Optimization
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Azure Lighthouse & Sentinel at Scale – Part 2
In this post we continue our exploration of enabling multitenant management with scalability, higher automation, and enhanced governance across resources. Let’s jump right in this week and learn about delegation using Azure Lighthouse in enterprise scenarios and how an MSP might use delegation to optimize SOC operations. Join me for a good look at delegation…
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Azure Lighthouse & Sentinel at Scale
In this post we begin to explore enabling multitenant management with scalability, higher automation, and enhanced governance across resources. I think an Azure Lighthouse walk-through is long overdue here, so let’s get ready to talk about how to scale operations or a SOC to manage multiple tenants, enhance governance, all delivered using native Azure tooling!…
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Cost Management & Microsoft Sentinel Part 2
Today we explore additional cost management options to use as part of your ongoing governance in Microsoft Sentinel. Let’s dive into the world of Log Analytics Workspace configurations together!
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Set Log Analytics Workspace Data Cap
Let’s take a look at setting data ingestion caps in an Azure Log Analytics workspace today. There are different reasons why we may want to limit the data coming into our storage account, today we look at both setting the data cap, and alerting us when that data cap is reached through Azure Monitor alerting.
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Azure Updates – Number 22 – October 23, 2021
A summary update on Azure news that includes updates released from Microsoft Azure related to Azure, Architecture, Compute, and Sentinel topics. Save time digging around to find recent releases and changes. Released October 23, 2021.
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Check your Azure Resource Usage against Limits
In this article we will explore how to find your current usage of network resources against your subscription limits in Azure. This is helpful to both track current usage and plan for future usage. There are three ways to view this data, each with some variance on results; so let’s dive right in and find…
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Azure Updates – Number 6 – March 13, 2021
A summary update on Azure news that includes updates released from Microsoft Azure related to Azure, Architecture, Compute, and Sentinel topics. Save time digging around to find recent releases and changes. Released March 13th. Great updates and sunny days on the way!
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Managing Azure Resources – A Primer – Controlling Costs with Automation
Last time we looked at some different ways of getting started with managing your Azure resources. Today I’d like to introduce you a little bit to Azure Automation – this time for saving money in shutting down unused resources – and also starting them on a schedule. Last article we created a demo resource group…
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Managing Azure Resources – A Primer
Let’s take a ground-level look at managing your resources in Azure. I want to introduce a few different methods to control your resources such as virtual machines, storage accounts, and anything that you keep within a resource group really. Let’s dive right in and find some different ways to work with and control our resources!
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Using Azure Spot VM Instances – The Regional Quota Challenge
Microsoft Azure Spot VMs can represent significant savings to an organization when combined with good overall resource management practices. Today, let’s take a look at how to request an increase to your Spot VM regional limits. We will walk through how to create an Azure Support request to increase regional vCPU limits today. If you…