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Active Directory is the heart of your network. The domain controller of your active directory domain is responsible for a lot of on-premises connectivity (LDAP, DNS, …) and is probably extended to the cloud (Azure AD connect). It’s clear that this domain controller is the single point of failure. That’s why you always should have 2 or more domain controllers in an […]
Read moreHow does EnforceCloudPasswordPolicyForPasswordSyncedUsers policy works? If you have an expiration policy configured in your on-premise environment, this is not synced to Azure AD. This results in the scenario where a user can continue to work and access company resources when authenticating against Azure AD, although the password has expired in the on-premise AD. If you want to be able to […]
Read moreWhat is Azure ExpressRoute? — Introduction to Azure ExpressRoute Azure ExpressRoute lets you seamlessly extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft Azure. This connection between your organization and Azure is dedicated and private. ExpressRoute Key points ExpressRoute is a private connection from your on-premises infrastructure to your Azure infrastructure. Your data doesn’t travel over the public internet. Connection between your […]
Read moreIntroduction to Virtual Network (VNet) Peering in Azure VNet peering (or virtual network peering) enables you to connect virtual networks. A VNet peering connection between virtual networks enables you to route traffic between them privately through IPv4 addresses. Virtual machines in the peered VNets can communicate with each other as if they are within the same network. VNet Peering Types1. Regional […]
Read moreWhat is IaC? When you are new to the cloud, your early interactions are via the web portals such portal.azure.com for Microsoft Azure or aws.amazon.com for Amazon Web Services. This is ideal for at the start, because it’s interactive and follows a step-wise approach to resource creation which is great for learning. However, when scale, automation and repetition is required, using a portal is […]
Read moreAzure Load Balancer vs Application Gateway in Azure Azure Load Balancer works with traffic at Layer 4, while Application Gateway works with Layer 7 traffic, and specifically with HTTP (including HTTPS and WebSockets). Azure Application Gateway Application Gateway (AGW) is a web traffic manager for your web applications (one or multiple) i.e. load balancer that enables you to manage traffic […]
Read moreIntroduction to Azure Private Link TL;DR: Private Link enables access to hosted customer and partner services over a private endpoint in your virtual network. It enables a true private connectivity experience between services and virtual networks. Azure Private Link brings Azure services inside the customer’s private VNet. The service resources can be accessed using the private IP address just like any other […]
Read moreThere are over 700 PowerShell cmdlets to help you automate routine and complex tasks in Windows Azure. Here’s how you can start taking advantage of what PowerShell has to offer in Azure. One of the most popular public cloud services is Microsoft Azure. Azure is an enormous infrastructure of servers in dozens of data center across the world. It […]
Read moreInstall 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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