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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.
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Continue reading →: How to Use Azure Advisor to Identify Cost-Saving OpportunitiesLearn how to harness the power of Azure Advisor to identify and implement cost-saving opportunities in your Azure environment. This post guides you through accessing Advisor, reviewing personalized recommendations, and optimizing your resources to reduce cloud spending without compromising performance.
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Continue reading →: How to Configure the PreferredDataLocation filed in AD/Entra IDHave you noticed the “Preferred data location” field in Entra ID on a synced user and wondered how to use it? You might have clicked the edit button next to Settings, only to find yourself on a page where you can’t see or modify this field. The reason is that…
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Continue reading →: How to Use the SOC Optimization View in Microsoft Sentinel to Identify Cost Savings & Improve SecurityDiscover how to leverage the new SOC Optimization view in Microsoft Sentinel to identify and reduce unnecessary costs in your security operations. This guide walks you through accessing the view, analyzing data ingestion, and optimizing analytic rules to ensure your SOC is both effective and cost-efficient.






