misleading, but the main focus is on GenAI applications and services with your data


wedoAI 2025 (wedoAzure)

Published: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:27:23 UTC

Our AI focussed event is back for another year


I'm co-presenting at Kulendayz 2025 (DirTeam.com)

Published: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:09:47 UTC

I’m proud to share that I’ll be co-presenting a session with Tomislav Fučkar at KulenDayz 2025


Default outbound access retirement – one month to go! ()

Published: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:00:00 UTC

This post is just to serve as a timely reminder to ensure that you are ready for the upcoming behaviour changes in how Azure will treat default outbound network access


Nobody Cares About Your Tech Stack (Dom Kirby)

Published: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 02:29:47 UTC

The almighty tech stack


Using VS Code Beast Mode to learn (Azure Greg)

Published: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:51:23 UTC

The post Using VS Code Beast Mode to learn appeared first on Azure Greg.


How to populate Azure Storage Accounts with demo data (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:06:53 UTC+02:00

If you, like me, love diving into features like monitoring and observability, discovery, insights and analytics, and more, you also know that testing new capabilities out without robust underlying data might be a challenge


Quickly switching between Light and Dark mode on Windows! (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 23:08:57 UTC+02:00

If you’re like me, you move between different environments throughout the day: a bright living room, a darker home office, or a late-night coding session


Entra ID – Bulk User Download – Enhanced Experience (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:58:53 UTC

Last Updated on August 24, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction The short announcement about Bulk User Download… The post Entra ID – Bulk User Download – Enhanced Experience first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Summer Recap & Time to Reconnect (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 20:31:13 UTC

Last Updated on August 20, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne This summer has been a wonderful mix of… The post Summer Recap & Time to Reconnect first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Using GitHub Models with your GitHub Workflows (Thomas Thornton Blog)

Published: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:07:16 UTC

Learn how to integrate GitHub Models into GitHub workflows to increase AI capabilities of your pipelines.


Entra ID – Managed Identity Permission Manager: A Community-Driven Recap (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:03:29 UTC

Last Updated on August 18, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction Managing permissions for Managed Identities in Azure/Entra… The post Entra ID – Managed Identity Permission Manager: A Community-Driven Recap first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Mastering Microsoft Entra Authentication Contexts – Part 1: What They Are, Why They Matter, and How to Use Them (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 05:00:21 UTC

Over my last few posts, I’ve casually mentioned Authentication Context a few times, so I thought it was about time we gave the feature a proper spotlight


Docker MCP Toolkit: Hassle-Free Local Agentic AI with MCP Servers (Thomas Thornton Blog)

Published: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:11:22 UTC

Unlock hassle-free local agentic AI with Docker MCP Toolkit


Azure Governance: Managing decommissioned Azure Subscriptions with a dedicated Management Group (Wim Matthyssen)

Published: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:44:48 UTC

In this blog post, you’ll learn how to use a dedicated Management Group to store any decommissioned Azure subscriptions inContinue Reading


The future of AIOps with Agentic AI as part of Operations (msandbu.org)

Published: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:02:32 UTC

What already seems like many years ago, I wrote a blog about AIOps – What it could do and how one could implement it –> What is AIOps and why should I care? – msandbu.org With all the advancements in GenAI, it’s a great time to revisit the topic, especially as AIOps—how we integrate AI […] The post The future of AIOps with Agentic AI as part of Operations appeared first on msandbu.org.


What is Microsoft Fabric? (Stories by Jack Roper on Medium)

Published: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:25:31 UTC

An Overview of everything you need to know about Microsoft FabricContinue reading on ITNEXT »


PIMActivation: The Ultimate Tool for Microsoft Entra PIM Bulk Role Activation (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:00:18 UTC

Getting annoyed or impatient when activating eligible roles in PIM — especially multiple roles at once? You’re not alone


Agentic AI Security – Part 2: Threat Modeling (REBELADMIN)

Published: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:07:40 UTC

In my previous article, I discussed common threats linked to Agentic AI systems


How to create a Azure AI Chatbot Realtime Audio using AI Foundry to search PDF Doc (CloudInspired.com)

Published: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 09:35:50 UTC

In this step by step demo, we’ll show you how to build and create a voice activated web page that allows real-time audio queries with a friendly GPT-powered chatbot digital …


Use Intune Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) with Face & PIN (CloudInspired.com)

Published: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:56:22 UTC

In this video, we take a deep dive into configuring Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) using Microsoft Intune passwordless authentication using dual Multi-Factor Unlock using both PIN and Facial recognition …


How to use Intune to Manage AVD Windows Session Hosts (CloudInspired.com)

Published: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 08:23:23 UTC

In a previous video we used a Azure Virtual Desktop Gold Image Virtual Machine, with all our company apps installed


Sovereign Cloud and Europe – How do the different Cloud providers differ? (msandbu.org)

Published: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 20:51:18 UTC

Given all the turmoil happening in the US, many companies in Europe have become more skeptical of the use of US based cloud providers (Google, AWS, Microsoft and Oracle)


Azure Arc: Troubleshoot Azure Connected Machine agent connectivity issues (Wim Matthyssen)

Published: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:49:26 UTC

In this blog post, I’ll walk you through troubleshooting connectivity issues with the Azure Connected Machine agent and highlight someContinue Reading


Generative AI – 2025 Summer Recap (msandbu.org)

Published: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:49:20 UTC

While on vacation this summer I was just flabbergasted by the amount of new releases, features, product announcements and improvements that was released


How I Accidentally Spent a stupid amount on a Test Firewall (And Built a Solution So It Never Happens Again) (Håvard Løkensgard)

Published: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:57:08 UTC

Picture this: You’re sitting on a beach in Thailand, coconut in hand, completely disconnected from work


Simplifying Azure IPAM Hierarchies with Terraform: Two Approaches (Håvard Løkensgard)

Published: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:07:06 UTC

Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) has recently gone GA with a powerful new feature: IP Address Management (IPAM)


Windows is a Mess (Dom Kirby)

Published: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 17:51:57 UTC

I’ve been a Windows user for as long as I’ve been a computer user for the most part


Agentic AI Security – Part 1: Uncovering Hidden Threats (REBELADMIN)

Published: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:58:51 UTC

As we all know, AI is evolving at an incredible pace — sometimes it feels like we barely have time to catch our breath


Azure Update Manager: Register all required resource providers with a PowerShell script (Wim Matthyssen)

Published: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 12:30:12 UTC

This blog post will show you how to use an Azure PowerShell script to register all required Azure Update ManagerContinue Reading


My First Year as a Microsoft MVP (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 21:19:08 UTC

Last Updated on August 18, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction As I sit down to write this… The post My First Year as a Microsoft MVP first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


18th Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:55:38 UTC

I found out yesterday that I was awarded my 18th annual Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award by Microsoft, continuing with the Azure Networking expertise


Building A Hub & Spoke Using Azure Virtual Network Manager (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:03:59 UTC

In this post, I will show how to use Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) to enforce peering and routing policies in a zero-trust hub-and-spoke Azure network


Microsoft-Managed Conditional Access Policies: What You Need to Know (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:10:20 UTC

As organizations strive to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats, Microsoft has introduced Microsoft-managed Conditional Access policies—a powerful way to enforce security best practices with minimal administrative overhead


Azure Arc: Uninstall the Connected Machine agent and clean up related resources on Windows using a PowerShell script (Wim Matthyssen)

Published: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:27:31 UTC

In this blog post, I’ll walk you through removing the Azure Arc Connected Machine agent from a Windows machine and cleaning up all related folders, files, registry keys, other agents, and configuration files using a PowerShell script.


