Microsoft
2021
How to configure IIS logging using PowerShell
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Log files are great places to look when troubleshooting or analyzing your website traffic. Every time your IIS receives a client’s request, it records that request in a log file. In this post, I want to show you how to use PowerShell to configure and manage IIS log files, such as changing the logging frequency or setting the folder where IIS will store log files or, if you prefer, how to turn off logging.
How to install IIS on Windows Server with SSL using PowerShell
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Today I want to show you how to install Internet Information Server (IIS) on my favorite operating system, Windows Server using PowerShell. IIS is a great feature that allows us to provide our server with an extensible web server.
How to create an Azure Service Principal with Password
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Hello, guys. Today I want to show you how to create a service principal using PowerShell and Azure CLI. In case you don’t know, an Azure service identity is an identity that is created in Azure AD and associated with an application.
How to disable anonymous public access for an Azure storage account
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One security recommendation Microsoft established in Azure Security Center is to disable public access to storage accounts. In this post, I will show you how you can configure your storage account to prevent public access to an Azure storage account using PowerShell and the Azure CLI.
How to deploy identical VMs in different Azure Availability Zones
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Hello everyone, in this post I want to show you how to create two identical virtual machines in two different Azure Availability Zones using PowerShell.
An Availability Zone is a physically separate zone in an Azure region.
How to configure Storage Analytics metrics
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Hi, Jorge is back. In this post, I want to show you how to configure Storage Analytics metrics using PowerShell and Azure CLI.
Azure Storage Analytics: performs logging and provides metrics data for a storage account.
How to select Azure Defender plan by resource type in Azure Security Center
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Hi everyone, and happy new year. In the first post of the year, I want to show you how to change the Azure Defender plans for your subscription in Azure Security Center using PowerShell and Azure CLI.
2020
Managing automatic provisioning of agents in Azure Security Center
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In this post, I want to show you how to enable the automatic provisioning of agents in Azure Security Center. Although Microsoft recommends enabling this option, it is disabled by default.
How to configure Azure Security Center notifications
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In this mini-post, I will explain something essential that you should configure when you start the Azure Security Center configuration, the security notifications. Today I will explain how to do this configuration using PowerShell and Azure CLI.
How to configure Azure Key Vault to send logs and metrics to Log Analytics workspace
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Hello, Jorge is back. In a previous post, I showed you how to configure Azure Key Vault diagnostic parameters to send logs and metrics to a storage account, but many of you have asked me to show you how to configure Azure Key Vault diagnostic parameters to send to a Log Analytics workspace.
How to enable soft delete in Azure Storage Services
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Hello, today I want to talk to you about soft delete, this feature allows you to recover files or blobs that were previously marked for deletion. When the feature is enabled, you can recover your data after deletion, within a retention period that you must specify when enabling this feature.
Passed Microsoft Exam MS-101: Microsoft 365 Mobility and Security
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Last Monday, I passed the Microsoft 365 MS-101 exam, which was the last one I needed to obtain the Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert. I am really happy about this; it was a lot of hard work but, it was worth it!
How to configure Azure Key Vault diagnostic settings
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One of the security recommendations established by Microsoft in Azure Security Center is to enable diagnostic logs in Key Vaults. This lets you know how, when, and by whom your key vaults are accessed.
How to deploy an Azure Bastion host in an existing VNet
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Hello everyone, in this post, I want to show you how to deploy an Azure bastion host to connect securely, directly from the Azure portal, to all your virtual machines within your virtual network without the need to expose the RDP or SSH ports to the internet.
Passed Microsoft Exam AZ-301: Microsoft Azure Architect Design
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The last Monday, I passed the Microsoft AZ-301 exam: Microsoft Azure Architect Design. And I can now finally call myself a Microsoft Certified for Azure Solutions Architect. I am really happy, it was hard work, but I think it was worth it.
How to enable the Azure DevOps CLI extension
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Today I want to talk to you about Azure DevOps CLI. This extension of Azure CLI allows us to manage the Azure DevOps Services from the command line. The first step to using Azure DevOps CLI is to check that the extension for Azure CLI is installed.
How to Add a Public Domain UPN Suffix to Domain Users in Active Directory
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A User Principal Name (UPN) is an attribute that is an internet communication standard for user accounts. A UPN consists of a UPN prefix (the user account name) and a UPN suffix (a DNS domain name).
How to enable Azure DDoS Protection for an existing VNet
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In this post, I’ll show you how to create a standard DDoS plan and associate it with an existing virtual network using PowerShell and the Azure CLI. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are becoming more and more frequent and it is one of the main security problems that customers who have their resources in the cloud must face.
Passed Microsoft Exam AZ-300: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
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Today, I passed the Microsoft AZ-300 exam: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies. This is the first of the two exams that I am required to pass, in order to obtain the “Microsoft Certified for Azure Solutions Architect” again.
How to set Immutable storage for Azure Blob storage
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Hi, today I want to talk to you about immutable storage. Immutable Storage is an Azure Blob Storage capability that allows you to store business-critical data in a WORM state (write once, read many).