Category: Microsoft Azure

Create HTTPS 301 redirects with Azure Front Door

In this post, I will explain how I redirect my domains and subdomains to websites and parts of my website. If you ever visited my tools…

Everything you need to know about Azure Bastion

Azure Bastion is a great tool in Azure to ensure your virtual machines are accessible in a fast, safe and easy way. This is cool if you…

I tried running Active Directory DNS on Azure Private DNS

In Azure we can configure private DNS zones for local domains. We can use this to resolve our resources in our virtual network by name…

Upload multiple Github repositories into a single Azure Static Web App

In this guide, I will describe how I host multiple Github applications/tools into one single Static Web App environment in Azure. Ths…

ARM templates and Azure VM + Script deployment

In Azure we can deploy ARM templates (+ script afterwards) to deploy resources on a big scale. This is like an easier version Terraform…

Automatic Azure Boot diagnostics monitoring with Azure Policy

In Azure, we can configure Boot diagnostics to view the status of a virtual machine and connect to its serial console. However, this must…

Wordpress on Azure

Wordpress. Its maybe the best and easiest way to maintain a website. This can be run on any server, and in Azure, we also have great possi…

New: Azure Service Groups

We now have a new feature in Microsoft Azure; Service Groups. In this guide, we will dive a bit deeper into Service Groups and what we can…

In-Place upgrade to Windows Server 2025 on Azure

This guide explains how to perform a in-place upgrade WIndows Server on Azure to leverage the newest version and stay secure.

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Use Azure Logic Apps to automatically start and stop VMs

With Azure Logic apps we can save some money on compute costs. Azure Logic apps are flow based tasks that can be run on schedule, or on a…

How to implement Azure Firewall to secure your Azure environment

In this article, we are going to implement Azure Firewall in Azure. We are going to do this by building and architecting a new network and creating…

What is Azure Firewall?

Azure Firewall is a Firewall which can be implemented in your Azure network. It acts as a Layer 3, 4 and 7 Firewall and so has more…

Azure Default VM Outbound access deprecated

Starting on 30 September 2025, default outbound connectivity for Azure VMs will be retired. This means that after this date you have to…

Microsoft Azure certifications for Developers

This page shows what Microsoft Azure certifications are available for Developer-minded people. I intend to focus as much on the developers…

Creating Static Web Apps on Azure the easy way

Microsoft Azure has a service called the ‘Static Web Apps" (SWA) which are simple but yet effective webpages. They can host HTML…

Create custom Azure Workbooks for detailed monitoring

Azure Workbooks are an excellent way to monitor your application and dependencies in a nice and customizable dashboard. Workbooks can…

Setup a Minecraft server on Azure

Minecraft is a great game. And what if i tell you we can setup a server for Minecraft on Azure so you can play it with your friends and…

Deploy Resource Group locks automatically with Azure Policy

Locks in Azure are a great way to prevent accidental deletion or modify resources or resource groups. This helps further securing your…

Monitor and reduce carbon emissions (CO2) in Azure

In Microsoft Azure, we have some options to monitor and reduce your organizations Carbon emissions (CO2) from services hosted in the cloud.

Migrate servers with Azure Migrate in 7 steps

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 installing an agent on a VM, logging in, and clicking the migrate button. Instead, it is built in a scalable way.

Save Azure costs on Virtual Machines with Start/Stop

With the Azure Start/Stop solution we can save costs in Microsoft Azure and save some environmental impact. In this guide I will explain…

Deep dive into IPv6 with Microsoft Azure

In Microsoft Azure, we can build servers and networks that use IPv6 for their connectivity. This is especially great for your webserv…

Using Azure Update Manager to manage updates at scale

Azure Update Manager is a relatively new tool from Microsoft and is developed to automate, installing and documenting…

10 ways to use tags in Microsoft Azure

When being introduced to Azure, I learned about tags very quickly. However, this is something you can use in practice but is no requirement…

Azure VPN Gateway Maintenance - How to configure

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…

Azure Key Vault

Azure Key Vault is a type of vault used to store sensitive technical information, such as: Certificates, Secrets and Keys. What sets Azure…

How to learn Azure - My learning resources

When starting to learn Microsoft Azure, the resources and information can be overwhelming. At this page i have summarized…

Introduction to Azure roles and permissions (RBAC/IAM)

In this page, I will explain you the basics of Microsoft Azure roles and permissions management (RBAC) and help you secure your environment.

Network security in Azure with NSG and ASG

At this page, i will explain you how basic Network security works in Azure by using only Network Security Groups (NSG) and ASG.

Rename name-tags to resource groups and resources

By default, resource names in Azure aren’t renameable. Luckily there now is a workaround for this with tags and i will explain you how to…

Introduction to the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark (MCSB)

So have a good overview of how secure your complete IT environment is, Microsoft released the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark, which is…

Introduction to the Azure Well-Architected Framework

The Azure Well Architected Framework (WAF) is a framework to improve the quality of your Microsoft Azure Deployment. This does it by..

Cloud Adoption Framework Introduction (CAF)

More and more organizations are moving to the cloud. In order to do this succesfully, we can use the Cloud Adoption Framework which is de…