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Azure: Application Gateway before Firewall

Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction 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 to…

Extend On-Premise Active Directory to Azure

Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction 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 familiar…

How to pass AZ-303 and AZ-304 Microsoft Exams

Reading Time: 3 minutesIntroduction 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 weeks…

How to enable Azure Site Recovery during VM creation

Reading Time: 3 minutesMicrosoft 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 ASR…

How to install Azure AD Connect

Reading Time: 3 minutesScenario 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 accounts…

What is the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework?

Reading Time: 3 minutesIntroduction 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 down…