Reading Time: 5 minutes Introduction When it comes to protecting web traffic, it can be difficult to identify the best method of protecting connectivity. Azure Application Gateway can be placed before Azure Firewall. Inbound web traffic goes through both resources…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Introduction When organisations embark on their cloud adoption journey, it can be a daunting task and difficult to decide where to begin. Utilising Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) is always a good starting point to get…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Introduction Azure Firewall is a fully managed firewall service provided by Microsoft. It was only released in 2018, but there have been significant improvements during that time. Azure Firewall premium was also made generally available on…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Introduction If you pass the AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies and AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design exams, it will enable you to achieve the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification. I took both exams a couple of…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Introduction After deciding to focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as my next challenge, I wanted to put my learning to the test. Yesterday, I managed to clear the Hashicorp Terraform Associate exam. The purpose of…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Issue I declared multiple variables in a “terraform.tfvars” file, but when I ran “Terraform plan”, it insisted that I “Enter a value”. This is far from desired: Note: In this example, the state file is…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Microsoft recently announced that in-line enablement of Azure Site Recovery (ASR) during the creation of a Virtual Machine (VM) is now generally available. This streamlines the Disaster Recovery (DR) process as you don’t have to enable…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Introduction I’ve been a long-standing Microsoft OneNote user and when Notion hit the scene, I was left with a tough decision. Do I drop OneNote and fully invest my attention into Notion? Notion continues to gain…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Scenario Active Directory has been configured on Windows Server 2016. The identities stored on-premise now need to be synchronised with Azure AD. This guide will walk you through the steps to successfully sync the on-premise AD…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Introduction Adopting Microsoft Azure or migrating workloads to the platform can be extremely overwhelming and a daunting task. That’s exactly why Microsoft developed the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF). It helps businesses and Microsoft partners to lay…