The Evolution of My Company, Cloud Mechanix (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:02:19 UTC

Exciting News: Cloud Mechanix is Evolving! I’m thrilled to announce the relaunch and transformation of Cloud Mechanix into a full-service Azure consulting company


🛠️ Releasing my legacy PowerShell AD Service Account Tool (Yes, it still works great) (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:46:49 UTC

Last Updated on June 29, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction A throwback tool built for real-world IT… The post 🛠️ Releasing my legacy PowerShell AD Service Account Tool (Yes, it still works great) first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Inside My Toolkit: Dev Tools, Productivity Apps, and More 🛠️ (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 13:58:31 UTC

Last Updated on June 28, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction I’m happy to share something I’ve been… The post Inside My Toolkit: Dev Tools, Productivity Apps, and More 🛠️ first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Introducing Azure DevOps Backup Tool 1.2.0.0: Update with new features and bug fixes! (Blog – Sonne´s Cloud)

Published: Sat, 21 Jun 2025 10:00:23 UTC

Last Updated on June 21, 2025 by Michael Morten Sonne Introduction I’m thrilled to announce the latest release… The post Introducing Azure DevOps Backup Tool 1.2.0.0: Update with new features and bug fixes! first appeared on Blog - Sonne´s Cloud.


Getting Started with Azure Front Door and Private Link for Container Apps (Håvard Løkensgard)

Published: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:26:17 UTC

Since the support for container apps as private link enabled origins for azure front door in GA


Azure Update Manager: Failed to update a dynamic scope for resources on a newly added subscription (Wim Matthyssen)

Published: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:29:00 UTC

In this blog post, you’ll learn how to resolve the error that occurs when updating or creating dynamic scopes forContinue Reading


Securing your secrets using Terraform ephemeral resources (Stories by Jack Roper on Medium)

Published: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:19:14 UTC

How to stop secrets from ending up in your state file!Continue reading on ITNEXT »


Microsoft Entra Restricted Management Administrative Units: Delegating Control Without Sacrificing Security (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:00:15 UTC

Today, I’ll take a closer look at Microsoft Entra Administrative Units (AUs)  and Restricted Management Administrative Units (RMAUs)...


Microsoft Build: My Takeaways from this years conference (Azure Greg)

Published: Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:02:13 UTC

This years Microsoft Build was full of new releases, new services, new ways of doing things, and yep, lots of AI


Upgrading Your .NET Applications: Exploring .NET Upgrade Assistants at Microsoft Build (Azure Greg)

Published: Mon, 02 Jun 2025 17:44:41 UTC

Microsoft Build is the flagship event for developers, showcasing the latest tools, frameworks, and innovations to empower modern software development


Using Azure Service Groups in an Enterprise-Scale Landing Zone (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Wed, 28 May 2025 09:48:00 UTC

Introduction Azure Service Groups are a new governance feature designed to simplify network rule management across services in your Azure environment


Day Two Devops – Azure VNets Don’t Exist (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Wed, 28 May 2025 08:51:04 UTC

I had the pleasure of chatting with Ned Bellavance and Kyler Middleton on Day Two DevOps one evening recently to discuss the basics of Azure networking, using my line “Azure Virtual Networks Do Not Exist”


How to Install Azure Arc on an On-Premises Windows Server: Step-by-Step Guide (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Tue, 27 May 2025 07:31:16 UTC

Introduction Azure Arc enables you to manage your on-premises Windows Servers as if they were native Azure resources


Securing Microsoft Business Premium Part 05: Efficient Identity Management for External Users with Microsoft Entra (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 26 May 2025 05:00:17 UTC

Managing external users is one of the most tedious—but also critical—challenges in a Microsoft Business Premium environment


How to Become a Hashicorp Ambassador (Stories by Jack Roper on Medium)

Published: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:43:23 UTC

I was recently honored to be awarded the title of Hashicorp Ambassador for the second year


Go With the Flow: Mastering Microsoft Entra User Flows—Self-Service Sign-Up in a Workforce tenant (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 05:00:10 UTC

Managing new guest accounts can be a daunting task—especially when you’re dealing with high turnover, distributed teams, or unknown user...


Laying the Groundwork for Azure Success: It Starts with a Solid Foundation #postcast #Azure #ESLZ #CAF #WAF #ARA #MVPBuzz (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:51:40 UTC

This is a little test on an Azure Rapid Assessment, I’m using AI to plot my ideas into a logical story, I created a movie but thought a podcast is handier as an example


Azure Firewall and Service Endpoints (Cloudtrooper)

Published: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:50:13 UTC

In my recent blog series Private Link reality bites I briefly mentioned the possibility of inspecting Service Endpoints with Azure Firewall, and many have asked for more details on that configuration


VNet Flow Logs Recipes (part 2): fine-tune your security rules (Cloudtrooper)

Published: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:57:07 UTC

Right when VNet Flow Logs were launched I blogged about some recipes that help to extract insights out of the different information fields contained in the Flow Logs


ExpressRoute Metro - revisit design guidance and pricing (Adam Stuart)

Published: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 06:39:53 UTC


Getting started with GitHub CoPilot (Stories by Jack Roper on Medium)

Published: Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:44:08 UTC

Copilot Exam Study GuideContinue reading on ITNEXT »


Virtual WAN migration - ExpressRoute traffic asymmetry and routing Weight (Adam Stuart)

Published: Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:06:14 UTC

Microsoft Cloud Solutions Architect, Tom Atkinson, explains why sometimes routing weight on ExpressRoute connections can cause issues during migrations to Azure Virtual WAN.


Securing Microsoft Business Premium Part 04: Passwords Unlocked – Mastering Self-Service Password Reset and Password Protection (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 05:00:11 UTC

With authentication & authorization covered in the previous posts of the series, it's now time to dive into strengthening our password...


Application Gateway for Containers: a not-so-gentle intro (4) (Cloudtrooper)

Published: Wed, 02 Apr 2025 05:39:15 UTC

This post will explore the new support in Azure Application Gateway for Containers (AGC) for the overlay network option in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) as documented in https://aka.ms/agc/overlay, as well as whether you can see traffic between AGC and AKS with VNet Flow Logs


Is Europe Going to “F-35” American Clouds? (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:44 UTC

There is no doubt that we are living in interesting times


Grafana and VNet Flow Logs (Cloudtrooper)

Published: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:41:14 UTC

I would like to credit for this blog post to Abhishek Sharma, talking to him gave me the main inspiration for some of the concepts you are going to see below


Securing Microsoft Business Premium Part 03: Authorization Best Practices from Zero Trust to Complete Access Control (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:00:13 UTC

In Part 02 , we explored authentication , the process of verifying user identities—ensuring users are who they claim to be


Azure Fleet load balancing: not what you think (Cloudtrooper)

Published: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:15:53 UTC

Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager is a very interesting solution that allows you to deploy code to multiple clusters at the same time


Designing A Hub And Spoke Infrastructure (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:48:04 UTC

How do you plan a hub & spoke architecture? Based on much of what I have witnessed, I think very few people do any planning at all


Designing An Azure Hub Virtual Network (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:41:05 UTC

In this post, I am going to share a process for designing a hub virtual network for a hub & spoke secured virtual network deployment in Microsoft Azure


Exploring Network Security Perimeters in Azure ()

Published: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:00:00 UTC

Spring is here again and I’m pleased to once again be contributing a post as part of the Azure Spring Clean event organised by Joe Carlyle and Thomas Thornton


