How to detect when emergency accounts are used in Azure AD
So in the latest episode of #KnowOps I help a community member out by showing how to setup Azure to detect and alert when emergency...
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How to secure your Azure storage accounts properly
Azure relies heavily on Azure Storage. From your VM disks to your application queues, chances are you have sensitive data already saved...
How to restrict network access to Azure Key Vault
So in this week's episode of #KnowOps I help answer the question on how to lock down Internet access to your Azure Key Vault through the...
How to use Managed Identities to access Azure resources securely
New episode of #KnowOps is out. I demonstrate how you can use "managed identities" inside of a virtual machine running in Azure to access...
How to keep your 'secrets' secret in Azure
Latest episode of #KnowOps is out. I show how to use Azure Key Vault to protect secrets that you can use pretty much everywhere in Azure,...
ARM Template Basics
You gotta ❤ the power of Infrastructure as Code. Being able to describe your cloud environment in a text file and spin it up with a...
How to learn Azure for FREE in 2020
Throughout 2019 I took time every month to brush up on my skills in Azure. I paid for online courses, attended seminars and even...
How to setup your Azure Subscriptions the right way
In the latest episode of #KnowOps I help clarify how you should consider setting up your Azure subscriptions when you first start...
Recon your Azure resources with Kusto Query Language (KQL)
Latest episode of #KnowOps is out. I introduce you to how I sift through millions of records of audit data in Azure in a matter of...
How to keep up with changes in Azure (CHECK OUT THIS AWESOME TOOL!)
It seems like almost every day Microsoft makes improvements to Azure. Being a better Azure administrator means you need to keep up with...
What pizza and Azure cloud computing have in common
Another episode of #KnowOps you might be interested in. I talk about the different cloud computing options in a way for new admins to...
Is your data secure in Azure?
Recently I have had the opportunity to engage with peers on social media about how secure their data is in Azure. It brought up some...
Why you really should be using Azure Resource Locks
You lock up things that are important to you like your house, car, and bicycle right? Of course you do. You really should be doing that...
Azure CLI Fundamentals
If you are new to the Azure CLI, or don’t feel like a cloud shell ninja, I've put together an introduction to help you get started....
No Ops? #KnowOps! : Azure administration for the rest of us
So at work I am seeing an interesting trend where people who do not self-identify as Azure administrators, and yet are actually...