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Azure Enterprise Policy as Code – Azure Landing Zones Integration

Anthony_W on Oct 03 2022 12:26 AM
Integrate the Enterprise Policy as Code solution with Azure Landing Zone policy deployment and management across your en...
3,785

Prepare for Cloud Service Disaster Recovery - Export Key M365 Services Configurations

Michael Hildebrand on Sep 30 2022 10:03 AM
When disaster strikes an IT infrastructure, be it an accident or maliciousness, a bit of preparation can go a long way t...
2,694

How To Determine What Devices Are Connecting To a Storage Account

AndrewCoughlin on Sep 26 2022 12:00 AM
Have you ever wondered how to determine if any devices are still using a storage account blob, file, table, or queues? I...
3,643

Create Azure Service Health Alerts for All Resource Groups

wernerrall on Sep 19 2022 01:16 AM
Create Azure Service Healths for All Resources in Resource Groups and email Contributors/Owners.
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Azure Enterprise Policy as Code – A New Approach

Anthony_W on Sep 12 2022 01:04 AM
We work closely with customers using Azure Policy and have seen many different methods of deploying and maintaining it, ...
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Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (August 2022)

BrandonWilson on Sep 09 2022 02:17 PM
Welcome to the August 2022 Check This Out! (CTO!) guide: Helping you to expand your horizons!
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Fun with Azure VPN

fbinotto on Sep 06 2022 04:09 PM
Connect your lab with your internet devices and learn a lot about Azure VPN.
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Upgrading AKS Using REST API

varghesejoji on Sep 01 2022 11:19 AM
This blog covers the usage of Azure REST APIs to test upgrade options on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
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Domain Join a Storage Account Leveraging Azure Automation

DarrenTurchiarelli on Aug 29 2022 04:24 PM
Are you looking to take the next step in your cloud journey and pivot away from managing file servers? Why not look at A...
2,696

Q: Who is adding a bunch of DNS records to my environment?

PaulHarrison on Aug 25 2022 02:00 AM
A: Everyone wants to go back in time to enable auditing before an incident has happened, but in this case, we can do som...
2,625

Right Size/Recommend Azure SQL Managed Instance

wernerrall on Aug 22 2022 12:35 AM
Do you need to understand if you are using the correct size of Azure SQL Managed Instance? Have your business needs chan...
3,042

Modernizing Endpoint Management – Encryption – Part 2

PaddyDamodharan on Aug 15 2022 12:00 AM
Part 2 - Use Intune to backup & recover Bitlocker keys for Co-managed clients.
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Modernizing Endpoint Management – Encryption - Part 1

PaddyDamodharan on Aug 08 2022 12:00 AM
Part 1 - Use Intune to recover Bitlocker keys for ConfigMgr managed clients (Tenant attached).
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CIS Tech Community-Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (July 2022)

BrandonWilson on Aug 04 2022 08:12 AM
Welcome to the July 2022 Check This Out! (CTO!) guide: Helping you to expand your horizons!
2,407

The RC4 Removal Files Part 3 – The “Everything Else” Of It

Joel Vickery on Aug 01 2022 08:33 PM
Its the end of the road for RC4 and this blog post describes how to put the final nail in the RC4 coffin.
3,505

Accessing Key Vault from Another Subscription Over Private Endpoint

AndrewCoughlin on Jul 25 2022 12:00 AM
In this blog I will walk through the process of using a managed identity and access an Azure Key Vault from another subs...
3,230

Introduction to Network Trace Analysis Part 1: Asking Questions and Collecting Data

WillAftring on Jul 18 2022 07:55 AM
Today’s post will be a bit shorter but will cover how we collect network traces and what information we need to make use...
3,115

Deprovisioning Cloud PCs in Windows 365

JakeStoker on Jul 14 2022 12:00 AM
Bringing Cloud PCs into the world is different from a typical VM or physical device, taking them out of the world is dif...
3,583

Bicep for Terraform Engineers

fbinotto on Jul 10 2022 02:00 AM
Get to know how Bicep compares with Terraform in a nice and short article.
3,185

