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It’s the end of an era as I hang up my MVP award.

Despite being old and slow in the past, coax is making a comeback as a networking option and it saved my home network from terrible speeds!

How to create Entra ID groups inside an Administrative Unit with Infrastructure as Code and limited permissions

Network Security Perimeter is a new preview feature that helps you apply network security protections to your PaaS resources

Dynamic Sessions for Azure Container Apps provides a way to run untrusted code in a secure, sandboxed environment with dynamic scaling.

Planned failover for Azure Storage is now in preview, but what is it and how does it differ from unplanned failover?

AKS now supports applying FQDN based network polcies to restrict traffic, however it’s part of the Advanced Container Networking Services product, which comes at an additional cost.

Allow rules in Azure WAF’s might not operate the way you think they do, and could mean you’re not processing all the rules you think you are.

Back at Build, Microsoft announced a new feature for running Kubernetes in Azure: AKS Automatic. This feature aims to simplify and make using Kubernetes in Azure less overwhelming. Let’s look at this service and see how it works and whether it will be useful for you.
What is AKS Automatic AKS Automatic is an extension to the existing AKS service. When you deploy an AKS cluster, you get a control plane instance and then several worker nodes to run your pods.

If you’re running VMs in Azure, you will usually need to either RDP or SSH to the VM to resolve issues, install software or perform other administrative tasks. You can do this by opening the inbound port on your NSG and connecting directly to your VM. This will work, but leaving that port open invites brute-force attacks to compromise your VMs. Cloud services are an easy target for attackers looking for open ports, and it’s not uncommon to see attempts at brute force attacks within hours of a VM being deployed with an open port.