Category: Cloud Computing

Implementing FSLogix within your Azure Virtual Desktop environment provides an optimized experience for your end users. For example, a non-persistent Pooled Windows AVD host pool will allow the user to have a decreased sign-in time because user profiles are stored in the VHD(X) file that gets mounted every time the user signs into the session host. You can implement this […]

Using the Azure Data Copy Tool Summary In this article, we used the Azure Data Factory Copy Tool to create a data pipeline to move data from one location to another.

Azure Storage is a cloud service that provides scalable, secure, cost-effective storage solutions for various data types. However, data stored in Azure Storage may still be vulnerable to service disruptions, accidental deletions, or corruptions due to human errors, natural disasters, or malicious attacks. Therefore, it is essential to have a backup and disaster recovery plan for your Azure Storage account. […]

Azure Blob Storage supports SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol), allowing users to leverage object storage economics and features for their SFTP workloads. Users can provision a fully managed, highly scalable SFTP endpoint for their storage account with just one click during the storage provisioning process. SFTP support and protocol support for NFS 3.0, Blob REST, and Azure Data Lake Storage […]

Azure Policy is a powerful tool that allows you to enforce compliance and governance rules for your Azure resources. One way to use Azure Policy is to restrict the VM sizes deployed in your environment. This is particularly useful for controlling costs, as larger VM sizes can be more expensive. To restrict VM sizes with Azure Policy, you can create a […]

A common challenge that integrators run into is managing secrets and subsequently, managing access to secrets. Azure Key Vault is a service that developers can use to store their secrets, keys and other sensitive data. However, there is still a challenge with accessing these secrets. If you are storing the credentials to access Key Vault in a non-secure manner, you […]

Cloning an Azure virtual machine is something I thought it was directly integrated (as in, one click/command and that’s it, but no, it involves several steps. However, it is not complicated, and in this post I will explain how to do it! Step 1. Go to Azure portal, navigate to the virtual machine you want to clone. In the Disks section, click on its operating system disk. […]

What is Packer? Packer is a tool developed by Hashicorp (the company behind Terraform) that makes it easy to automate the creation of custom images (or AMIs in AWS). The tool itself will automate the creation of VMs, will run whatever scripts you want it to run, and will then instruct your cloud provider to take that image. Packer itself is […]

Azure Policy is a powerful tool in your Azure toolbox. It allows you to enforce specific governance principals you want to see implemented in your environment. Some key examples of what Azure Policy allows you to do is: I recently ran into a customer scenario, where they wanted to block VMs from having a public IP. If at possible, this […]