This is the final recently published article that I’m catching up on, this is the second column for virtualizationreview.com, covering security features that you can use in Azure. Read it here.
Enjoy! And thanks for reading.
Category: Azure
Azure Confidential Computing for 4Sysops
I’m catching up on articles of mine that have been published over the last month. First up is a piece over at 4sysops on Azure Confidential Computing. This is really cool technology, using Intel Processors with enclaves where you can run code and decrypt data that no other process on the machine has access to. It’s early days but ACC is going to change how we do secure computing.
Read it here.
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Column for Virtualizationreview.com–A first look at Ultra SSD
My latest column (and the last one for the year) is now live at virtualizationreview.com. Here I look at the new storage option in Azure, currently in private preview where you can get up to 160 000 IOPS and 2 Gb/s throughput from a single disk for IaaS VMs. And you can scale the performance up and down for the disk based on your needs. It’s early days but very interesting – keen to see this service expand over the next few months. Read it here.
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Column for Virtualizationreview.com – Azure news from Ignite
My latest column for virtualizationreview.com is now live. Here I look at the new and improved services announced for Azure at Ignite last month. I cover security improvements (where the Office Secure Score gains a sibling in Azure Secure Score), the new Ultra SSD option, Virtual WAN and Azure Firewall. Read it here.
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Column for Virtualizationreview.com – Tips & Tricks To Secure and Optimize Azure VMs
In this month’s column for virtualizationreview.com I round off the three part series with a look at IaaS VM security, how to access VMs, how to optimize networking and how to use Security Center with your IaaS deployments. Read it here.
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Column for Virtualizationreview.com – Optimizing VMs in Azure
In my column for virtualizationreview.com for last month I dig deeper into IaaS VMs in Azure and cover things such as picking the right VM size, how to deploy multiple VMs, setting up storage the right way, and managing disk encryption the right way. Read it here.
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Microsoft Azure Stack for 4Sysops–part 2
Microsoft Azure Stack for 4Sysops–part 1
The first part of my two part article on Azure Stack (MAS) is now live at 4sysops. Here I cover the basics of what MAS is and what it’s not, along with some recent updates. Look forward to part 2 where I go into more details.
Read Part 1 here.
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Creating VMs in Azure for virtualizationreview.com
In my monthly column for virtualizationreview.com I look at creating a VM in Azure. First the next-next-next wizard to get a basic VM up and running, then we break that down and approach it in a better way, creating a resource group to house networking, diagnostics storage, backup storage and a network security group (NSG) for security before we create one or more VMs. Read it here.
This article is also laying the foundation for the next few columns where I’m going to explore Azure more in-depth with step by step articles and the why behind the how-to.
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Azure Advanced Threat Protection for 4Sysops
My post on Azure Advanced Threat Protection is now live on 4sysops. AATP is the same tool as Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) that Microsoft has had in market for a few years, except it’s a cloud service and there’s no on-premises infrastructure except for agents that collect events and network data from your Domain Controllers. There’s no better way to protect yourself from Pass The Hash and all the related attacks than AATP/ ATP. Read it here.
Enjoy! And thanks for reading.
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