Announcing Windows 365!

Posted on July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 by Travis Roberts

Microsoft announced Windows 365 this week at Inspire. With this announcement comes a new way to deliver remote desktops as a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform built on Azure Virtual Desktop and is a significant addition to virtual desktop options in Azure. There is a limited amount of information available about windows 365; in this post and accompanying video, we’ll break down what it is and how it differs from Azure Virtual Desktop. Keep in mind that this is a new service, the information available may not be complete and change once Windows 365 is available.

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Getting Started with Azure AD App Proxy

Posted on July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 by Travis Roberts

Azure AD Application Proxy provides a simple, secure, and cost-effective way for remote access to on-premises websites and web-based applications. This video starts with an overview of how App Proxy works and then provides a tutorial on configuring the service with basic Azure AD authentication.

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Azure AD Domain Services Forest Type, User or Resource?

Posted on July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 by Travis Roberts

Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) now supports two forest types: User and Resource. In this video, we go over what each Azure AD DS forest type, User and Resource, does and when to use one over the other.

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Azure AD Connect Sync and Cloud Sync, What’s the Difference?

Posted on June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 by Travis Roberts

Many organizations use Azure AD Connect Sync to synchronize hybrid identities from Windows AD to Azure AD DS. Microsoft recently announces a new service, Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync, that also synchronizes Windows AD identities to Azure AD. In this video, we go over how they are similar, features that are different, and when to use one or the other.

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Azure Bicep Variables and Functions

Posted on June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 by Travis Roberts

Azure Bicep is the new Domain Specific Language (DSL) for creating resources in Azure. In this video, we go over Variables and Functions in a Bicep file. We then go over creating and using Variables and Functions in an example storage account template.

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Azure Bicep Paraments and Data Types

Posted on May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 by Travis Roberts

This video picks up where the last Azure Bicep video left off. In this video, we review parameters and data types, then update a Bicep template with paraments including allowed and default values. After that, we run a deployment passing in paraments to create a new storage account.

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Getting Started with Azure Bicep

Posted on May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 by Travis Roberts

In this video, we go over the items needed to prepare a development environment for Azure Bicep, including adding the Bicep extension to VS Code, adding the Bicep Command Line Interface (CLI) and adding or updating PowerShell and Azure CLI for Bicep. Once in place, we walk through a tutorial to create a simple Azure Storage account with Bicep.

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Azure Automation and Managed Identities

Posted on April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 by Travis Roberts

Azure Automation uses Run As accounts to authenticate and manage resources in an Azure subscription. In this video, we review using Managed Identities in Azure Automation (preview) to control access to Azure resources. The video then provides an Azure Automation Tutorial on creating an Azure Automation account, configuring a Managed Identity, setting RBAC permissions, and then creating a runbook that shuts down Azure Virtual Machines on a tag value.

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Announcing Windows 365!

Getting Started with Azure AD App Proxy

Azure AD Domain Services Forest Type, User or Resource?

Azure Bicep Variables and Functions

Azure Bicep Paraments and Data Types

Getting Started with Azure Bicep

Azure Automation and Managed Identities