Accessing Key Vault from Another Subscription Over Public Endpoint

AndrewCoughlin on Jul 04 2022 12:00 AM
In this blog I will walk through the process of using a managed identity and access an Azure Key Vault from another subs...
2,198

CIS Tech Community-Check This Out! (CTO!) Guide (June 2022)

BrandonWilson on Jun 30 2022 12:00 AM
Welcome to the June 2022 Check This Out! (CTO!) guide: Helping you to expand your horizons!
3,313

VM Backup Tiering with Azure Automation

fbinotto on Jun 26 2022 10:00 AM
Use new enhanced backup policies with Azure Automation and tags to create backup tiers based on your RPO requirements.
2,628

Understanding Reprovision & Point-in-Time Restore in Windows 365

ModernWorkRick on Jun 20 2022 07:40 AM
Wondering the impact and possible uses cases for reprovisioning and Point-in-time restore? Let's take a look at understa...
3,763

Azure DDoS Protection Standard Costs Estimation

hspinto on Jun 13 2022 12:00 AM
If you are considering the activation of Azure DDoS Protection Standard – a great solution to better protect your Azure ...
3,521

Reconcile Tag Names Across Azure

Anthony_W on Jun 06 2022 12:16 AM
During a recent cost optimization workshop with a customer, they mentioned that although they had some tagging policies ...
4,717

Update Management for Windows on a Windows 365 Cloud PC

ModernWorkRick on May 31 2022 07:22 PM
A look at understanding update management for Windows on a Windows 365 Cloud PC
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To AAD Join or Not … That is the Question

Michael Hildebrand on May 27 2022 05:50 AM
Some discussion around Hybrid Join vs native AAD Join for Windows PCs as we go further on the journey of endpoint modern...
3,484

Semi-Automate ConfigMgr Firewall Settings

jonasoh on May 23 2022 02:29 AM
If you are looking for a way to further strengthen your ConfigMgr security posture, this article might be helpful.
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Azure Monitor: Expanding the Out-of-the-Box Observability for your IT Infrastructure

Bruno Gabrielli on May 16 2022 12:00 AM
How many times have you found yourself in the need of monitoring a custom KPI? How many times did you need to react to a...
4,056

Introduction to Network Trace Analysis Part 0: Laying the Groundwork

WillAftring on May 09 2022 12:00 AM
Nearly all modern applications use the network to some degree and knowing how your specific technology interacts with th...

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Heinrich_Gantenbein
in Azure Enterprise Policy as Code – A New Approach on Oct 06 2022 08:50 AM
@chanakanissanka in EPAC simply delete the definition file and the solution will remove it on the next deployment (see @Anthony_W answer above).
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Anthony_W
in Azure Enterprise Policy as Code – A New Approach on Oct 05 2022 09:11 PM
@chanakanissanka - the default behavior is to remove any policies/assignments unless you use a -SuppressDelete switch when you run the build script. Ideally the project should be the source of truth for policies deployed. Note though it will only affect objects at the scope which is defined for each...
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chanakanissanka
in Azure Enterprise Policy as Code – A New Approach on Oct 05 2022 08:08 PM
@Anthony_W @Heinrich_Gantenbein Thanks and that makes sense. One thing to check here, what about the clean up part ? let's say I deployed something custom and wanna get rid of it at some point. current script seems to be only for the deployment . Do let me know if I'm missing anything here.
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Anthony_W
in Azure Enterprise Policy as Code – A New Approach on Oct 04 2022 08:58 PM
@chanakanissanka agreed - really all Azure DevOps or GitHub do are run the scripts - no reason why you can't use any other CI/CD tool to do the same so long as all the prerequisites are on the runner.
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Heinrich_Gantenbein
in Azure Enterprise Policy as Code – A New Approach on Oct 04 2022 07:54 PM
@chanakanissanka : While you can't use the details from EPAC, you can use the general approach, such as the diagram outlining the CI/CD flow. I think EPAC (EPAC is just a specialized form of IaC) is a very mature approach worth another look at adopting it.
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