Microsoft Certifications – Why do they Matter?
This week we talk about Azure certifications and why they matter both from the perspective of business, and IT Pros. We talk about some of the ways to prepare, practice, share a few resources…
The Case of Where’s My Virtual Machine?
During the course of working with a client during an implementation, we discovered some pre-existing custom configurations at the VM level that when the virtual machine was rebooted….
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Application Gateway Re-IP Challenges
If you have worked with Application Gateways in Azure you’ll already know that they can be straight forward — unless you want to change the configuration. Recently I was working with a client that had to re-ip their systems as part of an integration…
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Azure Billing – Where’s My Invoice?
In today’s post I’ve done a quick video to show you how to find, download, and preview your invoices in PDF format. You also get the option to download a detailed billing CSV file (comma separated values) that provides the ability for you to sort…
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Using Resource Tags in Cost Managment
Today we dive into pulling the cost breakdowns so we can bill back costs to other departments by using Azure tags attached to different resources. Last week we discussed how tags can be used for different reasons and walked through setting tags up for a resource….
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How to Use Tags to Identify Resources
In Azure, we can use tags attached to different resources to help us classify them for lots of different reasons. The most common are uses for tags are security, management, and billing. Today we’ll take a short look at how to…
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Azure Universal Print
The long-awaited cloud printing solution from Microsoft is on the way and available now in Preview for specific customers in Commercial and Education tracks. You must be also be a Microsoft 365…
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Application Gateway – The Listener
Application Gateways provide a secure way to load balance and route incoming web requests to your Azure resources. Today we will look at getting HTTPS requests to come inbound from a browser to your App Gateway, then get sent to the correct server to handle secure requests. A configuration may use this design if you are using an insecure site on port 80 on HTTP to support usage of an internal web….
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The Humble Application Gateway
Azure Application Gateways offer an easy way to present web based applications without exposing your systems or content to the public Internet. Additionally, the App Gateway also provides a number of pretty advanced features such as URL based traffic routing, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and the traditional stability of a rock solid Layer 4 Load Balancer for web traffic….
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Create an Azure File Share – Server-less File Sharing
There has been a shift towards server-less computing happening for some time now. What does it mean for storage, files, and how we access data such as files? I’ve had the good fortune to work with some amazing technical people over the years and I’ve recently had a couple of colleagues ask me about what it may mean for their career with this shift to server-less computing…
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