According to Microsoft, Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud services to help your organisation meet business challenges. It’s the freedom to build, manage, and deploy applications on a massive, global network using various tools and frameworks.
From DevOps to business analytics to the Internet of Things, Azure is designed to have users up and running quickly with a scalable, cost-effective solution that works with your existing investments.
This cloud computing service is a big part of Microsoft’s business, and it competes with similar services from Amazon and Google.
Therefore, our Azure Category is full of handy tips, tricks and advise. Check out some of the Step by Step blogs or learn with our eBooks, How To videos and Webinars.
When sending a single item array to a Bicep template you may get an error like this: This is down to the fact that Bash arrays when used with the Azure CLI can be a little surprising. If we initialise a single item array then it’s not an array. It’s a string. This is a… READ MORE
How to use Azure Automation to change Teams Auto Attendant & Call Queue settings Join Luca and learn how to use Azure Automation to change Teams Auto Attendant & Call Queue settings. This webinar is designed to equip you with the necessary tools and tricks to streamline and optimize your Microsoft Teams Auto Attendant and… READ MORE
Microsoft Azure Hybrid Management With Windows Admin Center in the Azure portal you can manage the Windows Server operating system of your Arc-enabled servers, known as hybrid machines. You can securely manage hybrid machines from anywhere–without needing a VPN, public IP address, or other inbound connectivity to your machine. With Windows Admin Center extension in… READ MORE
In this post I want to share my thoughts about disabling classic pipelines in Azure DevOps. Which I know there are mixed feelings about. In addition, I want to raise awareness that this is now possible. Due to the fact that towards the end of January Microsoft announced that you can now disable creation of classic pipelines in… READ MORE
Microsoft Azure Arc Microsoft Azure Arc Services is a bridge that extends the Azure platform to help you build applications and services with the flexibility to run across datacenters, at the edge, and in multicloud environments. Develop cloud-native applications with a consistent development, operations, and security model. Azure Arc runs on both new and existing… READ MORE
How to get started with Microsoft Sentinel – best practices from the field Join Dominik and learn how to get started with Microsoft Sentinel, a cutting-edge security information event management (SIEM) and security orchestration automated response (SOAR) solution. This webinar is designed to equip security professionals, IT administrators, and decision-makers with a comprehensive understanding of… READ MORE
In my previous blog I wrote about creating a virtual network in Microsoft Azure and a site-to-site VPN connection to connect your on-premises network to the virtual network in Azure. The next step is to create a Domain Controller and (optional) an Azure AD Connect server in Microsoft Azure. On a Domain Controller on-premises, create a new… READ MORE
I am starting to see GitOps more and more lately especially now it can be easily installed using an AKS cluster extension. Not sure what a cluster extension is? Check out this blog post. https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2022/02/azure-kubernetes-service-aks-addons-and-extensions-who-is-responsible/ One thing I have noticed is that when people have installed flux via the cluster extension and are using the best… READ MORE
Cloud computing has revolutionised the way we store, manage, and process data. However, as more organisations move their workloads to the cloud, managing and monitoring these environments has become increasingly complex. Azure Arc is a game-changing solution that simplifies multi-cloud management, enabling businesses to manage their cloud resources seamlessly across multiple environments. In this blog… READ MORE
Let’s set the scene. You deployed the NGINX ingress controller a while ago onto an AKS cluster by following the Microsoft Docs https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/aks/ingress-basic and now need to update the nginx ingress controller but add a new configuration. If you read the doc page, you will notice the helm command is not using a values file but rather… READ MORE
