Category: Azure

How to connect to Microsoft Azure using Powershell

Install the following components on your system to connect to your Microsoft Azure subscription using PowerShell: Microsoft Online Service Sign-in Assistant for IT Professionals RTW Select the appropriate version of your OS Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell (64-bit version) The 32-bit version is discontinued by October 20, 2014. You must be a tenant administrator (i.e. company administrator, global administrator) […]

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Category: Azure, PowerShell 101

Working with the Azure Blob Storage Service

Azure Storage is the foundation of the whole of Azure. Every service either runs directly on top of Azure Storage (VMs, PaaS Services) or relies on Azure Storage for many of its operations. With such an important role, it’s not surprise that Microsoft has invested a lot of time and effort to make this service as fast and resilient as […]

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Category: Azure

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AZURE RESOURCE MANAGER (ARM)

The Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the service used to provision resources in your Azure subscription. It was first announced at Build 2014 when the new Azure portal (portal.azure.com) was announced and provides a new set of API’s that are used to provision resources. Prior to ARM, developers and IT professionals used the Azure Service Management API’s and the old […]

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Category: Azure

AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY: AN INTRODUCTION

WHAT AZURE ACTIVE DIRECTORY IS (AND IS NOT) Azure Active Directory (aka Azure AD) is a fully managed multi-tenant service from Microsoft that offers identity and access capabilities for applications running in Microsoft Azure and for applications running in an on-premises environment. Its name leads some to make incorrect conclusions about what Azure AD really is. Therefore, to avoid any confusion with […]

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Category: Azure
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