Whether we like it or not, Virtual Machines are almost certainly the most common instrument running your applications and workloads. And because we run our mission-critical, production applications on Virtual […]
BICEP Basics – Up and Running in 10 Minutes
Just a quick one on getting started leveraging bicep to deploy resources in Azure since it’s actually significantly easier than it sounds. Let’s get right to it… Bicep is a […]
Updating Azure Tags Automatically
In my last post I looked at how you can require tags on Resource Groups and enforce tag inheritance on resource contained within them. But an interesting question was raised […]
Managing Azure Tags via Policy
Azure Tags are a great way to add useful metadata to Azure resources, but without a plan or automated hygiene controls, these can quickly get out of hand. Add to […]
Rolling Your Own
I was going through some tests as the certificate for my web page is coming up for renewal and found an error. I’d misconfigured a thing, which would have caused […]
Down The Rabbit Hole – Networking (Part 1)
I’ve always been fascinated by networking and how all these computers, services and devices can talk to each other. It’s really the single most important component to, well, everything. Without […]
Periodic Update – May 19th, 2023
Am still working on my time management skills – would definitely like to write here more often. Been listening, via Audible, to the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and […]
Automagical Backups with Azure Policy
This is a bit of a hasty post. Been a shortened week for me, and I’m heading out of town tomorrow for my brother’s wedding. But in conversation late today, […]
Week Ending April 14th, 2023
Couple weeks have gone by – my wife had a successful spinal surgery done last week, so not a lot of activity on my part as I made sure she […]
What’s a Resource Group?
What is a Resource Group? What’s it used for? And what are the recommendations for usage? The first two questions are really rather easy. A Resource Group is merely a […]