Azure Automation is not just for Azure! We can extend it to an on-premises or multi-cloud environment with Hybrid Workers. This video starts with an introduction to Hybrid Workers and then moves on to installing an Azure Automation Hybrid Worker on Azure Arc enabled severs. We then test the implementation with a simple runbook.
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SSH File Transfer protocol (SFTP), sometimes called Secure FTP, provides the ability to transfer files between autonomous systems. Azure Storage standard V2 and Premium now supports SFPT access to blob containers. This video goes over how to enable SFTP on a new storage account, then we add local users and connect with SFTP and the WinSCP client.
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Microsoft provide a few options to save money in Azure. Reserved Instances, Hybrid Benefits, Spot Instances and now Azure Savings Plan for Compute. This video goes over Azure Savings Plan for Compute, what it is and how it compares to existing cost reduction options. Then we review details of the Savings Plan and some considerations you should know before implementing Azure Savings Plan for Compute.
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In this video, we create a hub and spoke network in Azure by peering our spoke VNet’s to a centralized, Hub Virtual Network. Then we use a VPN Virtual Network Gateway to enable gateway transit connectivity between the spokes. Next, we configure routing with Azure Route Tables and User Defined Routes (UDR) to send traffic going to other spokes to the hub. Then we log into a virtual machine and verify connectivity.
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In this video, we explore Azure virtual network, or VNet peering. We look at the situations that require peering and Azure and how to configure network peering to create a mesh, or hub and spoke network. We also examine how to leverage an ExpressRoute or VPN Gateway, or a Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) to manage connectivity to resources across multiple VNets or outside of Azure.
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Azure Automation is Microsoft’s cloud-hosted automation solution. It uses Python or PowerShell based scripts, referred to as runbooks, to launch automation jobs in Azure or on-premises. These runbooks are started in multiple ways. The information below details starting automation jobs with a webhook.
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This video goes over the steps to create a shared scheduled on Azure Automation. We review options available to create and edit a schedule. Then we link the schedule to a runbook to automatically start a runbook based on a schedule. Next, we view the Azure Automation and Runbook settings with PowerShell, then run and view the progress of a job.
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Log Analytics is a great tool for storing and searching log data. We can link an Azure Automation account to a Log Analytics workspace, but the process may not be as obvious as one would think. In this video, we create a Log Analytics workspace then link it to Azure Automation account. Next, we configure the Automation account to send diagnostic data to a Log Analytics workspace and verify data goes to the workspace.
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