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All pages referring or tutorials for Microsoft Azure.
Migrate servers with Azure Migrate in 7 steps
Thursday, April 03, 2025 in Microsoft Azure
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This page is about Azure Migrate and how you can migrate an on-premises server or multiple servers to Microsoft Azure. This process is not very easy, but it’s also not extremely difficult. Microsoft hasn’t made it as simple as just …
Save Azure costs on Virtual Machines with Start/Stop
Sunday, March 02, 2025 in Microsoft Azure
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With the Azure Start/Stop solution we can save costs in Microsoft Azure and save some environmental impact. In this guide I will explain how the solution works, how it can help your Azure solutions and how it must be deployed and configured. …
Deep dive into IPv6 with Microsoft Azure
Monday, February 17, 2025 in Microsoft Azure
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In Microsoft Azure, we can build servers and networks that use IPv6 for their connectivity. This is especially great for your webservers, where you want the highest level of availability for your users. This is achieved the best using both IPv4 and …
Using Azure Update Manager to manage updates at scale
Saturday, February 08, 2025 in Microsoft Azure
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Azure Update Manager is a tool from Microsoft and is developed to automate, installing and documenting Windows updates or updates to Linux server on Azure. This all in a single pane of glass and without installing any additional software. …
10 ways to use tags in Microsoft Azure
Friday, January 10, 2025 in Microsoft Azure
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When being introduced to Azure, I learned about tags very quickly. However, this is something you can use in practice but is no requirement to make stuff actually work. Now some years ahead in my Azure journey, I can recommend (at least) 10 ways to …
Azure VPN Gateway Maintenance - How to configure
Wednesday, January 01, 2025 in Microsoft Azure
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Most companies who use Microsoft Azure in a hybrid setup have a Site-to-Site VPN gateway between the network in Azure and on-premises. This connection becomes mission critical for this company as a disruption mostly means a disruption in work or …
Azure Key Vault
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 in Microsoft Azure
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Azure Key Vault is a type of vault used to store sensitive technical information, such as: Certificates Secrets Keys What sets Azure Key Vault apart from a traditional password manager is that it allows software to integrate with the vault. Instead …
How to learn Azure - My learning resources
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 in Microsoft Azure
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When starting to learn Microsoft Azure, the resources and information can be overwhelming. At this page I have summarized some resources which found out during my Azure journey and my advice on when to use what resource. To give a quick overview of …
Introduction to Azure roles and permissions (RBAC/IAM)
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 in Microsoft Azure
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When managing a Microsoft Azure environment, permissions and roles with RBAC is one of the basic ways to improve your security. At one hand, you want to have the permissions to do basic tasks but at the other hand you want to restrict an user to be …
Network security in Azure with NSG and ASG
Friday, July 26, 2024 in Microsoft Azure
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When designing, managing and securing a network in Microsoft Azure we have lots of options to do this. We can leverage third-party appliances like Fortinet, Palo Alto, PFSense or Sophos XG Firewall but we can also use the somewhat limited built-in …