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Continue reading →: Simplify Your Entra ID Governance with Azure Group ExpirationIn this post, I will walk through exactly what Group Expiration is, how to use it and why you may want to make use of it.
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Continue reading →: Reviewing Azure DevOps Service Connections using PowerShellService Connections in Azure DevOps provide a crucial link between your environment and external services such as Azure. But as with most things, they tend to build up over time, which can lead to you having an over-exposed Azure tenant and potential pathways to abuse which you may not be…
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Continue reading →: How to Configure an Azure Storage Account with an Application Gateway and Custom DomainIn this post, I’ll walk through the process of configuring an Azure Storage Account with an Application Gateway in front of it, all encrypted end-to-end. I’ll use the in-preview Basic tier to reduce costs to around £17, rather than the £142 that the Standard V2 would cost per month.
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Continue reading →: Mastering Azure Cost Management: Cost Analysis, Alerts and BudgetsThis post will walk you through Cost Analysis and how to properly analyse the costs across your entire environment, how to set up and monitor Alerts to reduce the manual effort you need to go to each week/month/quarter and how to configure Budgets to ensure you stay ontop of your…
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Continue reading →: Understanding Azure Redundancy Levels: What They Mean and Why You Should Carelet’s cover something that I think most of us have a decent understanding of but that’s always worth being confidently knowledgeable about, data redundancy. Azure offers a range of redundancy options to help you safeguard your data against failures but it’s very easy to overlook such an important setting whilst…
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Continue reading →: Deploying Your First Website (Free) to Azure Using Static Web Apps: A Beginner’s GuideI’ll walk you through the process of deploying a website using Azure Static Web Apps, all the way from setting up a GitHub repository to seeing your website live on the internet. We’ll use an existing sample “Rock Paper Scissors” project to make things easy and to sidestep any issues…
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Continue reading →: How to Reduce your Azure SQL Database CostsAzure SQL Database provide a scalable database solution in the cloud, but with this scalability comes the opportunity for misconfiguration leading to greater than expected costs. In this post, I’ll explore various strategies to reduce your database costs, whilst hopefully also giving you a better understanding of some of the…
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Continue reading →: Preparing for Microsoft’s Deprecation of TLS 1.0 & 1.1 in AzureStarting October 31, 2024, Microsoft plan to fully deprecate support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 across Azure, requiring that all services interact using the more secure TLS 1.2 or later. Companies using these protocols must upgrade to TLS 1.2 (or later) to avoid service disruptions.
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Continue reading →: How to Reduce your Azure Storage Accounts SpendStorage Accounts can be a very cost-effective way to store a large volume of data, but they can just as easily be the source of ballooning costs if not properly managed. In this post, I’ll walk you through setting up a variety of possible cost saving mechanisms, including Lifecycle Management,…
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Continue reading →: How to Update the EmployeeOrgData Value on Entra ID UsersIn this article, I’ll explain how to update the EmployeeOrgData for Entra ID users, which includes the Division and CostCenter properties. These properties are typically synchronized from an on-premises Active Directory environment via Entra Connect, but you can also set them using the PowerShell Graph module.






