Connecting Azure Stack to my FortiGate Firewall I wanted to connect my new local Firewall to my Azure Stack vNet. As I described later this year I did it with my old firewall which was a virtual pfSense Firewall. It was very good to learn the real parameters and to proof that against a commercial product. Things… READ MORE
This is a http trigger function written in C# – .NET Core 3.1. It processed a csv file and store the data on Cosmos DB GitHub repo : https://github.com/hansamaligamage/fncsvdatastore Technology stack .NET Core 3.1 on Visual Studio 2019 Azure functions v3 and Azure Cosmos DB table API Some code snippets Retrieve the database storage account Create… READ MORE
How do you add Azure Hybrid benefit to your automated Azure Resource Manager deployment? In this post i will talk about what and why AHB and how to automate enablement in the deployment What is AHB AHB Tips Add to ARM Template Check AHB Convert existing non AHB to AHB Template in demo repo What… READ MORE
You always think your environment is setup correctly and that you’re able to recover in case of a disaster. You make backups, test your backups, setup DR solutions and in the end test the DR plan (very important). But, is your SQL Server Backups usable? But have you ever considered a situation where all your… READ MORE
In non-cloud environments with static configurations, the focus has often been on firewalls and a traffic-centric approach for security. However, in the cloud, resources become dynamic, infrastructure and networking are shared, and users expect access to applications and data from any location at any time. Trying to manage your cloud security with firewall rules alone… READ MORE
Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Research released a paper called “Serverless in the Wild: Characterizing and Optimizing the Serverless Workload at a Large Cloud Provider”. In part 1 of the paper, they revealed some insightful statistics about the actual production usage of Azure Functions for two weeks in summer 2019. This blog post is my summary and highlights… READ MORE
Why is this post about a post bus? What is Custom Vision? Long story short: I want to know when the postman is coming or there was. And without having to look out the window all the time. This is supposed to make a machine for me! For me, there are several reasons for this.… READ MORE
Governance The guidance in this section of the Cloud Adoption Framework provides examples of actionable governance guides that represent common experiences often encountered by customers. Each example encapsulates business risks, corporate policies for risk mitigation, and design guidance for implementing technical solutions. It can help you to create personalized governance solutions that meet a variety… READ MORE
Phew, another article about Conditional Access. That’s right, there a quite a few already. Fortunately, this topic never gets old. Here’s why: In the cloud there are no traditional network perimeters anymore. On-prem appliances are rendered useless as cloud services can be accessed world-wide. All you need is a valid set of credentials to sign-in.… READ MORE
Adopt The adoption phase consists of two steps. On the one hand the “Cloud migration in the Cloud Adoption Framework” and on the other hand the “Cloud innovation in the Cloud Adoption Framework”. But let us start with the first step in Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework. Migrate The first step is the suggested path for… READ MORE
