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
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
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
Published: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:34:06 UTC
Secure Microsoft Entra Account Recovery with Conditional Access
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
Published: Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:45:15 UTC
Learn about Entra GSA, new community toolkits and more!
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.
Published: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 05:15:55 UTC
From VPN to Zero Trust: Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access Complete Overview
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.
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
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
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
Published: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:13:34 UTC
It’s hard to believe 2025 is already wrapping
Published: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:28:59 UTC
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the most effective defenses against identity-based attacks
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.
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
Published: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 13:18:57 UTC
Alex Simons announces his retirement
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
Published: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:10:17 UTC
I'm so sorry ;-)
Published: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:16:56 UTC
The one setting that forces users to stop using SMS
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
Published: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:23:05 UTC
Organizations leading in AI make it foundational
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.
Published: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:53:04 UTC
Imagine you’re in a Microsoft Teams meeting
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.
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.
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
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 🌍.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
Published: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:18:05 UTC
Discover GPT‑5.2 in Microsoft Foundry—the next standard for enterprise AI
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.
Published: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:00:00 UTC
Energy at Microsoft Ignite was electric
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
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
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.
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
Published: Tue, 09 Dec 2025 06:20:07 UTC
In my last post, I talked about the “agent hype” we’re all dealing with
Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:37:19 UTC
Click bait title is click bait, but I have a point here
Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:18:20 UTC
Wokplace Ninjas US - Edition
Published: Sat, 06 Dec 2025 21:13:30 UTC
At Ignite, Microsoft announced that Synced Passkeys would become available in 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
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.
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
Published: Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:45:34 UTC
Yesterday I got an interesting question
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.
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)
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.
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
Published: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:55:00 UTC
Introduction It’s great to be back for another year of the Festive Tech Calendar
Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:12:51 UTC
Welcome everyone to my contribution to this year’s Festive Tech Calendar
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.
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.
Published: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:38:07 UTC
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
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
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
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.
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.
Published: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:29:31 UTC
Study cram for AB-900
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
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 🌍.
Published: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 03:19:43 UTC
Microsoft Launches Official MCP Server for Entra & Graph
Published: Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:44:35 UTC
Quick update this week. 🔎 Looking for content on a particular topic? Search the channel
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
Published: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:32:14 UTC
Explore the new Microsoft 365 Baseline Security Mode
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
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 🌍.
Published: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 02:17:57 UTC
Stop Using Passwords: The Entra Update You Can't Ignore
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
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
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.
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
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.
Published: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:41:14 UTC
Quick overview of the Azure Front Door resilience capabilities.
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
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 🌍.
Published: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 13:50:19 UTC
Microsoft's Zero Trust Assessment: Breach Origin, Sankey Secrets, and more
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.
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
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
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
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
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
Published: Sun, 09 Nov 2025 09:36:26 UTC
Learn about GA of Group Source of Authority, Public Preview of User SOA and more...
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
Published: Sat, 08 Nov 2025 13:56:09 UTC
If you manage Entra apps, watch this!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Published: Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:35:47 UTC
Learn about upcoming Entra sessions at Ignite, changes to Authenticator app and more.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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"
Published: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:00:00 UTC
Increase CI/CD efficiency with AI-powered Terraform plan reviews
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
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)
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.
Published: Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:23:35 UTC
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Learn how to check out a custom repo and branch in GitHub Actions with this step-by-step guide
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)
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
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
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
Published: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:14:47 UTC
This is my entry for this year’s Azure Back To School
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
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
Published: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:51:33 UTC
Azure Policy OverviewContinue reading on ITNEXT »
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
Published: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:51:30 UTC
After a good while without posting anything, I finally decided to slowly recommence again
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
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
Published: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:00:00 UTC
Introduction Firstly, it’s great to be featured for Azure Back to School in 2025
Published: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:43:23 UTC
I mentor Tomislav Fučkar
Published: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:40:49 UTC
Managing cloud costs has never been more important
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.
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
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.
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
Published: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 07:17:01 UTC
Living in the Netherlands has its perks
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.
Published: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:00:00 UTC
Greetings! Welcome to my contribution to this year’s Azure Back to School event
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
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
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
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
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.
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
Published: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:27:23 UTC
Our AI focussed event is back for another year
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
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
Published: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 02:29:47 UTC
The almighty tech stack
Published: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:51:23 UTC
The post Using VS Code Beast Mode to learn appeared first on Azure Greg.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Published: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:11:22 UTC
Unlock hassle-free local agentic AI with Docker MCP Toolkit
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
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.
Published: Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:25:31 UTC
An Overview of everything you need to know about Microsoft FabricContinue reading on ITNEXT »
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
Published: Fri, 01 Aug 2025 11:07:40 UTC
In my previous article, I discussed common threats linked to Agentic AI systems
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 …
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 …
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
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)
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Published: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:19:14 UTC
How to stop secrets from ending up in your state file!Continue reading on ITNEXT »
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)...
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
Published: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 06:39:53 UTC
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Copilot Exam Study GuideContinue reading on ITNEXT »
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.
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...
