Dam the Lake! The foundation of our data “dam” is a pool of information collected from multiple sources. Some data is ingested directly into the data lake storage account. Other data is ingested into the SIEM and later forwarded on to the data lake to meet long-term retention requirements. Typically, 70% of data ingested into … Continue reading Filling Up the Security Data Lake
Tag: Azure Infrastructure
Code as Code – Managing Azure Automation with Terraform
Introduction Azure Automation is a robust tool that provides administrators with the ability to execute tasks either on Azure or on-premises (through a hybrid worker). If you're familiar with Azure Automation, you've likely configured a lot of settings, including runbooks, schedules, RBAC permissions, variables and PowerShell modules. In certain organizations, these configurations can amount to … Continue reading Code as Code – Managing Azure Automation with Terraform
Microsoft Defender for Server Reference Architecture and Deployment Guide
When coming to deploying Defender for Servers within Microsoft Defender for Cloud, there are a number of considerations and factors which need focus to ensure a successful implementation. My goal here is to provide a reference architecture with steps that show at a high level the core areas of focus, calling out core integrations and … Continue reading Microsoft Defender for Server Reference Architecture and Deployment Guide
Azure AD PowerShell to Microsoft Graph PowerShell
Overview: You might have heard about AzureAD PowerShell module deprecation. So, in this article we will summarize the migration between Azure AD PowerShell to Microsoft Graph PowerShell and will provide you with all the relevant info and links in one place, to get you up and running with the new MS Graph Module. The best … Continue reading Azure AD PowerShell to Microsoft Graph PowerShell
Azure – Assign A Custom Role to Allow Specific Users to Stop/Start/Restart a specific VM
The Issue A customer recently had the need to only allow specific Server Owners to Start\Restart\Deallocate specific Virtual Machines. The Investigation I actually found this article that explains how to create this for an assignment to an entire subscription. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/step-by-step-enabling-custom-role-based-access-control-in-azure/ba-p/363668 You use the mentioned JSON File, { "Name": "Restart Virtual Machines", "IsCustom": true, "Description": "Restart … Continue reading Azure – Assign A Custom Role to Allow Specific Users to Stop/Start/Restart a specific VM
Azure – Point to Site Transit Traffic over Connected VNETs Issue
The Issue Recently one of my customers experienced an issue where we wanted to achieve the below. The reason was we wanted machines out on the internet to communicate with Active Directory Servers by using the Azure VPN Client. The Investigation So there are two ways to achieve a "Connection" between Virtual Networks. You can … Continue reading Azure – Point to Site Transit Traffic over Connected VNETs Issue
SAP DR on Azure Part 3
This document would like to be a simple guide to give DR on Azure of a SAP environment. Due to the nature and importance of the workload described, this guide is intended as a high level reference that must be integrated with more specific documentation if interested in realize SAP DR solution on Azure.
SAP DR on Azure Part 2
Abstract This document would like to be a simple guide to give DR on Azure of a SAP environment. Due to the nature and importance of the workload described, this guide is intended as a high level reference that must be integrated with more specific documentation if interested in realize SAP DR solution on Azure. … Continue reading SAP DR on Azure Part 2
SAP DR on Azure – Introduction
Abstract This document would like to be a simple guide to give DR on Azure of a SAP environment. Due to the nature and importance of the workload described, this guide is intended as a high level reference that must be integrated with more specific documentation if interested in realize SAP DR solution on Azure. … Continue reading SAP DR on Azure – Introduction
Privatizing your Azure App
A Traditional Approach Traditionally an azure app service has been privatized by linking it with an Isolated app service plan which deploys an App service Environment thereby integrating with an Azure Vnet. This ensures that your app is seating privately in an Azure Vnet, thus all inbound and outbound calls to the app will be … Continue reading Privatizing your Azure App
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