Year: 2025

Automation
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Querying Logic App Performance with KQL: A Practical Guide

This post explores how to query Logic App performance using Kusto Query Language (KQL), with a focus on measuring workflow run durations. It breaks down telemetry sources based on Logic App type—Consumption vs. Standard—and guides readers through using AzureDiagnostics, Traces, and LogicAppWorkflowRuntime tables. The article includes practical KQL examples for schema discovery, execution tracking, and duration analysis, along with tips for instrumentation and production monitoring. Whether you’re optimizing ingestion pipelines or validating SLAs, this guide equips you with actionable insights to make your Logic Apps smarter and more efficient.

Posted on 6:52 am
Automation
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Use Case: Governance Rules in Action

Security at scale isn’t just about visibility—it’s about enforcement. As organizations grow their cloud footprint across multiple subscriptions, management groups, and even cloud providers, maintaining consistent security posture becomes exponentially harder.

Enter Governance Rules in Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC). These rules allow security teams to define, enforce, and monitor security policies across their environment using automation and policy-as-code principles.

Posted on 6:55 am
Azure
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Deep Dive

In today’s cloud-first world, security isn’t just a checkbox—it’s a continuous discipline. Microsoft Defender for Cloud is the cornerstone of Azure’s native security posture management and threat protection. Whether you’re running workloads in Azure, AWS, GCP, or on-premises via Azure Arc, Defender for Cloud provides unified visibility, intelligent recommendations, and active threat detection.

Posted on 9:38 am
Azure
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Part 2: Visualizing DDoS Defense—Workbooks, Mitigation Reports & GitHub Tooling

Today we start the second phase of our DDoS protection journey—where visibility becomes your superpower, and raw telemetry transforms into strategic insight.

You’ve done the hard work: diagnostic logging is enabled, your DDoS protection plan is active, and telemetry is flowing into Log Analytics.  Now it’s time to elevate your defense posture from reactive to predictive.  Because in cloud security, knowing what happened isn’t enough—you need to know what’s happening now, and what’s likely to happen next.

Posted on 7:10 am
Azure
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Building the Foundations of Azure DDoS Defense

Today we start a journey into the heart of Azure’s DDoS protection capabilities—not just to check a box, but to build a resilient, observable, and defensible cloud perimeter.

DDoS attacks are no longer rare anomalies.  They’re persistent, evolving threats that target everything from public-facing APIs to mission-critical web apps; and while Azure offers built-in protection, the real value comes when you configure it with intention—enabling diagnostics, routing telemetry, and preparing your environment to respond intelligently.

Posted on 7:03 am
Azure
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Azure Updates – Number 119 – August 30th, 2025

Ah, the long weekend: that magical time when inboxes slow down, coffee refills multiply, and developers everywhere pretend they’re “totally not checking logs” from the beach. Whether you’re deep in a hammock-induced coma or just pretending your home office is a cabin in the woods, we’ve got your back with a roundup of updates, insights, and a few bytes of humour to keep your brain lightly caffeinated.

Posted on 9:00 am