Can you imagine how long it would take to generate a list of VMs across hundreds of subscriptions on...
Just about a year ago, I looked at Azure Sentinel, a new cloud-based security information and event management (SIEM)...
In this post, we will be looking at managing and maintaining management groups and controlling them along with their...
Learn how to perform core administrative tasks on the Azure Cosmos DB using Azure PowerShell.
Azure health services: Track Microsoft cloud outages and maintenance
azure, cloud computing, monitoring 0
Get familiar with Azure Status dashboard, Azure Service Health, Service Health Alerts, Azure Resource Health, and Azure Resource Graph...
Azure policies are becoming increasingly popular, as they provide a wide range of management capabilities over Azure resources. Not...
Creating and configuring a virtual machine completely with PowerShell (using Azure Stack HCI as an example)
azure, cloud computing, virtualization 0
If you have to create several identical VMs that deviate significantly from the wizard's defaults in the Hyper-V Manager,...
Create a hyperconverged infrastructure with Azure Stack HCI and Windows Admin Center
azure, deployment, virtualization 0
Azure Stack HCI is Microsoft's preferred platform for configuring hyperconverged clusters. Windows Admin Center contains a wizard that can...
Conditional Access: Create policies to secure cloud resources using AAD authentication
azure, cloud computing, security, active directory 2
Microsoft's Conditional Access is an Azure Active Directory (AAD) feature that increases security with remote and "work from anywhere"...
Windows Admin Center 2103.2: Cluster-aware update, Kubernetes Service for Azure Stack HCI, extension for Windows Time Service, update for Events tool
azure, cloud computing, deployment 0
Shortly after releasing Windows Admin Center (WAC) 2103, Microsoft released the minor update 2103.2. It introduces some interesting new...
Share office printers with remote workers using Windows Internet Printing
azure, cloud computing, deployment 5
While Microsoft has introduced a newer remote print solution called Universal Print, many organizations may not want to shift...
Runecast Analyzer: Automate security configuration on-premises and in the cloud
azure, cloud computing, security 0
Runecast Analyzer is an all-in-one solution that provides organizations with an automated way to align their hybrid cloud environments...
SquaredUp Dashboard Server for PowerShell, SCOM, Azure, and many more
azure, cloud computing, powershell, monitoring 3
SquaredUp Dashboard Server allows connecting and aggregating data from just about any data source and presenting the information in...
Microsoft Universal Print: Installing the connector, setting up the service, and adding printers to PCs
azure, cloud computing 9
Universal Print allows organizations to migrate most of their printing infrastructure to the cloud. The service comprises a SaaS...
Hyperconverged infrastructure: Azure Stack HCI versus Windows Server with Storage Spaces Direct
windows server, cloud computing, azure 0
Microsoft introduced Storage Spaces Direct with Windows Server 2016. Since then, the OS has included all the components to...
Azure Application Gateway (AG) is a kind of load balancer that operates at OSI layer 7, which allows us...
Can you apply Windows Server patches without rebooting? It's possible with Microsoft's new rebootless hotpatching of Windows Server using...
This overview of key Azure and Azure AD security services is a reference for anyone who is getting started...
Single Sign-On with AWS and Azure: Integrating AWS Identity with Azure Active Directory
AWS, azure, cloud computing 0
This step-by-step guide explains how to integrate AWS identity with Azure AD. Such integration would help administrators to focus...
Manage role-based access control for Azure Key Vault keys, certificates, and secrets using PowerShell
azure, cloud computing, security, powershell 0
Azure Key Vaults are essential components for storing sensitive information such as passwords, certificates, and secrets of any kind....
