Azure CLI: Reset Azure SQL Database Password
The Azure SQL Database service allows you to set an Admin login and password when you provision a database server in the service. However, if…
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and service provided by Microsoft. It offers a wide range of cloud services, including computing, analytics, storage, and networking. Azure enables businesses and developers to build, deploy, and manage applications through Microsoft’s global network of data centers. With support for various programming languages, tools, and frameworks, Azure provides solutions for infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Known for its strong integration with Microsoft products and services, Azure is designed to provide secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions for enterprises of all sizes.
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Azure CLI: Generate SAS Token for Blob in Azure Storage
Azure Storage is a cloud service at the very center of Microsoft Azure. It provides the foundations for storing data in many services and systems…
Azure Functions vs Web Jobs: How to choose?
There are a few choices when it comes to implementing custom background processing tasks. The main options in the Microsoft Azure cloud are to use…
OpenAI GTP-4o Now Available in Azure OpenAI Service
Today, OpenAI announced the the new GPT-4o multi-modal model that integrates text, video, and audio capabilities. This new GPT-4o version raises the standard for generative…
Terraform + Azure Multi-Region Naming Convention across Azure Regions, Resources, and Terraform Modules
Imagine this: your application goes down in a major Azure region outage. DNS traffic shifts to the secondary region as designed. Terraform kicks off to…
Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
With Cybersecurity an extremely important aspect, and ever so increasing in importance, of any organization and their computer infrastructure and software solutions, Microsoft has introduced…
Azure AD is Down Blocking Access to Azure, Teams, and more! – September 28, 2020 Microsoft Azure Outage
At approximately 21:25 UTC on September 28, 2020, the Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) started experiencing a global outage causing many users to be…
Static Website Hosting in Azure Storage
Traditional shared hosting providers generally cost anywhere between $8 – $10 USD per month. The reason is you need to reserve some CPU and Memory…
Linux Lift and Shift Hands-on Lab – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
In this hands-on lab, you will migrate an on-premises based help desk application called OsTicket, to Azure. This will be a two-phase project to lift-and-shift…
Cloud Design Patterns Infographic
Cloud Design Patterns offer prescriptive guidance to designing and architecting solutions in the cloud. Microsoft patterns and practices has this infographic available to help you…
MkeAzure Slides: Getting Started with IoT using Azure, Windows IoT and Raspberry Pi
On Aug 17, 2016 I gave a “Getting Started with IoT” talk at the Milwaukee Azure group. In my talk I covered the basics of…
PowerShell: Create Azure IoT Hub
Create Azure IoT Hub using PowerShell Azure IoT Hub SKUs (Pricing Tiers) Install Azure PowerShell Az.IotHub Module
Designing Globally Resilient Apps with Azure App Service and Cosmos DB
It’s so quick and easy to deploy an application out into Microsoft Azure and make it available for anyone in the world to use. It’s…
Tour of Azure Messaging Services (Event Grid, Queues, Topics, IoT Hub, and More)
In the early days of Microsoft Azure, there were only a couple message queue service; Azure Storage Queue and Service Bus. This was way back…
Terraform: Import Existing Azure Resource Group
If you find yourself with an existing Azure Resource Group that you need to import into a Terraform project, you can use the terraform import…
Saving Money with Azure Dev/Test Subscriptions
Did you know that you can have significant savings on Dev/Test environments in Azure? I’m working with the Azure Dev/Test team on a project right…
Azure Arm64-based VM Sizes Available (Arm-based Dv5-Series & Ev5-Series)
The General Purpose Dpsv5 and Dplsv5 and Memory Optimized Epsv5 pricing tiers for Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) brings the ability to host Virtual Machine…
Understanding the CrowdStrike Bug, Impact on Microsoft Azure, and Global Windows Outage
On July 18, 2024, CrowdStrike released a update with a bug that significantly impacted Windows machines globally, including virtual machines (VMs) running on multiple cloud…
Azure Boost: Unlocking Performance and Security
In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, performance and security stand as the cornerstones of an exceptional user experience. Recognizing this, Microsoft has created Azure…
Buy Domain Names with Azure App Service Domain
There’s a feature for purchasing Internet Domain Names within Microsoft Azure that’s not very widely known. With the Azure App Service Domain feature, you can…