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The Importance of Policy-Driven Governance

In Azure, following a policy-driven approach to governance is crucial. It’s all about making sure that everyone who uses Azure can’t set things up the wrong way. Imagine having a set of clear instr...

Azure Role Assignments with Constraints

If you’ve worked in Azure, you have definitely come across managing access using Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and have been met with different challenges. Until recently, the RBAC model in Azur...

Why App Service Environment v3 is Awesome!

The App Service Environment v3 has brought significant improvements to secure cloud computing. It offers a range of features that enhance the performance, security, and scalability of web applicati...

Resolving Conflicts for Private Endpoint DNS

Automating the process of creating Private Endpoint DNS configurations in their respective zones is key for a successful private networking implementation in Azure. Record creation can be done usi...

Trigger Azure DevOps Pipeline using a Webhook

I have always wanted to learn a bit of Python, so I set out to do a project in Django where I have a form that I can fill out and when submitted it will start an Azure DevOps pipeline and provide t...

PIM Party ft. Az Module

Privileged Identity Management (PIM) in Azure helps you manage and monitor access to your Azure resources. It’s a great service that lets you set up just-in-time access with additional security con...

Azure SQL Networking and the Lifecycle of Private Endpoints

Alright, so you’re thinking of enabling Private Endpoints for your Azure SQL server to increase your security posture and disable incoming connections from the internet. Maybe you’re hesitant becau...

SQL Managed Instance AD Integration

In this post we’ll talk about authenticating to SQL Managed Instance using Azure AD and Active Directory users and groups. If you’re running SQL server on-premises you most likely already have a st...

What is this Private Endpoint, and where can I buy one? (Part 2)

In part 1 I gave an introduction on how to set up Private Endpoint and DNS and mentioned that the privatelink DNS zones should be handled centrally by your IT or Azure team. In this post I’ll expan...

What is this Private Endpoint, and where can I buy one? (Part 1)

That’s a good question and something I’m going to try and answer in my first blog series. If you’re like me you’ve probably browsed the Azure Security Center recommendations to get a better underst...