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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
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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, network security groups, web application firewalls, and so much more! (But wait — there’s more!) In this article, we’ll explore these features step by step, providing insights on how to implement them effectively.

Today we jump into protecting data in Azure using Microsoft’s native security tooling.

Posted on 7:02 am
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AzureTracks and MSCQF Podcast

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 and learn about how to get information to our support teams quickly.

Posted on 8:05 am
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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.

Posted on 9:08 pm
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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 a few items off the list.

Posted on 10:23 am