Terraform apply fails with clientCredentialsToken already expired. (Stories by Jack Roper on Medium)

Published: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:11:02 UTC

In this short article, I’ll explain why you might be receiving the following message in your Terraform pipelines, and how to troubleshoot…Continue reading on System Weakness »


Why The Classic DMZ/Secure Zone Design Is Worthless in Azure (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:00:00 UTC

I see many people implementing classic network security designs in Azure


Communicating Outages Out of Band (Dom Kirby)

Published: Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:38:17 UTC

Over the weekend (on 3/1 to be exact), there was a significant outage at Microsoft impacting primarily Exchange Online but also some other services


Micro-Segmentation Security In Azure Networks (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:26:19 UTC

In this post, I want to discuss the importance of designing and implementing micro-segmentation in Azure networks


God Mode with a Timer: Using Logic Apps to Restrict Elevated Access in Entra (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:00:11 UTC

In my last post I covered how to monitor the GOD Mode in Azure (Coined by the great John Savill )


Automating Deployment of Azure Policies using Bicep (Azure Greg)

Published: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 18:53:59 UTC

Introduction This blog post is part of this years Azure Spring Clean an event which is ran to promote well managed Azure tenants


How Many Azure Route Tables Should I Have? (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:55:51 UTC

In this Azure Networking deep dive, I’m going to share some of my experience around planning the creation and association of Route Tables in Microsoft Azure


How Does Azure Routing Work (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:10:20 UTC

Here comes yet another “How does it work” post on Azure networking


Routing Is The Security Cabling of Azure (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:44:35 UTC

In this post, I want to explain why routing is so important in Microsoft Azure


How Many Subnets Do I Need In An Azure Virtual Network? (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:08:58 UTC

You’re designing a new virtual network in Azure


Beware Of The Default Rules In Network Security Groups (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:03:31 UTC

The Network Security Group (NSG) is the primary mechanism for segmenting a subnet in Microsoft Azure


How Do Network Security Groups Work? (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:01:03 UTC

A Greek Phalanx, protected by a shield wall made up of many individuals working under 1 instruction as a unit - like an NSG. The post How Do Network Security Groups Work? first appeared on Aidan Finn, IT Pro.


Unlocking Microsoft Entra’s Elevated Access Logs: Better Security, Better Insights (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 06:00:10 UTC

Elevating access to manage Azure subscriptions is a valuable tool for administrators, particularly when dealing with unknown or orphaned...


Azure Virtual Networks Do Not Exist (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:40:13 UTC

I see many bad designs where people bring cable-oriented designs from physical locations into Azure


Securing Microsoft Business Premium Part 02: Your Authentication is Broken—Here’s How to Fix It (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 06:00:18 UTC

In the first part of this series, we laid the foundation for securing Microsoft Business Premium environments, covering the core security...


Understanding Azure Network Security: Differentiating Azure Firewall, WAF, DDoS Protection, and NSGs (AZURE HEROES - Blog)

Published: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:00:00 UTC

​In the realm of Azure's network security, understanding the distinct roles of services like Azure Firewall, Web Application Gateway (WAF), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection, and Network Security Groups (NSGs) is pivotal for crafting a robust security architecture


Your Microsoft Entra Tenant Isn’t as Secure as You Think – Fix It with Protected Actions! (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 06:00:12 UTC

Protecting highly critical configurations in our Entra tenants has never been easier! Join me as we explore Protected Actions  in...


What Happens When An Azure Region Is Destroyed? (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:19:39 UTC

This is a topic that has been “top of mind” (I sound like a management consulting muppet) recently: how can I recover from an Azure region being destroyed? Why Am I Thinking About This? Data centres host critical services


Mastering GitHub Actions: How to use CodeQL for code security analysis (Stories by Jack Roper on Medium)

Published: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:01:12 UTC

What is CodeQL?Continue reading on ITNEXT »


Securing Microsoft Business Premium Part 01: The First Step to an Unbreakable Defense (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:00:05 UTC

Today kicks off a comprehensive blog series where I’ll delve into the security features of the Business Premium license SKU, offering...


Mastering GitHub Actions: Getting Started with GitHub Actions from the Marketplace (Stories by Jack Roper on Medium)

Published: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:12:56 UTC

In this post, we will look at how to use freely available GitHub actions from the GitHub Actions Marketplace to automatically send a tweet…Continue reading on CodeX »


Optimizing Azure SQL Database Costs with Hyperscale Elastic Pools (AZURE HEROES - Blog)

Published: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:00:00 UTC

In today's data-driven landscape, organizations often grapple with managing large-scale databases efficiently while keeping costs in check


Mastering Plus Addressing in Microsoft: Simplify Email Management (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 06:00:11 UTC

Managing emails for unlicensed admin accounts? Juggling a shared mailbox flooded with notifications from services and clients? Today’s...


Mastering GitHub Actions: Step-by-Step Guide to Using a Self-Hosted Runner (Stories by Jack Roper on Medium)

Published: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:06:32 UTC

In this article, we’ll show how to set up a self-hosted runner for use with GitHub Actions with a step-by-step guide you can follow along…Continue reading on ITNEXT »


Azure Virtual Networks Do Not Exist (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:25:00 UTC

In this post, I want to share the most important thing that you should know when you are designing connectivity and security solutions in Microsoft Azure: Azure virtual networks do not exist


Will International Events Impact Cloud Computing (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 11:22:17 UTC

You must have been hiding under a rock if you haven’t noticed how cloud computing has become the default in IT


Mastering Microsoft Azure RBAC & Entra ID Roles: Automated Role Assignment Reporting Across Your Tenant (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 20:56:06 UTC

As the season for audits approaches (though, let’s be honest, auditing should be an all-year-round endeavor), I’m excited to share a...


Network Segmentation Strategy on Azure for Secure and Efficient Virtual Networks (AZURE HEROES - Blog)

Published: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:00:00 UTC

Most customers I've encountered often approach Azure networking the same way they would with on-premises environments


Windows Server 2025 SMB Compression #ws2025 #winserv #SMB (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:01:59 UTC

Unlocking the Power of SMB Compression in Windows Server 2025 In the ever-evolving landscape of IT infrastructure, efficient data transfer is paramount


Festive Tech Calendar 2024 YouTube Videos (Azure Greg)

Published: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:46:58 UTC

This year’s Festive Tech Calendar videos are available on YouTube with the link to the playlist


Get TenantId for any Azure Subscription (Azure Greg)

Published: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:36:04 UTC

How I Used GitHub Copilot to Write a PowerShell GUI for Azure Tenant ID Lookup When tasked with creating a PowerShell GUI to retrieve the Azure Tenant ID for any subscription, I decided to rely entirely on GitHub Copilot


ExpressRoute Direct + FastPath + UDR considerations (Adam Stuart)

Published: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:02:30 UTC

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/about-fastpath


Microsoft Entra Identity Governance Fundamentals: Lifecycle workflows (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 06:00:12 UTC

Join me as I connect the dots from my previous posts on the fundamental Identity Governance features in Microsoft Entra with Lifecycle...


