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Use Azure Storage for backup

Because of its relatively low cost and flexibility, Azure Storage is a great target for cloud-based backup. Learn the...
Azure Data Studio vs. SQL Server Management (SSMS)

If your Windows systems administration work touches SQL Server products, you need to know when Azure Data Studio is...
Prepare AD synchronization with Azure Active Directory using IdFix

Many organizations are migrating their on-premises email to Microsoft 365. One of the necessary steps is synchronizing your local...
Azure Recovery Services vault: Ironing out the confusion

Microsoft Azure offers a variety of backup and disaster recovery solutions. Let Tim iron out some common confusions about...
Migrate a SQL Server Database to Azure SQL Database

Learn how to assess and migrate your on-prem SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database by using Microsoft's Data...
Draft: Containerize apps for Azure Kubernetes Service

Draft is an open-source project that helps developers go from a noncontainerized application to running on Kubernetes with ease....
Work in Microsoft Azure with Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Learn the many ways you can make your Microsoft Azure work easier by integrating with Visual Studio Code (VS...
Create a custom Azure image

If you to want to upload an on-premises Hyper-V VM to the cloud to create a custom Azure image...
Restricting registration to Azure AD MFA from trusted locations with Conditional Access policy

You may be familiar with the Conditional Access policy feature in Azure AD as a means to control access...
Azure AD MFA with number matching and temporary access passes

Microsoft will enable the new number matching feature by default in February 2023. Number matching for Azure AD MFA...
Create and manage append blobs with PowerShell

Before diving into how to manage append blobs using PowerShell, let's have a quick look at the blob types...
Microsoft Graph: A single (PowerShell) API for Microsoft’s cloud services

Microsoft Graph is an API for accessing data in various Microsoft services, including Azure Active Directory, Teams, and OneDrive....
Manage Azure Policy using Terraform

Terraform is a popular Infrastructure as Code solution. Did you know that you can manage other Azure resources, such...
Create an AWS EC2 instance with HashiCorp Terraform provider

In this tutorial, I will walk through the steps to use the AWS Terraform provider to create an EC2...
Getting started with Terraform in Azure

HashiCorp Terraform is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool that enables deploying resources on-premises and to the cloud....
Install Azure Stack HCI Single-Node Cluster

Azure Stack HCI is Microsoft's preferred way of delivering a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution. It's hosted on-premises and managed...
Azure AD certificate-based user authentication

Certificate-based authentication is an extremely robust and secure mechanism for validating a user's identity. However, until recently, you had...
Configuring SSO between Active Directory and Azure using pass-through authentication

Pass-through authentication is an alternative to AD FS and password hash synchronization in Azure AD. This technology allows users...
Passwordless authentication with FIDO2 and Azure Active Directory

Getting rid of unsecure password authentication is becoming a priority for many businesses. Companies using Microsoft's Azure Active Directory...