Securing Terraform State in Azure Blob Storage using Best Practices
When your team loses control of its Terraform state file, it loses control of everything in the subscription. An unencrypted or publicly exposed .tfstate isn’t…
Azure Data & Storage
Microsoft Azure offers a variety of Database and Storage services in the cloud. This includes Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Database for PostgreSQL & MySQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and more!
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Unlocking the Cloud: How to Seamlessly Migrate On-Prem File Shares to Azure Storage
For many organizations, legacy file servers have long been the backbone of data sharing and collaboration. But as cloud adoption reaches critical mass, those old…
Get Total Size Allocated to Azure Storage Account (Blobs, Files, Tables and Queues)
Azure Storage Accounts are a fundamental part of cloud storage in Microsoft Azure, providing various types of storage services such as blobs, files, tables, and…
Azure Data Studio Retires February 28, 2026
Microsoft has announced the official retirement of Azure Data Studio on February 28, 2026. This decision marks a significant shift in Microsoft’s approach to database…
Organizing Azure Blob Storage with Virtual Directories in C#
Azure Blob Storage is designed as a flat storage system without a traditional hierarchical structure. However, by incorporating forward slashes (/) in blob names, you…
Azure Files vs. A Server with an SMB Share: Key Takeaways from MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast Episode 367
The MS Cloud IT Pro Podcast episode 367, hosted by Ben Segink and Scott Hoag, dives deep into a crucial IT topic: choosing between Azure…
Azure Cosmos DB: Understanding Partition Keys
Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s globally distributed, multi-model database service designed to meet the demands of large-scale, low-latency applications. One of the most critical design…
How to Choose Between Azure Cosmos DB for Table and Azure Table Storage
Choosing the right database solution is critical for the performance and scalability of your applications. When working with NoSQL, Table data and Microsoft Azure, two…
Upload File from URL to Azure Blob Storage using Azure CLI with Bash and PowerShell
The Azure CLI az storage blob upload command can be used to upload a local file into Azure Blob Storage. However, there are times when…
Read and Write Azure Blob Storage with C#
In this article, we’ll explore how to integrate the Azure Storage SDK into a .NET application. We’ll cover the steps to read and write blobs…
Read and Write Azure Blob Storage with Javascript
In this article, we’ll explore how to integrate the Azure Storage client library for Javascript into a Node.js application. We’ll cover the steps to read…
NoSQL vs SQL: Demystifying NoSQL Databases
There’s a lot of talk about NoSQL being the database of the future. Let’s take a look at NoSQL vs SQL databases, and what the…
Azure SQL: Copy / Backup Database to Local SQL Server using SSMS
Developers often encounter hurdles when managing SQL Azure databases for development and testing. While SQL Azure offers a robust cloud-based solution, it can be costly…
Terraform: Deploy Azure Storage Account and Blob Container
HashiCorp Terraform is a great tool for deploying and managing Microsoft Azure resource. This includes management of Azure Storage Accounts and Blob Containers. Azure Storage…
Azure Cosmos DB Desktop Data Migration Tool v2.0
The Azure Cosmos DB Desktop Data Migration Tool is a command-line tool that provides data import and export capabilities for using with Azure Cosmos DB.…
Top 10 Azure Cosmos DB Planned Features Coming Soon as of July 2022
Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s scalable, fully managed, serverless NoSQL database as a service offering. The service provides a lot of really great features for…
Azure CLI: Add/Remove IP Addresses on Azure Synapse Firewall
Recently, I performed a lot of work as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) / DevOps Engineer on a project that utilizes Azure Synapse for a…
Azure PowerShell: Create Azure Storage Account and Containers
One of the core services within Microsoft Azure is the Storage Account service. There are many service that utilize Storage Accounts for storing data, such…
Azure Cosmos DB Free Tier Now Available
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Windows Server and SQL Server Certifications are Gone
Embedded within Microsoft’s announcement of retiring ALL of the MCSE, MCSD, and MCSA certifications (and their associated exams) is the fact that certifications for Windows…