Mastering GitHub: A Complete Guide to Creating Templates (Stories by Jack Roper on Medium)

Published: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:55:13 UTC

Several templates can be set up on GitHub to save time, standardize, and streamline your projects.Continue reading on ITNEXT »


Manage Existing Azure Firewall With Firewall Policy Using Bicep (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:09:34 UTC

In this post, I want to discuss how I recently took over the management of an existing Azure Firewall using Firewall Policy/Azure Firewall Manager and Bicep


Tidings of Comfort and Joy with Azure’s Business Continuity Center ()

Published: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:00:00 UTC

I’m delighted to present my contribution to the Festive Tech Calendar which is now in it’s sixth year


Microsoft Entra Identity Governance Fundamentals: Access Packages (Cloudy With a Chance of Security)

Published: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:09:24 UTC

In this blog post, we’ll be covering the fundamentals  of Access Packages in Microsoft Entra—it’s all about getting a solid understanding...


Azure NetApp Files (ANF) Networking - Basic vs Standard (Adam Stuart)

Published: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 08:22:14 UTC

Brief overview of ANF, its Networking options, and demo of how they impact UDR considerations.


Terraform Ephemeral Resources (AZURE HEROES - Blog)

Published: Sun, 01 Dec 2024 21:00:00 UTC

Terraform 1.10 introduced a groundbreaking concept called ephemeral resources


Bicep snippets using Azure Verified Modules (Azure Greg)

Published: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:56:34 UTC

This blog is about listing the posts I have that demo using Bicep with code snippets for various different scenarios


Azure Quick Review (azqr): A Practical Overview (Azure Greg)

Published: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:48:07 UTC

If you’re managing resources in Azure, you’ve likely faced challenges around optimizing and securing your cloud environment


Azure Firewall Deep Dive Training (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:12:49 UTC

I’ll tell you about my new virtual training course on Azure Firewall and share some schedule information in this post


Conditional Access Gallery – Point, Select, and Deploy in Minutes (Daniel Chronlund Cloud Security Blog)

Published: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:58:43 UTC

With my new Conditional Access Gallery tool Invoke-DCConditionalAccessGallery in DCToolbox you can pick and choose from any of 25+ available Conditional Access templates included, and the tool will auto-deploy them in your tenant (report-only mode), automatically create all dependencies like groups, named locations, and terms of use agreements, and finally document your new policy design … Continue reading Conditional Access Gallery – Point, Select, and Deploy in Minutes →


Upgrading to Windows Server 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide #ws2025 #winserv #AzureArc (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:08:27 UTC

What’s New in Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2025 is here, bringing a host of exciting new features and improvements designed to enhance security, performance, and flexibility


Git Fundamentals for Cloud Admins (Daniel Chronlund Cloud Security Blog)

Published: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:18:53 UTC

I decided to create a structured guide to Git fundamentals, tailored for cloud admins like myself


Azure Virtual WAN Route Maps (with BGP Peering) (Adam Stuart)

Published: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:34:03 UTC


Starting with Azure Arc pros vs cons #Arc #HCI #Azure #jumpstart (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:29:21 UTC

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, hybrid solutions like Azure Arc and Azure Stack HCI are gaining traction


Deploy Maester with Terraform: A Simple Guide (Håvard Løkensgard)

Published: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:38:11 UTC

Maester is a PowerShell-based framework for automating security testing within Microsoft environments, developed by Merill Fernando, Faben Bader, and Thomas Naunheim


Azure Gateways BGP deep-dive - ExpressRoute, VPN, Route Server (Adam Stuart)

Published: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:28:23 UTC

00:00 Intro 04:40 Topology detail 05:55 On-premises VPN configuration 10:07 Azure VPN Gateway configuration 12:33 Azure Route Server 13:08 VPN Gateway BGP peers 14:10 VPN Gateway BGP routes 16:38 ExpressRoute Circuit BGP peers 18:48 ExpressRoute Gateway BGP routes 20:24 Packet walk 22:40 Disable ARS Branch-to-branch Daniel's lab: https://github.com/dmauser/Lab/tree/master/RS-ER-VPN-Gateway-Transit


Step-by-Step Guide : Process Entra ID Entitlement Management Access Package on-behalf of another user (preview) (REBELADMIN)

Published: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:21:06 UTC

Entra ID Entitlement Management access packages enable administrators to offer a self-service experience for users, granting access to groups, applications, and sites


Mastering Azure Virtual Network Manager for Security and Efficiency (Håvard Løkensgard)

Published: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:00:00 UTC

The Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) transforms the task of altering network infrastructure into a simplified process


Azure Functions vs. Logic Apps: Which One is Right for Your Automation Needs? (AZURE HEROES - Blog)

Published: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:00:00 UTC

Microsoft Azure offers a range of tools to automate tasks, streamline workflows, and improve efficiency


Microsoft Loop – Colaborate for Projects, Education, Teaching and Training! (CloudInspired.com)

Published: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:05:33 UTC

In this article we look into a step by step guide and demo on Microsoft Loop


Step-by-Step Guide: Configure Entra ID lifecycle workflow to use Custom Security Attributes (REBELADMIN)

Published: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:55:55 UTC

In my previous blog post, I explained how to use Entra ID lifecycle workflow to trigger actions based on user attribute changes


Azure Networking Through Hands-On Labs (AZURE HEROES - Blog)

Published: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 21:00:00 UTC

Microsoft Azure offers a comprehensive suite of networking services that are essential for building and managing robust cloud infrastructures


ExpressRoute AZ Gateway Powershell demo (no audio) (Adam Stuart)

Published: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:47:07 UTC

Single GatewaySubnet prefix, /27 subnet size, High perf to ERGW1AZ SKU.


Azure Image Builder Job Fails With TCP 60000, 5986 or 22 Errors (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:58:54 UTC

In this post, I will explain how to solve the situation when an Azure Image Builder job fails with the following errors: [ERROR] connection error: unknown error Post “https://10.1.10.9:5986/wsman”: proxyconnect tcp: dial tcp 10.0.1.4:60000: i/o timeout[ERROR] WinRM connection err: unknown error Post “https://10.1.10.9:5986/wsman”: proxyconnect tcp: dial tcp 10.0.1.4:60000: i/o timeout [ERROR]connection error: unknown error Post … Continue reading "Azure Image Builder Job Fails With TCP 60000, 5986 or 22 Errors" The post Azure Image Builder Job Fails With TCP 60000, 5986 or 22 Errors first appeared on Aidan Finn, IT Pro.


Azure Firewall Private DNAT (Solutions for Overlapping IP addresses in Azure Part 2) (Adam Stuart)

Published: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 13:20:40 UTC

https://youtu.be/K3-isCrb17o https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-network-security-blog/private-ip-dnat-support-and-scenarios-with-azure-firewall/ba-p/4230073?trk=feed-detail_main-feed-card_feed-article-content


New feature in Entra ID Governance ELM - support for request on-behalf-of (LearningByDoing.cloud)

Published: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 00:00:00 UTC

Think about it - if you have access packages governing access to Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows Cloud PC, Citrix, or other remote tools, and new hires need access from day one, managers would historically have to place a manual request to an IGA admin who would then add users to the correct access packages manually


Staying Updated on Tech: My Weekly Tools (Håvard Løkensgard)

Published: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:00:00 UTC

I often get asked how to stay updated on major tech updates


Lots of Speaking Activity (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:20:13 UTC

After a quiet few pandemic years with no in-person events and the arrival of twins, my in-person presentation activity was minimal


Azure Back To School 2024 – Govern Azure Networking Using Azure Virtual Network Manager (Aidan Finn, IT Pro)

Published: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:04:05 UTC

This post about Azure Virtual Network Manager is a part of the online community event, Azure Back To School 2024


Simplifying Entra ID Temporary Access Pass Creation with PowerShell (Daniel Chronlund Cloud Security Blog)

Published: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 12:33:51 UTC

Sometimes we need to grant temporary access to Entra ID users for specific purposes, like onboarding


Managing ACLs in Azure at scale without IaC or scripts ()

Published: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:31:22 UTC

If you are reading this post then you have probably at some point had to perform maintenance on an access control list (ACL)


Proxy via Private Link - Disconnected VNets, centralised Internet egress (Adam Stuart)

Published: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:00:50 UTC


Virtual Network Flow Logs vs ExpressRoute Traffic Collector (Adam Stuart)

Published: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 09:28:52 UTC

Comparing these two Azure networking visibility features, which tool is right for the job? Spoiler; there is a use case for both :).


