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 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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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 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.
Continue reading “Azure Bicep Variables and Functions”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.
Continue reading “Azure Bicep Paraments and Data Types”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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(UPDATED 6/17/2021 with code for multiple pooled and personal host pools) Azure Virtual Desktop (previously Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)) has a new option in preview that starts session hosts in a personal or pooled host pool when a user connects. It won’t, however, shut down the session hosts when the user logs out. The script outlined in this video will evaluate all running and available session hosts in a personal or pooled host pool and shut down and deallocate session hosts without an active connection. Deallocating Session hosts while not in use can save money on compute costs.
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In this video, we apply Azure Tags to Resource Groups automatic with Event Grid and Azure Functions. We configure Azure Event Grid on a subscription to send an event whenever a new resource group is created. Then, we configure a PowerShell Function App with a Managed Identity to use the event data and tag the resource group with the date and creator’s name.
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