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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,…

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  • Azure Security Features Explained: Protecting Your Data with Microsoft’s Robust Framework

    Azure Security Features Explained: Protecting Your Data with Microsoft’s Robust Framework

    In today’s digital world, securing sensitive information is a top priority for organizations. Microsoft Azure, one of the leading cloud platforms, offers a comprehensive suite of security features designed to safeguard your data from internal and external threats. This is supported by a solid suite of Security SaaS offerings in the Defender stack, Azure Firewall,…

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  • Azure Automation Account – Adding PowerShell to the Mix

    Azure Automation Account – Adding PowerShell to the Mix

    Let’s take a look at adding Runbook to our Azure Automation account that we created in our last article together. Today, we’ll add a simple script as a runbook and see how to get it running in a simple way.

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  • October 2020 – Who turned out the lights on Microsoft Cloud?

    October 2020 – Who turned out the lights on Microsoft Cloud?

    Today we explore some sources of Microsoft Cloud status information, what happened this past week with some incidents in the Microsoft Cloud, and we talk about the rapid deployment of features into cloud services over the last 2 quarters. Join us for a few minutes as we discuss the Azure and Microsoft 365 status consoles…

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  • Azure Bastion Podcast

    Azure Bastion Podcast

    Want to know more about remote administration & improved security models? Join me in learning about Azure Bastion…

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  • Azure News Podcast

    Azure News Podcast

    Today on Azure Centric, I speak with Marcos Nogueira about some exciting news updates for Azure. We talk about Azure Image Builder, Optimize for Internet traffic with Peering Service and the routing preference option, and Azure Maps Creator service.

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  • Azure Monitor – Virtual Machines

    Azure Monitor – Virtual Machines

    Today I wanted to talk about Azure Monitor and one of the new functionalities the Azure Team has added – Virtual Machine Monitoring. This is a perfect example of a continuous improvement and basing new features on user feedback, great job Azure! Now, to get started monitoring your virtual machines we will need to check…

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  • Microsoft Certifications – AZ-103 Azure Administrator Tips and Resources

    Microsoft Certifications – AZ-103 Azure Administrator Tips and Resources

    In this follow-up podcast with my colleague from Azure Centric, we talk about Azure Administrator AZ-103 Microsoft Certification. We chat about the reality of studying, the ways of studying that worked for us, different resources you can use for free, and….. View the video at the link below…

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  • Microsoft Certifications – Why do they Matter?

    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…

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