Azure Networking: Request for Granular Control of “Allow Azure Services and Resources”
I would like to get the Azure community’s thoughts on a networking/security improvement that I believe could help organizations implement a stronger least-privilege model. Several Azure resources provide an option similar to: “Allow Azure services and resources to access this resource.” This is useful when an Azure service needs to access another Azure resource, but the current option can be quite broad. Example: Power BI → Azure SQL For example, suppose Power BI Service needs to access an Azure SQL Server. The actual requirement might be: Power BI → Specific Azure SQL Server = Allow However, the available option may require enabling: “Allow Azure services and resources to access this server” This effectively creates a much broader trusted-service exception than the actual requirement. Ideally, I would like to see something like: Azure SQL Server │ ├── Power BI Service → Allow ├── Azure Data Factory → Deny ├── Azure Functions → Deny ├── Azure App Service → Deny └── Other Azure Services → Deny Proposed improvement Could Microsoft provide an additional option such as: “Allow selected Azure services and resources” where customers can explicitly select which Azure service/resource is allowed to bypass the network restriction? Depending on the Azure service, the selection could potentially be based on: Specific Azure service Specific Azure resource Resource ID Subscription Resource group Tenant Managed identity / Entra identity Specific service instance For example: Trusted Azure Services / Resources Power BI → Production Analytics → Allow All other Azure services → Deny Why I think this would be useful This would give customers a middle ground between: Disabling public access and implementing Private Endpoint/private connectivity, or Allowing all Azure services/resources through the broad trusted-service exception. A granular trusted-service model would allow: Only the Azure service/resource that actually requires access is trusted. This would better support least privilege, Zero Trust, security, and compliance requirements. Broader Azure applicability My suggestion is not specifically for Azure SQL. The Power BI → Azure SQL scenario is just an example. I think this could be a common Azure networking capability for all Azure resources that currently support a trusted Azure services / “Allow Azure services and resources” type of bypass. I would be interested to hear from the Azure community and Microsoft: Is there already a way to achieve this level of granularity? Are there architectural/security reasons why this cannot currently be implemented? Is Microsoft considering a more granular trusted-service model? Would a feature like “Allow selected Azure services/resources” be technically feasible? I would appreciate any feedback or guidance from the Azure networking/service teams.
Hyper-V Converged Networking for VEEAM Backups
Hi All, As per the image below, I have 3 x HPE DL380 Gen 12 Servers, Server1 and Server2 are ADDS domain joined, VEEAM Local Repo is not. For the converged networking to work, is there anything else I need to perform in terms of additional power-shell commands, VLAN tagging etc? Thanks!
Unable to Build Switchless Storage using Network ATC
3-Node HV/S2D Cluster using Switchless Storage and Network ATC getting Network HUD Error I have a Dell 3-node server cluster being used to host Hyper-V with S2D. Each node is identical and certified to pass S2D requirements. The networking consists of 2 onboard 1 Gbps and 2 quad-port PCI(e) NICs at 10/25 Gbps. The 2 onboard ports are being used for the management intent, 2 ports from each of those NICs are being connected to 2 top-of-rack switches for the compute intent at a total of 12 10 Gbps connections, and the other 2 ports from each of those NICs are being connected directly to the other nodes in a dual mesh method for the storage intent at a total of 6 25 Gbps connections. Very similar to the Microsoft diagram for a three-node storage switchless, dual TOR, dual link deployment network reference pattern for Azure Local, but I am using Windows Server 2025 Datacenter, not Azure Local. The problem I am encountering is when I attempt to create the switchless storage intent, I get an error (shown below) that reads "Failed to fetch physical NIC mapping from the Network HUD service. Please diagnose..." If I leave off the switchless option, it builds without issue. The error only occurs when I attempt to use the switchless option. I tried without configuring the NIC IP addresses first, as well as trying configuring the NIC IP addresses beforehand. I tried without having a cluster built first, as well as building a failover cluster without storage before running the network intent command. The error I posted below shows my last attempt after having the NICs configured with IP addresses and having a failover cluster established before running the command. The error has remained the same throughout the process. Has anyone else run into an issue like this with switchless storage? It seems like everything that I am trying to do is within scope and should be a supported solution. My fallback plan is to use my existing switches, but that drops my connection speeds down from 25 Gbps to 10 Gbps due to hardware limitations.
Are Microsoft partners using the Business Process Catalog? Looking for real-world adoption insights
Hi community, I'm curious to hear from Microsoft partners about your experience with the Business Process Catalog (BPC)- Microsoft's structured library of end-to-end business processes for D365 implementations. Specifically, I'd love to understand: Are you actively using the BPC in your D365 engagements? If yes, how and where does it fit into your delivery methodology? If not, what's holding adoption back — awareness, tooling, client readiness, or something else? We're seeing increasing attention on BPC as a foundation for structured implementation approaches, and I'm interested in how partners are (or aren't) integrating it into their practice. Would love to hear honest takes from the field. -EllieSCCM- Upgrade from 2409 to 2509 WSUS timeout issue
Had a working task sequence on 2409 that performed software updates at the end of the task sequence. Upgraded to 2509 - I get a timeout issue when getting to that point on the task sequence. Ive performed maintenance on the WSUS Server, (obsolete, expired etc) I removed the Software Update Point - and re installed it selected the Products of Server 2016,2019, server operating system 21h2 , Windows 10 1903 or later and Windows 11. rebooted both the SCCM and SQL Server. after doing the above but the HRESULT 0x80244010 still persists. "Exceeded max server round trips" — client couldn't retrieve all updates in one cycle. Software centre updates in the OS seem to be unaffected or unknown if clients are affected, only in a task sequence this occurs. Blog posts refer to older items, what would cause this to fail after a upgrade from 2409 to 2509? AI help repeats about reducing metadata and updates but for weird reason i keep getting 700+ updates for the above categories!