Azure Virtual Network Manager – A game changer or just a costly upgrade? (Håvard Løkensgard)

Published: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 08:00:00 UTC

Intro Managing networks in Azure can pose significant challenges due to the multitude of resources involved


Cloud PC – Run your own desktop in Windows 365 Cloud! (CloudInspired.com)

Published: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:26:46 UTC

In this article we are going to discuss Windows 365 Cloud PCs and running your own personal desktop in the cloud


ExpressRoute Traffic Collector (Adam Stuart)

Published: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:05:27 UTC

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/traffic-collector


Virtual WAN Route-maps to fix asymmetric routing (Adam Stuart)

Published: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:58:35 UTC

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/route-maps-how-to


Migrating to an AZ-enabled ExpressRoute Gateway (Adam Stuart)

Published: Thu, 30 May 2024 06:24:40 UTC

Discussion of why this is importance, and technical demo showing process, discussion of caveats and considerations. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/gateway-migration 00:00 Introduction 01:08 Why AZ gateways are important 03:04 ExpressRoute gateway SKU and upgrade paths 05:02 Multiple prefixes on gateway subnet 06:35 Considerations 07:15 Demo


Azure Storage IOPS Calculations with Azure Virtual Desktop and FSLogix (CloudInspired.com)

Published: Wed, 29 May 2024 10:15:46 UTC

This post and video gives a rough estimated guide on Azure Storage IOPS calculations looking at storage performance on steady state IOPS and sign in burst that’s expected from our …


Azure Virtual Desktop Setup with FSLogix – Watch the Complete Guide and Demo! (CloudInspired.com)

Published: Wed, 29 May 2024 07:08:32 UTC

In this post and video we are discussing Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and showing how to setup, configure and implement from scratch a fully working AVD solution using FSLogix profiles …


Customisation controls for connectivity between Virtual Networks over ExpressRoute (Adam Stuart)

Published: Fri, 24 May 2024 10:50:26 UTC

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-networking-blog/customisation-controls-for-connectivity-between-virtual-networks/ba-p/4147722


Azure Virtual WAN: Personal Experiences and Key Considerations (Håvard Løkensgard)

Published: Mon, 13 May 2024 09:00:00 UTC

Are you intrigued by Azure Virtual WAN? If so, continue reading


Azure Portal collapsed service menus #azure #portal #ui #ux (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Wed, 08 May 2024 07:47:06 UTC

Recently the menu structure in Azure is changed into a collapsed and expanded menu, Don’t know who thought it was the best option to have all the blades in collapsed mode


SharePoint Security – Best Practices that you must know!! (CloudInspired.com)

Published: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:55:38 UTC

I`m always getting asked what are the most popular SharePoint Security Best Practices that you can consider that we can apply to our SharePoint sites for increased security controls and …


Copilot is not available or is opening Edge. GeographicRegionFailed #AI #Copilot #edge (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:36:28 UTC

Already for some time I was a happy user of Copilot


Windows Server 2025 vs 2022: Detailed Overview (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:24:18 UTC

Windows Server 2025 represents the next evolution of Microsoft’s server operating system, aiming to enhance security, performance, scalability, and IT infrastructure management


Azure Firewall: A Comprehensive Comparison and Best Practices (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:08:04 UTC

Azure Firewall, a managed, cloud-based network security service, is an essential component of Azure’s security offerings


Get prepared for default outbound access retirement ()

Published: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:55:00 UTC

This post is part of the Azure Spring Clean event organised by Joe Carlyle and Thomas Thornton


Navigating the Challenges of Policy as Code in Azure: Part 2 (Håvard Løkensgard)

Published: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:00:00 UTC

Previously, I have written about some challenges around policy as code


Azure Certification Path in 2024 (CloudInspired.com)

Published: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:58:12 UTC

This video explains importance of the Azure certification path in 2024 and how we should pass exams for that next Cloud job


Entra ID security – That you MUST review! (CloudInspired.com)

Published: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:46:31 UTC

Entra ID security default settings in the portal that are important for you to review.We show various Entra ID security default settings


Introducing Windows Server 2025 running in Azure #Winsrv #Azure #Security #Windowsinsiders (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:11:46 UTC

Microsoft’s newest iteration, Windows Server 2025, signifies a major advancement in server technology


Azure Bastion with Azure Virtual Wan Microsoft #Azure #AzureBastion #AzureNetworking #Vwan #AzOps #blogpost #MVPBuzz (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:51:00 UTC

Azure Bastion is a service you deploy that lets you connect to a virtual machine using your browser and the Azure portal, or via the native SSH or RDP client already installed on your local computer


Staying productive with the Pomodoro Technique (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:31:32 UTC+01:00

You've probably heard me emphasize 'Be productive, not busy' countless times – much like the quote in the header photo of this very blog post, which is hanging in my home office. The distinction between merely doing things and doing the right things efficiently is significant


Tips for MVP Summit 2024 ()

Published: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:40:59 UTC

This year I was lucky enough to attend my first in person MVP Summit, an annual event where all active Microsoft MVPs have an opportunity to attend an exclusive event hosted by Microsoft and with NDA content delivered by Microsoft leadership teams and program managers (PMs). This year’s event was the first summit since the pandemic … Continue reading Tips for MVP Summit 2024


Conditional Access ‘What If’ Simulation with PowerShell (Daniel Chronlund Cloud Security Blog)

Published: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 08:42:10 UTC

Introduction So, I decided to write my own Conditional Access evaluation engine in PowerShell, like one does on rainy November nights, right? Its purpose is to provide capabilities similar to the built-in What If tool in the Entra ID portal, but with a clear focus on finding grant control gaps in common an uncommon use … Continue reading Conditional Access ‘What If’ Simulation with PowerShell →


Microsoft applied skills assessments ()

Published: Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:58:35 UTC

Microsoft very recently released a new option for obtaining new skills based credentials


Frameworks to strategically improve your cybersecurity (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:11:38 UTC+02:00

Learn about popular cybersecurity frameworks like NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), CISAs Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPG), MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND, Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework's Secure methodology, and Microsoft's CISO Workshop Training.


Learnings from the NSA and CISA top 10 cybersecurity misconfigurations (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:25:45 UTC+02:00

Learn more about the joint advisory by the NSA and CISA, highlighting the top 10 cybersecurity misconfigurations commonly found in large organizations' networks.