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
Published: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:44 UTC
There is no doubt that we are living in interesting times
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 »
Published: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 01:00:00 UTC
I see many people implementing classic network security designs in Azure
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
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
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 )
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
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
Published: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:10:20 UTC
Here comes yet another “How does it work” post on Azure networking
Published: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:44:35 UTC
In this post, I want to explain why routing is so important in Microsoft Azure
Published: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:08:58 UTC
You’re designing a new virtual network in Azure
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
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.
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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
Published: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:01:12 UTC
What is CodeQL?Continue reading on ITNEXT »
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...
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 »
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
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...
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 »
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
Published: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:02:30 UTC
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/about-fastpath
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...
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 »
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
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
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...
Published: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 08:22:14 UTC
Brief overview of ANF, its Networking options, and demo of how they impact UDR considerations.
Published: Sun, 01 Dec 2024 21:00:00 UTC
Terraform 1.10 introduced a groundbreaking concept called ephemeral resources
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
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
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
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 →
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
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
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In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, hybrid solutions like Azure Arc and Azure Stack HCI are gaining traction
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
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
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
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
Published: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:00:00 UTC
Microsoft Azure offers a range of tools to automate tasks, streamline workflows, and improve efficiency
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
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
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
Published: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 06:47:07 UTC
Single GatewaySubnet prefix, /27 subnet size, High perf to ERGW1AZ SKU.
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.
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
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
Published: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:00:00 UTC
I often get asked how to stay updated on major tech updates
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
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
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
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)
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Comparing these two Azure networking visibility features, which tool is right for the job? Spoiler; there is a use case for both :).
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
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
Published: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:05:27 UTC
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/traffic-collector
Published: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:58:35 UTC
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/route-maps-how-to
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
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 …
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 …
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
Published: Mon, 13 May 2024 09:00:00 UTC
Are you intrigued by Azure Virtual WAN? If so, continue reading
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
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 …
Published: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:36:28 UTC
Already for some time I was a happy user of Copilot
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
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
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
Published: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:00:00 UTC
Previously, I have written about some challenges around policy as code
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
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
Published: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:11:46 UTC
Microsoft’s newest iteration, Windows Server 2025, signifies a major advancement in server technology
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
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
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
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 →
Published: Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:58:35 UTC
Microsoft very recently released a new option for obtaining new skills based credentials
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.
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.
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
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
Published: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 08:44:23 UTC
Managing Conditional Access polices in Entra ID at scale can be a real hassle
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
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
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
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
Published: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 10:00:32 UTC+02:00
Wow
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.
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
Published: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:02:53 UTC
Threat hunting is a powerful method of trying to detect stealthy cyber attacks
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Published: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 09:50:00 UTC
Welcome to my post for this year’s Azure Spring Clean
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
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
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
Published: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:55:58 UTC+01:00
I have used a 3440x1440 ultra-wide monitor from LG for eight years
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
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
Published: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:17:37 UTC+01:00
It's been some time since I attended a conference in person
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
Published: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:04:24 UTC+01:00
Are you building sustainable cloud solutions? If not, read this!
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Published: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:00:36 UTC+02:00
Learn about the easiest capability for reminding yourself about Microsoft Teams messages
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
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
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
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
Published: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:57:13 UTC+02:00
The cat is out of the bag
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
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"
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
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
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/]
Published: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:54:42 UTC+02:00
I've worked remotely for more than eight years
Published: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:00:00 UTC+02:00
Working with Microsoft Defender for Cloud is amazing
Published: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 09:00:03 UTC+02:00
Solve the "Loading Microsoft Teams..." dialog that gets stuck in an infinite loop.
Published: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:25:00 UTC+02:00
It can be tricky to understand the cost of Microsoft Defender for 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
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.
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
Published: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:00:00 UTC
Welcome to the final part of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs
Published: Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:00:00 UTC
Welcome to part 6 of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs
Published: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:00:00 UTC
Welcome to part 5 of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs
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
Published: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:00:00 UTC
Welcome to part 4 of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs
Published: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:00:00 UTC
Welcome to part 3 of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs
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
Published: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:00:00 UTC
Welcome to part 2 of my well-tempered Azure tenant series for MSPs
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
Published: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:30:34 UTC
Building a test lab is always depending on the resource you have
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
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
Published: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:50:10 UTC
Free eBook – A SysAdmin’s Guide to Azure IaaS – Second Edition
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
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
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
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
Published: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:46:48 UTC
Free eBook – How to Get the Most Out of Windows Admin Center – Second Edition
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)
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
Published: Sat, 23 Oct 2021 07:59:07 UTC
During some events on the blog I need to redo some work
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Published: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:12:51 UTC
Azure Front Door is a great global load balancing service for web applications
Published: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:52:00 UTC
In Azure there are multiple options to add a Firewall to your Azure landing zone
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
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
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
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
Published: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:13:38 UTC
PowerCLI: An Aspiring Automator’s Guide Getting into scripting can be daunting
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
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
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
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
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
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
Published: Sun, 06 Dec 2020 10:00:00 UTC
Greetings all
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
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”
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?