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Azure Bastion Developer SKU: Secure Access Without the “Bastion Tax”

In the past, securing your Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) often felt like a trade-off between security and budget. If you wanted to avoid the risks of exposing RDP or SSH … Read more

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VPN Ubiquiti UniFi UDM to Azure (2026 Edition)

Update: This guide replaces my original article located here with this VPN Ubiquiti UniFi UDM to Azure (2026 Edition). In the past, we relied on the Basic VPN Gateway and … Read more

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Azure Arc Region Availability – Choose the right region

To choose the right region based on Azure Arc Region availability is your first step in the journey into hybrid cloud with Azure Arc promises unparalleled flexibility, extending Azure’s management … Read more

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Azure Service Lifecycles: Understanding Preview and GA Releases – 2025

Azure Service Lifecycles are an important part of your roadmapping. When using them you’ll often encounter terms like Private Preview, Public Preview, and General Availability (GA). Understanding these phases is … Read more

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Azure Managed Disk Types – 2025

Azure offers a variety of managed disk types tailored to different workloads and performance needs. Azure Managed Disk Types Azure provides Standard SSD, Premium SSD, Standard HDD, and Ultra Disk … Read more

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AVMA – Simplifying Offline Device Activation

AVMA can help in the ever-evolving world of IT, where managing software licenses across virtual machines (VMs) can be a daunting task, especially when dealing with offline devices. Traditional methods … Read more

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Azure Arc – ReservedResourceName issue Onboarding

On premise and Azure naming conventions and reserved resource names do collide, when you do an Azure Arc Onboarding with an ReservedResourceName error. It is important to remember the Azure … Read more

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Azure Charts– Visualisation of Azure News

The number of Azure products is now endless. It’s hard to get focused information. Alexey Polkovnikov, Microsoft Sr. Cloud Solution Architect, offers a refreshingly different solution. Azure has transformed the … Read more

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Deploy your own File Converter – Part 1 Azure VM

When you need to convert files into another file type you very often end up with “free”, “advertised” and potentially not secure Web Sites or tools to install locally. Today … Read more

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Azure Administrator AZ-104 – free training

When seeking the most valuable Azure Hyperscaler certification, many individuals opt for the “The Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)“. Obtaining this certification demonstrates your proficiency in managing cloud services … Read more

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