What is the Cybercrime Atlas? (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:55:47 UTC+02:00

The Cybercrime Atlas is an initiative launched by the World Economic Forum to better understand and combat cybercrime globally


Azure Backup in 2023: Features you should know about ()

Published: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 10:38:06 UTC

I’ve been meaning to write a new post about Azure Backup for a while, and with the recent general availability announcements of several features, now seems like the perfect time


Easy Bulk Management of Entra ID Conditional Access Policies (Daniel Chronlund Cloud Security Blog)

Published: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 08:44:23 UTC

Managing Conditional Access polices in Entra ID at scale can be a real hassle


How To Deploy a Complete Entra ID Conditional Access PoC in Under 5 Minutes (Daniel Chronlund Cloud Security Blog)

Published: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:27:44 UTC

This is by far the most substantial time saving tool I’ve ever shared with the community


“Unlocking” the Future: The Power of Passkeys in Online Security (Daniel Chronlund Cloud Security Blog)

Published: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:45:49 UTC

I’ve written about passwordless solutions for some years now, and I’m glad to be able to write about another interesting technology in this area, namely passkeys, especially since Microsoft just announced integrated support for them in Windows 11! In today’s digital age, the need for robust online security has never been more crucial


Using Azure Compute Gallery to help deliver a managed multi-customer desktop solution ()

Published: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:00:00 UTC

As the kids go back to school this September, the Azure learning continues and I’m pleased to be contributing once again to the Azure Back to School event


Windows 11 22H2 Breaks virtual switches in Hyper-V #windows11 #fix #break #hyperv #vswitch  #WindowsInsiders (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:27:43 UTC

Windows 11 22H2 Breaks virtual switches in Hyper-V After updating to Windows 11 22H2 all my hyper-v VM’s did not work any more


Celebrating 200 episodes of the Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 10:00:32 UTC+02:00

Wow


What’s lurking in your Microsoft Graph app role assignments? (LearningByDoing.cloud)

Published: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 UTC

I’ve earlier blogged about Building a comprehensive report on admin role assignments in Powershell, this time we’ll look at app role assignments instead.


Move a Recovery Services vault across Azure subscriptions and resource group #Backup #ASR #Azure #ITpro #powershell (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:02:45 UTC

When working on migrations from datacenter to datacenter you often move the backup to a file storage keep it as archive


Microsoft Entra ID Honeypot Accounts with Microsoft Sentinel (Daniel Chronlund Cloud Security Blog)

Published: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:02:53 UTC

Threat hunting is a powerful method of trying to detect stealthy cyber attacks


Automatic Azure AD PIM Role Micromanagement Based on Role Impact (Daniel Chronlund Cloud Security Blog)

Published: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:14:16 UTC

Azure AD Privileged Identity Management makes it possible to configure activation and expiration settings on a per-role basis


SQL Server analysis service SSAS Can’t connect Remote An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host #SQL #SQLServer #Azure #SQLHelp (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:30:11 UTC

For some time I build/rebuild many SQL sites and often migrate the “old” servers to Azure


Point-to-Site Internet breakout through Azure Virtual WAN ()

Published: Fri, 19 May 2023 10:00:00 UTC

This is an interesting one that has come up a few times with some customers who want to use forced tunnelling through a VPN to Azure for remote workers and NAT out to the Internet using a Microsoft public IP address


Still Using Azure Cloud Services (Classic) ? #Azure #ARM #ASM #Cloud #EOL #ESLZ #CAF #WAF (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:53:05 UTC

Azure Cloud Services (Classic) was a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering from Microsoft Azure that allowed developers to deploy, manage, and scale web applications and services in the cloud


Redacting sensitive information with Application Insights in C# (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 09:26:30 UTC+02:00

This article teaches you how to redact sensitive information in Application Insights when you send traces from your .NET applications.


Defend against MFA phishing of Azure AD user identities (LearningByDoing.cloud)

Published: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:00:00 UTC

Continuing on from the Securing user identities in Azure AD beyond MFA blog post, but this time looking at how to prevent MFA phishing attacks.


Follow ‘just-enough-access’ principle by scoping resources during role elevation in Azure PIM (LearningByDoing.cloud)

Published: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 UTC

Privileged Identity Management (PIM) in Azure is a service that helps organizations to manage, govern and monitor access to resources in Azure and Azure AD


Securing user identities in Azure AD beyond MFA (LearningByDoing.cloud)

Published: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 UTC

No pretty screenshots this time, but I’ll try to keep it short and to the point.


Getting started with Microsoft Sentinel ()

Published: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:50:00 UTC

Welcome to my post for this year’s Azure Spring Clean


Routing hub & spoke virtual networks through a network virtual appliance ()

Published: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:35:54 UTC

I was recently involved in deploying a Watchguard network virtual appliance (NVA) to Azure, something I had last performed several years ago but back then it was a very basic setup and everything, including the NVA itself was deployed to a single Azure virtual network


The Threat of Microsoft 365 Wiper Malware (Daniel Chronlund Cloud Security Blog)

Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 08:44:47 UTC

Ransomware has been the major cyber threat the last couple of years, and it still is! But a new trend I see is the rise of wiper malware, which basically tries to destroy your data, instead of encrypting it


Does data going to M365 count as Internet egress bandwidth in Azure? ()

Published: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:19:24 UTC

I do get asked from time to time from customers if they should account for usage of Microsoft 365 services in an Azure Virtual Desktop environment towards their Internet egress traffic estimations


Ultra-wide (21:9) vs a typical 4K (16:9) monitor for productive work (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:55:58 UTC+01:00

I have used a 3440x1440 ultra-wide monitor from LG for eight years


Azure a custom number of vCPUs use Virtual machines selector #Azure #MVPBuzz #Scale #Compute (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:37:58 UTC

Some database workloads like SQL Server require high memory, storage, and I/O bandwidth, but not a high number of cores


Reading e-mails with Microsoft Graph using .NET (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:00:50 UTC+01:00

Following a popular article I published on Sending e-mails with Microsoft Graph using .NET, I have been asked on several occasions how to read e-mails from an inbox. There are several ways to accomplish this, and I'm highlighting one of the easier ways to show a working code


A short recap of ESPC 2022 (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:17:37 UTC+01:00

It's been some time since I attended a conference in person


Why are you not using Azure Hybrid Use Benefit? ()

Published: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 12:05:23 UTC

As many of you may know, I work for a CSP distributor so I deal with licensing A LOT


Build sustainable solutions on Azure and save money (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:04:24 UTC+01:00

Are you building sustainable cloud solutions? If not, read this!


Microsoft Ignite 2022 (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:23:45 UTC

As always you are waiting for some good events and #MSIgnite is a great event, this year 2022 is was hybrid, for me to limited to join in person, but as always great content is announced


Favorite security-focused open-source workbooks for Azure Monitor and Microsoft Sentinel (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 12:48:48 UTC+02:00

Let's explore some of the Open Source workbooks that exist for Azure Monitor and Microsoft Sentinel


Upgrading Azure Load Balancer from Basic to Standard SKU ()

Published: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:28:07 UTC

You may be reading this if you have recently received an email from Microsoft prompting you to take action and upgrade your basic SKU Azure Load Balancers to the standard SKU


Building a comprehensive report on Azure AD admin role assignments in Powershell (LearningByDoing.cloud)

Published: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 00:00:00 UTC

Unassigning inactive roles, verifying that all role holders have registered MFA and are active users, auditing service principals, role-assignable groups and guests with roles, move users from active to eligible roles in PIM (Privileged Identity Management), and making sure that no synchronized users have privileged roles are just a few ideas for why you should be reporting on this topic.


