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Azure Functions Premium Plan - When and Why
The Azure Functions Premium plan is the hosting option I reach for as soon as two of these three conditions are true: the function needs to connect to a…
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Azure Desired State Configuration for Configuration Management
DSC works with three key components: Configurations : PowerShell scripts defining desired state Resources : Building blocks for configurations (files,…
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Azure Update Management for Patch Compliance
Set up Update Management for your VMs: Onboard VMs to Update Management: Schedule update deployments: Create maintenance scripts: Query update compliance…
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Azure Automation Runbooks for Infrastructure Management
Set up Azure Automation: Create a runbook for VM management: Create a Python runbook for resource cleanup: Create schedules for automated execution: Create…
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Configuring Azure Service Health Alerts
Service Health tracks three types of events: Service Issues : Active problems affecting Azure services Planned Maintenance : Upcoming maintenance that might…
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Developing MacOS Apps using .NET
Mono is the original vision and execution of having .NET and C available to non Windows platform. The project has been around since 2004 and was as an…
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Monitoring Azure Resource Health for Proactive Operations
Resource Health reports four possible states: Available : Resource is healthy and operating normally Unavailable : Resource is not healthy due to Azure or…
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Working with Azure Activity Logs for Audit and Compliance
Activity Logs include several categories: Administrative : Resource management operations (create, update, delete) Security : Security Center alerts and…
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Configuring Azure Diagnostic Settings for Comprehensive Logging
Azure resources produce several types of diagnostic data: Platform Metrics : Numerical performance data Resource Logs : Detailed operational logs (formerly…
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Message to the young
I recently gave a graduation speech to my high school alma matter. Compared to my usual technical talks, this time it's about inspiring the younger…
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Publishing Custom Metrics to Azure Monitor
There are two ways to publish custom metrics: Application Insights SDK : For application level metrics Azure Monitor REST API : For any metric source Use…
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Deep Dive into Azure Monitor Metrics
Azure Monitor collects two types of metrics: Platform Metrics : Automatically collected from Azure resources Custom Metrics : Application specific metrics…
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Application Security Groups for Simplified Network Security
Traditional NSG rules use IP addresses, which creates challenges: IP addresses change when VMs are recreated Rules become hard to read with many IP ranges…
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Network Security Groups - Microsegmentation in Azure
NSG rules are evaluated by priority (100 4096, lower = higher priority): Direction : Inbound or Outbound Priority : 100 4096 (lower numbers processed first)…
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Configuring Azure Firewall Rules for Enterprise Security
Azure Firewall rules are the configuration work that determines whether your network security posture is genuinely restrictive or accidentally permissive.…
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Consumption vs Premium Azure Functions - Making the Right Choice
Feature Consumption Premium Scaling 0 to 200 instances 1 to 100 instances Cold starts Yes No (pre warmed) Max timeout 10 min (default 5) 60 min (default 30)…
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Getting Started with DeFi
Blockchain is not dead. Actually, quite the contrary is happening in the past year. There are more and more interest and it's gaining a lot more traction…
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Background Processing Patterns in Azure
Use queues to handle variable load: Scale processing with multiple consumers: Process high priority items first: Coordinate long running business processes:…
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Azure Private DNS Zones for Internal Name Resolution
Set up a private DNS zone for your organization: Complete Private DNS setup with Terraform: Create DNS zones for Azure Private Link services: Integrate…
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My Ultimate Windows and Mac Setup (2021 Edition)
In a parallel world, I'll be just using 1 device and 1 Operating system for all the things. However, given the nature of my work with mobile, web…
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Simplified Outbound Connectivity with Azure NAT Gateway
NAT Gateway solves several problems: SNAT Port Exhaustion : Each NAT Gateway supports up to 64,000 concurrent connections per public IP Simplified…
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Azure Load Balancer - Distributing Traffic Effectively
Azure offers two SKUs: Basic : Free, limited features, no SLA Standard : Zone redundant, SLA backed, supports availability zones Set up an internet facing…
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Azure Virtual Network Peering - Connecting Your Networks
VNet peering is the network connectivity primitive I configure in almost every Azure architecture. The pitch is simple: two virtual networks, connected via…
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High-Bandwidth Connectivity with Azure ExpressRoute Direct
ExpressRoute Direct offers: Direct physical connectivity to Microsoft's network 10 Gbps or 100 Gbps port pairs Support for massive data ingestion scenarios…