Azure Chaos Studio ()

Published: Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:17:37 UTC

I posted a video on Azure Chaos Studio as my contribution to Azure Back to School 2022


Start with Cloud Adoption Framework enterprise-scale landing zones #CAF #Azure #Cloud #MVPBuzz (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:46:00 UTC

The Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure enterprise-scale landing zone architecture varies between customers. So there is no one size fits all but there is a lot in common that can be reused next time


How to: Remind me to reply to messages in Microsoft Teams (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:00:36 UTC+02:00

Learn about the easiest capability for reminding yourself about Microsoft Teams messages


Query Azure AD logs with KQL from Powershell (LearningByDoing.cloud)

Published: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 UTC

KQL, short for Kusto Query Language, is really great for quering data sets like Sign-in Logs and Audit Logs in Azure AD


Testing your internet speed from the command line on Windows, Linux, or Mac (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 08:50:33 UTC+02:00

I've recently come across the need to test the internet speed of devices without a Graphical User Interface (GUI) connected to the internet. Devices include Raspberry Pi, virtual machines running Linux, cloud-based containers running Linux distros, and more. Services like speedtest.net and fast.com are both very


Exam Study Guide: SC-100 - Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:29:42 UTC+02:00

I recently decided to sit the SC-100: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert exam which, if you pass, grants you the certification with the same title


How to query a Private DNS Zone over Point-to-Site connection with Azure DNS Private Resolver ()

Published: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 09:00:00 UTC

The issue With more and more services going cloud native it’s becoming increasingly more common for organisations not to rely on DNS servers anymore


I'm working at Microsoft (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:57:13 UTC+02:00

The cat is out of the bag


Goodbye, Rencore! (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:56:28 UTC+02:00

This is one of those bittersweet posts you have to make once in a while


Upgrade – Install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022 #SCVMM #Azure #Hybrid #AzureArc #AzOps #Sysctr (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 10:04:38 UTC

System Center – Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Is there for a long time, many used this as the primary tool for managing the virtual and physical environment, but now days Cloud is playing more and more a big role in the infrastructure, Tools are also switching with Azure Arc or with Windows Admin center you … Continue reading "Upgrade – Install System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022 #SCVMM #Azure #Hybrid #AzureArc #AzOps #Sysctr"


Azure Backup – Recovery Services Vault versus Backup Vault ()

Published: Tue, 31 May 2022 13:01:48 UTC

I’ve had a few people ask me recently about the difference between two resources that are both used for Azure Backup, namely Recovery Services Vault and the newer Backup Vault


Recommended books about Azure security! (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Fri, 13 May 2022 12:45:12 UTC+02:00

Recently, I got the question to share a list of books I read on Azure security


Use the Resource Explorer from the Azure Portal (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Wed, 11 May 2022 09:00:00 UTC+02:00

I explained how to use the Azure Resource Explorer in a previous post [https://zimmergren.net/developing-with-azure-part-4-resource-explorer/]


Three habits to improve health and work-life balance (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:54:42 UTC+02:00

I've worked remotely for more than eight years


Top 3 favorite capabilities in Microsoft Defender for Cloud (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:00:00 UTC+02:00

Working with Microsoft Defender for Cloud is amazing


Fixing the "Loading Microsoft Teams" infinite loop (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 09:00:03 UTC+02:00

Solve the "Loading Microsoft Teams..." dialog that gets stuck in an infinite loop.


Estimating the real cost of Microsoft Defender for Cloud (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:25:00 UTC+02:00

It can be tricky to understand the cost of Microsoft Defender for Cloud


Granting workload identities least-privilege mailbox access via Microsoft Graph (LearningByDoing.cloud)

Published: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:00:00 UTC

Forget about POP3, IMAP, Exchange Web Services (EWS) and other legacy protocols for accessing mailbox resources programmatically


Favorite Visual Studio Code extensions (Tobias Zimmergren on Tech)

Published: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:00:00 UTC+02:00

Find some of my favorite Visual Studio Code extensions here, including screenshots and explanations why I think these are worth downloading.


Azure customer management for MSPs ()

Published: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 08:00:00 UTC

It’s that time of the year again and I’m delighted to be taking part once more in Azure Spring Clean, a community event focused on Azure management best practises


MSP: The well-tempered Azure tenant – Part 7 ()

Published: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:00:00 UTC

Welcome to the final part of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs


MSP: The well-tempered Azure tenant – Part 6 ()

Published: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:00:00 UTC

Welcome to part 6 of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs


MSP: The well-tempered Azure tenant – Part 5 ()

Published: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:00:00 UTC

Welcome to part 5 of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs


Backup Azure Firewall with virtual wan #Azure #SDWAN #Backup #Runbook (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 10:32:00 UTC

Azure Backup can’t backup the Azure firewall directly additional steps need to be done before you can backup the Firewall rules


MSP: The well-tempered Azure tenant – Part 4 ()

Published: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:00:00 UTC

Welcome to part 4 of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs


MSP: The well-tempered Azure tenant – Part 3 ()

Published: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:00:00 UTC

Welcome to part 3 of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs


Connecting to SharePoint Online using Managed Identity with granular access permissions (LearningByDoing.cloud)

Published: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 UTC

The Sites.Selected application scope was introduced in Microsoft Graph some time ago to support granular app access permissions in SharePoint Online


MSP: The well-tempered Azure tenant – Part 2 ()

Published: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:00:00 UTC

Welcome to part 2 of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs


Stop using client secrets and certificates, start using Managed Identities (LearningByDoing.cloud)

Published: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 UTC

Whenever an Azure resource needs to authenticate to Azure AD, an identity needs to be provided to the Azure resource


How to Create a Windows server 2022 SOFS Cluster on a VM #sofs #ws2022 #winserv #hyperv #Azure #Windows11 #WiMVP (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:30:34 UTC

Building a test lab is always depending on the resource you have


How to save your old virtual machines to low cost archive storage ()

Published: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 10:00:00 UTC

I had an interesting request this week with a customer who had some decommissioned Azure virtual machines but for compliance reasons needed to retain the data on the disks for 7 years


MSP: The well-tempered Azure tenant – Part 1 ()

Published: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:00:00 UTC

This post will be the first in a series that I’ve been thinking about putting together for a while now


Free eBook – A SysAdmin’s Guide to Azure IaaS – Second Edition. #Altaro #Sysadmin #IaaS (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:50:10 UTC

Free eBook – A SysAdmin’s Guide to Azure IaaS – Second Edition


Don’t use user accounts for your Logic App connections ()

Published: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:25:46 UTC

I have seen an increasing number of users switching from using automation accounts to using virtual machine automation task templates (logic apps) for virtual machine stop/start automation


Developing an automated Advent calendar static web app ()

Published: Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:07:05 UTC

Yes, it’s that time of the year once again! This post accompanies my contribution to the Festive Tech Calendar 2021 which as always is an online community event running throughout the month of December


How to remove Azure Disk Encryption from disks that have already been decrypted ()

Published: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:00:00 UTC

I had an interesting one this week that I thought was worth posting about just in case it might help some others in the same situation


How to use Azure proximity placement groups #Azure #SAP #Latency (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:18:00 UTC

When moving to Azure or building new infrastructure workloads latency is important and where do I find the numbers of how do I configure it for the best and what is the difference between Azure Availability groups or Azure Availability zones or do I need Azure Site Recovery


#Free #eBook – How to Get the Most Out of Windows Admin Center #Altaro #WAC #Hybrid (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:46:48 UTC

Free eBook – How to Get the Most Out of Windows Admin Center – Second Edition


Azure Virtual Network Manager (Preview) – A First Look ()

Published: Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:00:00 UTC

One of the many Azure networking announcements at Microsoft Ignite recently was the release to public preview of Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM)


Problems on Joining Windows Server 2022 to a domain controller forest functional level is not supported #winserv #AD #Azure (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 16:33:30 UTC

This is the first post in the new layout, personally I think I will change it again as the text frame is to small, but let me know your thoughts When migration machines to Azure or to a different OS You will often face all kinds of errors and issues


Website maintenance (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 07:59:07 UTC

During some events on the blog I need to redo some work


Custom RSS feed notifications with a logic app ()

Published: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:00:00 UTC

This blog post covers another self-service task that I deployed for myself recently just to see if I could make life a bit easier


Vaak krijg je wel eens de vraag wat doe jij van werk, Oh IT… dus iets met computers eh.. ja maar IT is meer dan capslock uit zetten. #TrotsopIT #patching #MVPBuzz #security #cloudrocks (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:09:02 UTC

Soms start je de dag net als alle andere dagen, rustig met een bakkie koffie en je wandelt rusting naar kantoor, ploft neer aan je desk, klop je aan in je mail approved je sign (fido2) en doet je dingetje https://robertsmit.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/starting-with-fido2-security-keys-with-azure-active-directory-trustkey-pointblank-fido-azure-security-aad/ Vaak krijg je wel eens de vraag wat doe jij van werk, Oh IT… … Continue reading "Vaak krijg je wel eens de vraag wat doe jij van werk, Oh IT… dus iets met computers eh.


Hornet Security – FREE Webinar – What’s New in Windows Server 2022 #altaro #winserv #Windows (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Fri, 08 Oct 2021 15:18:07 UTC

What’s New in Windows Server 2022 Every three years Windows unveils a new version of its massively widespread OS, Windows Server


Auto delete expired Azure test resources ()

Published: Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:05:25 UTC

This blog post documents something that I’ve been meaning to implement for a while and have now finally got around to doing so


This Holiday Season, win with Hornetsecurity! #Hornetsecurity #M365 #win #Holiday (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Fri, 01 Oct 2021 19:20:00 UTC

This Holiday Season, win with Hornetsecurity! ‘Tis the season to be caring – for your loved ones, for each other, and yes, even for your data and mailboxes


What are On-demand capacity reservations? ()

Published: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:00:00 UTC

In the past week we saw the release to public preview of on-demand capacity reservations for Azure virtual machines


Autoscaling Managed Disk Performance Tiers without downtime ()

Published: Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:15:27 UTC

In the past week, Microsoft have released a new feature into general availability that allows you to change the performance tier of managed disks without any downtime to the virtual machine


Step By Step Troubleshooting Azure Arc-enabled servers with agent connection issues #Windows #WindowsServer #WinServ #Azure #AzureArc #Cloud (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 11:17:00 UTC

Azure Arc-enabled servers enables you to manage your Windows and Linux physical servers and virtual machines hosted outside of Azure, on your corporate network, or other cloud provider


A tour of the new look App Service networking features ()

Published: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:06:18 UTC

There has been a recent Azure portal UI update to the networking features of the Azure App Service


First hands-on Upgrading to Windows Server 2022 Domain Controller #Windows2022 #Windows2016 #winserv #CloudOS #WIMVP (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:38:12 UTC

Windows Server 2022 is built on the strong foundation of Windows Server 2019 and brings many innovations on three key themes: security, Azure hybrid integration and management, and application platform


How to use Root Domains with Azure Front Door ()

Published: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:12:51 UTC

Azure Front Door is a great global load balancing service for web applications


Azure Firewall and starting with Azure Firewall Manager step away from Classic #Azure #Firewall #classic #policy #security #AVD (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:52:00 UTC

In Azure there are multiple options to add a Firewall to your Azure landing zone


It’s time to start using Generation 2 virtual machines in Azure ()

Published: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:21:47 UTC

In this post, I wanted to highlight the key benefits of using Generation 2 virtual machines in Azure


Altaro Webinar – Your 5 Most Critical M365 Vulnerabilities Revealed and How to Fix Them #Altaro #M365 #Webinar #security (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:34:08 UTC

Webinar – Your 5 Most Critical M365 Vulnerabilities Revealed and How to Fix Them Microsoft 365 is an incredibly powerful software suite for businesses, but it is becoming increasingly targeted by people trying to steal your data


Step by Step Create a User P2S VPN using Azure Secured Virtual Hub and Azure Active Directory #SDWAN #Azure #Secure (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 24 May 2021 16:33:00 UTC

There are multiple ways on how to use a VPN and how to connect and use this


Two exams, one month ()

Published: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:54:32 UTC

I’m pleased to say that I’ve added a new new DevOps Engineer expert badge to the sidebar of my website


Get the new PowerCLI: An Aspiring Automator’s Guide from #Altaro Get started on your path to automation greatness #Poswershell #vmware #Cli #vSphere (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:13:38 UTC

PowerCLI: An Aspiring Automator’s Guide Getting into scripting can be daunting


Registration for The Microsoft Ability Summit is open! #Ability #Summit #AI #Office #Windows #Xbox (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:00:00 UTC

The Microsoft Ability Summit is a two-day, free digital event experience that brings together people with disabilities, allies, and accessibility professionals to Imagine, Build, Include, and Empower the future of disability inclusion and accessibility


Effective March 31, 2021, the Azure portal will no longer support Internet Explorer 11. Start using the new Microsoft Edge for speed, security and privacy (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:17:00 UTC

Well on every server or Windows device there is the Internet explorer and prepairing some server workloads you may need some browser and may need to connect to Azure


HA for web apps with private link to database ()

Published: Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:33:57 UTC

It’s fairly typical for customers to want to make a web application highly available be utilising multiple Azure regions


World Backup Day :This World Backup Day, WIN with Altaro! #Altaro #Backup #Win #O365 #vmware (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:47:58 UTC

  This World Backup Day, WIN with Altaro! As World Backup Day approaches, we’re reminded of all the mishaps, backup scares, and near-catastrophes that we’ve experienced over the years – and how grateful we were to have backup during those times! If you use Microsoft 365/Office 365, Hyper-V or VMware, celebrate with us


Live Monitoring Your VM Connections With Network Watcher ()

Published: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 08:00:00 UTC

I’m delighted to be taking part once again in Azure Spring Clean, a community event focused on Azure management best practices


Step by Step Manage Windows Server in Azure with Windows Admin Center #servermgmt #winserv #MSIgnite #WindowsAdminCenter #Azure #AzOps (Robert Smit MVP Blog)

Published: Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:54:07 UTC

During Microsoft Ignite there was a lot on news about Windows Admin Center the latest build 2103 is now GA  http://aka.ms/wacdownload I’m a big fan of #WAC already wrote a couple of blog items about the product


Windows Virtual Desktop Christmas Crackers ()

Published: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:00:00 UTC

Greetings all


Changing virtual machine regions with Azure Resource Mover ()

Published: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 12:27:32 UTC

This post is going to be about a new service currently in public preview at the time of writing called Azure Resource Mover


Azure Back to School: Azure Lighthouse ()

Published: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 23:01:00 UTC

Hi everyone


Azure CI/CD with ARM templates and GitHub Actions ()

Published: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 13:39:52 UTC

Intro This will be my first post on DevOps which is something that I, like many others dismissed a few years ago as something “only for developers”


Have you correctly licensed your migrated SQL Server VMs in Azure? ()

Published: Mon, 11 May 2020 13:41:27 UTC

Are you migrating SQL Server virtual machines to Azure? If so, how are you handling the SQL licensing once migrated? If you are running SQL Server Standard or Enterprise edition then you need to have either an active software assurance agreement or a current CSP subscription for SQL Server in order to qualify for license … Continue reading Have you correctly licensed your migrated SQL Server VMs in Azure?